Chicago Blues Festival Performers By Year - 1986

Third Stage Added

Crossroads Stage
“Sweet Home Chicago”

Front Porch

• West Side All Star Jam

• A.C. Reed and the Spark plugs with Special Guest

Petrillo Music Shell

• Willie Dixon’s Big Three

• Otis Rush

• Memphis Slim w/ Matt “Guitar Murphy

• Bo Diddley

• Chuck Berry (with the first accompaniment by Keith Richards

June 7

Crossroads Stage

• Smokey Smothers Band

• CeDell Davis (never made it out of Arkansas)

• Artie ‘Blues Boy” White with Johnny Sayles

Front Porch

• Chicago Piano Set

• Hezekiah and the House Rockers

• Dr. John (solo)

Petrillo Music Shell

• Bill Doggett

• San Francisco Package

• Otis Clay and the Chicago Fire

• The Neville Brothers

June 8

Crossroads Stage

• Henry Townsend

• Jimmy Johnson blues Band

• The Aces w/ Dave and Louis Myers, Fred Below, Robert jr. Lockwood

Front Porch

• Dr. Isaiah ross

• Frank Frost

• John Lee Hooker (solo)

Petrillo Music Shell

• Gloria Hardiman

• Robert Cray Band

• Eddie Boyd and Robert Jr. Lockwood

• Albert King

• Pops Staple and the Staple Singers