Park Tower 2003

This festival has been booking great talented artists over the years. Many of them were lesser-known, and had never toured Japan before. Snooks Eaglin in 1995, Bobby Rush in 1999 are only some of the artists who were received with enthusiasm among the fans in Japan.

1994

1995

1996

1997

1st (1994)
Otis Rush, The Gospel Hummingbirds, Nathan & The Zydeco Cha-chas, Little Sonny

2nd (1995)
Snooks Eaglin, Vernon Garrett, Robert Lockwood, Jr., Little Sonny

3rd (1996)
Lowell Fulson, Little Buster & The Soul Brothers, Snooky Pryor, Trudy Lynn, Shun Kikuta & J.W. Williams, Robert Day & Hoosier Blues

4th (1997)
Phillip Walker, R.L.Burnside, The Carter Brothers, Jelly Roll Kings, Syl Johnson

1998

1999

2000

2001

5th (1998)
Pinetop Perkins, Legends of Chicago Blues Allstars, Carol Fran & Clarence Hollimon, T-Model Ford

6th (1999)
Bobby Rush, Roy Gaines, Eric Bibb, Bernard Allison, Soul Stirrers

7th (2000)
Lucky Peterson, Henry Butler with June Yamagishi, Paul Jones, Harpattack featuring Lazy Lester, Arthur Williams and Guy Forsyth

8th (2001)
Earl King & George Porter, Jr., John Primer, Cephas & Wiggins, Five Blind Boys of Mississippi

2002

2003

9th (2002)
Jody Williams, The Texas Eastside Kings & Matthew Robinson with Special Guest Little Joe Washington, The Holmes Brothers

10th (2003)
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Howard Tate, Errol Linton's Blues Vibe, Pistol Pete

1994	1995	1996	1997
1st (1994) Otis Rush, The Gospel Hummingbirds, Nathan & The Zydeco Cha-chas, Little Sonny 2nd (1995) Snooks Eaglin, Vernon Garrett, Robert Lockwood, Jr., Little Sonny 3rd (1996) Lowell Fulson, Little Buster & The Soul Brothers, Snooky Pryor, Trudy Lynn, Shun Kikuta & J.W. Williams, Robert Day & Hoosier Blues 4th (1997) Phillip Walker, R.L.Burnside, The Carter Brothers, Jelly Roll Kings, Syl Johnson
1998	1999	2000	2001
5th (1998) Pinetop Perkins, Legends of Chicago Blues Allstars, Carol Fran & Clarence Hollimon, T-Model Ford 6th (1999) Bobby Rush, Roy Gaines, Eric Bibb, Bernard Allison, Soul Stirrers 7th (2000) Lucky Peterson, Henry Butler with June Yamagishi, Paul Jones, Harpattack featuring Lazy Lester, Arthur Williams and Guy Forsyth 8th (2001) Earl King & George Porter, Jr., John Primer, Cephas & Wiggins, Five Blind Boys of Mississippi
2002	2003
9th (2002) Jody Williams, The Texas Eastside Kings & Matthew Robinson with Special Guest Little Joe Washington, The Holmes Brothers 10th (2003) Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Howard Tate, Errol Linton's Blues Vibe, Pistol Pete