Bill Barth
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Bill (William Henry) Barth (December 13, 1942 in New York City - July 14, 2000 in Amsterdam, Holland) was an American Blues guitarist who along with John Fahey, and ED Denson located 1930s blues great Skip James in a hospital in Tunica, Mississippi in 1964. In the late 1960s he was a founding member of the band The Insect Trust. Later co-founded the Memphis Country Blues Society, a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the Delta blues. With the Society Bill produced five festivals between 1966 and 1970 featuring artists such as Furry Lewis, Gus Cannon, Bukka White, Sleepy John Estes, Yank Rachell and Fred McDowell.
Discography
- 1969 Memphis Swamp Jam (originally on Blue Thumb Records, later reissued on the Arhoolie label: Three guitar duets by John Fahey, and Bill Barth, using the pseudonyms of R L Watson and Josiah Jones)
With The Insect Trust
- 1969 The Insect Trust
- 1970 Hoboken Saturday Night
