Testament (Label)

Testament (Label) Blues label founded by Pete Welding in 1963 to issue his own recordings of traditional blues musicians. Welding had been a disc jockey broadcasting folk music and blues on the local educational radio station in Philadelphia in the early 1960s. In 1962 he moved to Chicago, taking some tapes he had made of Philadelphia musicians. Inspired by the Delmark label, he decided to release some of his own recordings, and then began recording local musicians. Testament eventually issued…