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| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. The midnight special | |||
| 2. Rising sun | |||
| 3. In his care | |||
| 4. Preachin' | |||
| 5. I shall not be moved | |||
| 6. Pick a bale of cotton | |||
| 7. A man is nothing but a fool | |||
| 8. Mamma blues #2 | |||
| 9. Raise a ruckus tonight | |||
| 10. Cindy | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Careless love | |||
| 2. Good morning blues | |||
| 3. Sporting life | |||
| 4. Me and Sonny | |||
| 5. Pawnshop blues | |||
| 6. Move to Kansas City | |||
| 7. Betty and Dupree | |||
| 8. The woman is killing me | |||
| 9. Custard pie blues | |||
| 10. Diggin' my potatoes | |||
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The Piedmont school of 'Carolina Country Blues', was typified by guitar picker Blind Boy Fuller and the Reverend Gary Davis. Their work, particularly in the immediate pre-war years of 1935-40, was to have not just nationwide but global reverberations. The south-east tradition they established carried on after the war by the legendary harmonica player Sonny Terry and singer, pianist and guitarist Brownie McGhee. Our compilation here comprises four original albums from the 1950s with bonus tracks. Two of the albums feature Terry and McGhee playing together ('Get On Board' and 'Washboard Band', the others ('Brownie McGhee Blues' and 'Sonny Terry's Washboard Band') are solo ventures.
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This isn't just one of those "Best of"-records with a random selection of songs but a compilation of four classic albums by Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (originally released on Folkways Records). Disc one includes "Get on Board" (1952) and "Washboard Band" (1956, featuring Pete Seeger on the Banjo) by both Terry and McGhee, while disc two includes the solo albums "Brownie McGhee Blues" and "Sony Terry's Washboard Band" (both 1955). All the album tracks are featured in their original running order and supplemented by 9 bonus tracks from the 1940s. Included are short but informative sleevenotes by Michael Heatley. The sound quality (at least of the Folkways recordings) is quite good but suffers somewhat from an overuse of noise-filtering. Altogether this is indeed a great offer by Not Now Music.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Discovered these guys on EP vinyl when I was a kid and jiving to trad jazz. Now a pensioner. Their style is still unique, direct, unpolished but very talented, especially the harmonica rhythms. It's honesty and fireside friendliness make a refreshing change in this predictable, high amp, glitz-with-your-cornflakes age. If you're interested in how the blues developed into rock music this is a fascinating example of the many facets of the metamorphosis. It's electric but without a wire in sight. It really rocks.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I wasn't that familiar with Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee but have found this company's double album specials very good value and great ways to broaden my knowledge of all sorts of musical roots. I may not go on to track down every original recording but am glad I bought this - and recommend it wholeheartedly as an introduction to the work of some awesome musicians.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Cripple Creek
Moving our old vinyl to a new storage place at home, reminded my husband and I how much we had always loved these guys and if I could give it a 10 star rating I would. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Veronica Lyons
Cripple Creek
I ordered this for my husband, who loved it. If you like this kind of music it has everything you want. Very glad we bought it, excellent value for money.
Published 16 months ago by Happy Bunny
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