Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Formed: 1941
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Disbanded: 1975
Genre: Blues
Styles: Piedmont Blues, East Coast Blues, Acoustic Blues, Folk-Blues, Country Blues
Group Members: Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry
Biography: The joyous whoop that Sonny Terry naturally emitted between raucous harp blasts was as distinctive a signature sound as can possibly be imagined. Only a handful of blues harmonica players wielded as much of a lasting influence on the genre as did the sightless Terry (Buster Brown, for one, copied the ...Read full biography
Backwater Blues
Released: 1999
Label: Fantasy Inc.
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Songs of whiskey, women, and money -- nothing was more important to the repertoire of this classic acoustic blues duo. Good relations on stage were not, but during this 18-tune club date at Sugar Hill ...Read full review
Live at the New Penelope Cafe
Released: 1997
Label: Just a Memory
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It sometimes seems like there are about 90 live albums by Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, all from the 1960s. This one, taped at a show in Montreal in 1967, stands out from the rest because the duo are ...Read full review
More Sonny Terry/Brownie McGhee albums: Main Albums (44), Compilations (45), DVD/Video (1)
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