Brownie McGhee: Back Country Blues (Vinyl LP)
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Singer/Guitarist Brownie McGhee and his life long musical partner, blind harp-man, Sonny Terry are best known as champions of the Piedmont-style blues pioneered by artists such as Blind Blake, Blind Willie McTell and Blind Boy Fuller. In the 1960s, they became icons of the folk-blues revival. The recording presented here however showcase a different chapter of the story... This is a collection of raw and rocking jump blues cut between 1947 and 1955 for juke boxes in black beer joints and dancehalls by the New Jersey-based Savoy Record company. - Essential blues recordings from one of the genres' most revered artists. When It's Love Time, Diamond Ring, Auto Mechanic Blues, My Fault, Gone Baby Gone, Bottom Blues, Dissatisfied Blues, C.C. Baby (You Started It Baby), Robbie-Doby Boogie, Poor Boy Blues, So Much Trouble, Bad Nerves, Love's a Disease, Brownie's New Worried Life Blues, My Consolation, Anna Mae
Singer/Guitarist Brownie McGhee and his life long musical partner, blind harp-man, Sonny Terry are best known as champions of the Piedmont-style blues pioneered by artists such as Blind Blake, Blind Willie McTell and Blind Boy Fuller. In the 1960s, they became icons of the folk-blues revival. The recording presented here however showcase a different chapter of the story... This is a collection of raw and rocking jump blues cut between 1947 and 1955 for juke boxes in black beer joints and dancehalls by the New Jersey-based Savoy Record company. - Essential blues recordings from one of the genres' most revered artists. When It's Love Time, Diamond Ring, Auto Mechanic Blues, My Fault, Gone Baby Gone, Bottom Blues, Dissatisfied Blues, C.C. Baby (You Started It Baby), Robbie-Doby Boogie, Poor Boy Blues, So Much Trouble, Bad Nerves, Love's a Disease, Brownie's New Worried Life Blues, My Consolation, Anna Mae