woensdag 2 februari 2022

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee

 
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  Sonny Terry Sonny Terry in 1981 Saunders Terrell ( Greensboro ( Georgia ), 24 oktober 1911 - Mineola ( New York ), 11 maart 1986 )

 Brownie McGhee was born on November 30, 1915 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA as Walter McGhee

  By the late 50s there was a huge demand for folk/blues in the clubs around the East coast and as their fame as a double act grew and as record sales climbed steeply, Sonny and Brownie became national household names. They cut a gospel album in Oakland CA in 1957, then toured Britain and recorded an album in London the following year, to great acclaim.(All About Blues Music)

               


           Burnt Child

 TV appearances took them into the world mainstream and they were soon issuing a studio album or live set every few months. They covered a lot of ground with these recordings; they had learned a lot of Piedmont Blues as young men and also gave their interpretations of many other Blues players’ best songs, as well as forays into other styles.(All About Blues Music)

                                                 Gonna Move Across The River

 The Festival movement loved them for their wide repertoire of folk, blues, gospel and protest songs, and they toured the world for the whole of the 60s as a headline attraction. The sight of the tall man with a heavy limp leading the small blind man on stage was seen on five continents.(All About Blues Music)

                                              Stranger Blues

 Despite their affable stage act, the two men did not get along too well personally as the years went by. On the 1973 album ‘Sonny and Brownie’ with John Mayall and John Hammond Jr. they banter like old friends, but outside the studio they would barely talk. It finally came to the point where they would be billed together, but Sonny would play with another guitarist and then Brownie would do a solo set. Thus the affair came to a messy end at some indeterminate time in the late 70s.(All About Blues Music)

 

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