Brownie McGhee - The Folkways Years, 1945-1959

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Track List

Daisy

Rising Sun

Careless Love

Cholly Blues

Just a Dream - (previously unreleased)

Pawn Shop Blues

Hangman's Blues

Livin' with the Blues

'Fore Day Creep

Me and Sonny

Raise a Ruckus Tonight

Betty and Dupree

Long Gone

Grievin' Hearted Blues

I'm Gonna Tell God How You Treat Me

Can't Help Myself

Pallet on the Floor

Album Notes

Personnel: Brownie McGhee (vocals, guitar); Sonny Terry (vocals, harmonica); Coyal McMahan (vocals, maracas); Wilbert "Big Chief" Ellis (piano); Gene Moore (drums).

Principally recorded between 1955 and 1959. Includes liner notes by Kip Lornell.

Personnel: Brownie McGhee (vocals, guitar); Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (vocals, harmonica); Coyall McMahan (vocals, maracas); Wilbert Ellis (piano); Gene Moore (drums).

Audio Remasterer: Alan Yoshida.

Liner Note Author: Kip Lornell.

Recording information: 1945-1959.

Photographer: David Gahr.

Unknown Contributor Roles: Lorrie Taylor; Jeff Place.

Folkways Years (1945-1959) is a wonderful 17-track compilation of Brownie McGhee's Folkways recordings. During this time, McGhee became a staple on the blues-folk revival circuit, and accordingly these recordings find the Piedmont bluesman playing in a folk style, which he excelled at. Many of the most powerful tracks are straight from the rural Piedmont tradition, but the folkier material shows what a rich musician he was. It's an excellent sampler, one that demonstrates the depth and breadth of his Folkways recordings. ~ Thom Owens

Brownie McGhee – Up Close & Personal

Hootin"’

Home Town Blues

Brownie McGhee - Can't Help Myself

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Duration: 3:20 minutes

Back Country Blues

Anthologie Du Blues Vol 5

Lost & Found

The Legendary Blues Of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1998

John Henry
Midnight Special
Muddy Water
Take This Hammer Whup
Sportin' Life
Cornbread And Peas
Louise, Louise
Hooray, Hooray, This Woman Is Killing Me
Evil Hearted Me
Sonny's Squall
Red River Blues
Spread The News Around
Just About Crazy
Wholesale Dealin' Papa
Just A Closer Walk With Thee
I Shall Not Be Moved
Back To New Orleans
Don't You Lie To Me
That's Why I'm Walking
Freight train

Sonny Terry - Callin' Mama

 

1984 at the Philly Folk Festival

pawnshop blues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1964

DISSATISFIED WOMAN,

PAWN SHOP BLUES,

B/W GOIN DOWN SLOW,

MEAN OLD FRISCO

GET ON BOARD – 1951

Brownie McGhee - I'm Gonna Tell God How You Treat Me

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Duration: 2:35 minutes

Cripple Creek

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Featuring Four Original Albums with nine bonus tracks, digitally re mastered on 2 Cds

Disc 1

Get On Board

01 The Midnight Special

02 Rising Sun

03 In His Care

04 Preachin'

05 I Shall Not Be Moved

06 Pick A Bale Of Cotton

07 A Man Is Nothing But A Fool

08 Mamma Blues #2

09 Raise A Ruckus Tonight

Washboard Band - Country Dance Music

10 Cindy

11 Bottle Up And Go

12 Cripple Creek

13 John Henry

14 Old Joe Clark

15 Skip To My Lou

16 Green Corn

Bonus Tracks

17 Working Man's Blues

18 Big-Legged Woman

19 Bad Blood

20 Back Home Blues

Disc 2

Brownie McGhee Blues

01 Careless Love

02 Good Morning Blues

03 Sporting Life

04 Me And Sonny

05 Pawnshop Blues

06 Move To Kansas City

07 Betty And Dupree

Sonny Terry's Washboard Band

08 The Woman Is Killing Me

09 Custard Pie Blues

10 Diggin' My Potatoes

11 Crazy Man Blues

12 Wine-Headed Woman

13 My Baby Done Changed That Lock

14 Sonnys Jump

15 Louise

Bonus Tracks

16 Custard Pie Blues

17 Shakedown Blues

18 Mean Ole Frisco

19 Lovin' With A Feeling

20 Lonesome Train

Blues On Parade

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1945

Side one. 1-Walk on   Brownie Mcghee. 2.Rockin and a Whoppin Sonny Terry.
side two. 1-rock me mama- Jimmy Cotton.  2.let it rock.  Roosevelt sykes.

1958 london sessions

Brownie McGhee - Pallet on the Floor

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Duration: 3:09 minutes

Blues Hoot

Sonny Terry Brownie McGhee 1959

Performing live at the Renaissance club in Hollywood - December 1959. Broadcast over KRHM in Los Angeles. Two songs: 1. "Living With The Blues" 2. "A Closer Walk With Thee"

Whoopin – Library Of Congress

 LC Control No.:       84758715 

Type of Material:  
Music Sound Recording

Personal Name:     
Terry, Sonny. prf

Main Title:        
Whoopin' 
[sound recording] / Sonny Terry.


Published/Created: 
Chicago, IL : Alligator, p1984.

Related Names:    
 Winter, Johnny. prf
                Dixon, Willie, 1915-1992.  prf
                   Homnick, Styve. prf

Description:       1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, stereo. ; 12 in.

Publisher No.:     AL 4734 Alligator

Contents:         
 I got my eyes on you / McGhee & Terry (4:20) -- Sonny's
                      whoopin' the doop / Terry (4:40) -- Burnt child / McGhee
                      & Terry (3:38) -- Whoee, whoee / McGhee & Terry (5:14)
                      -- Crow Jane / trad., arr. Terry (3:46) -- So tough with
                      me / McGhee & Terry (4:06) -- Whoo wee baby / McGhee &
                      Terry (4:19) -- I think I got the blues / Dixon (3:38)
                      -- Ya, ya / Levy & Lewis (3:08) -- Roll me, baby / Terry
                      (5:24).

Notes:             Blues.
                   Recorded at Baldwin Sound Productions, Mechanicsburg, PA.

Cast:              Sonny Terry, vocals and harmonica; Johnny Winter, guitar
                      and piano; Willie Dixon, bass; Styve Homnick, drums.

Subjects:          Blues (Music)--1981-1990.

LC Classification: Alligator AL 4734

Geographic Area Code:
                   n-us---

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CALL NUMBER:       Alligator AL 4734

-- Request in:     Request in advance in Rec Sound Ref Center (Madison, LM113)
-- Status:         Not Charged

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Sonny Terry &Brownie McGhee - Cornbread and Peas

Brownie McGhee - Grievin' Hearted Blues

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Duration: 4:00 minutes

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee: From "The Blues Legends"

1960s TV show

Home Town Blues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1966

1. Mean Old Frisco
2. Man Ain't Nothin' But A Fool
3. The Woman Is Killing Me
4. Crying The Blues
5. Meet You In The Morning
6. Stranger Blues
7. Feel So Good
8. Bad Blood
9. Lightnin's Blues
10. Forgive Me
11. Sittin' On Top Of The world
12. Goin' Down Slow

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Preachin' The Blues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1968

Better Day
Confusion
Dark Road
John Henry
Let Me Make A Little Money
Old Jabo
I Love You Baby
Guitar Highway
Heart In Sorrow
Preachin' The Blues
Can't Help Myself
Best Of Friends
If You Lose Your Money

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Hootin'

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1981

Key To The Highway
Rock Island Line
The Rider
Careless Love
What More You Want Me To Do
Call Today
Hootin'
Pick a Bale Of Cotton
Dupre
Little Sally Walker
I'm Gonna Tell God
Old Town Blues (Country Roads)

Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee live in Manchester 1964

Sonny Terry - Whoopin' The Blues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1986

1. Whoopin' The Blues
2. All Alone Blues
3. Worried Man Blues
4. Leavin' Blues
5. Screaming And Crying Blues
6. Riff And Harmonica Jump
7. Crow Jane Blues
8. Beer Garden Blues
9. Hot Headed Woman
10. Custard Pie Blues
11. Early Morning Blues
12. Harmonica Rag
13. Dirty Mistreater Don't You Know
14. Telephone Blues

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. I Love You Baby
2. Cornbread Peas & Black Molasses
3. That's How I Feel
4. You'd Better Mind
5. Treated Wrong
6. Brownies Blues
7. Sonny's Blues
8. Southern Train
9. Just A Dream On My Mind
10. Gone But Not Forgotten
11. Change The Lock On The Door
12. Climbing On Top Of the Hill

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - I Couldn't Believe My Eyes - White Label Promo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1973

1. Black Cat Bone
2. Brownie's New Memphis
3. Poor Man Blues
4. Tell Me Why
5. My Baby's So fine
6. Don't Wait For Me
7. I'm In Love With You Baby
8. Parcel Post Blues
9. When I Was Drinkin'
10. I couldn't Believe My Eyes

Sonny & Brownie - 1995

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1995

1. People Get Ready
2. Bring It On Home To Me
3. You Bring Out The Boogie In Me
4. Sail Away
5. Sonny's Thing
6. White Boy Lost In The Blues
7. The Battle Is Over (But The War Goes On)
8. Walkin' My Blues Away
9. Big Wind (Is A Comin')
10. Jesus Gonna Make It Alright
11. God And Man
12. On The Road Again

Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry 1964

French TV 1964

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Gonna move accross the river & Burnt Child

german TV show "jazz gehôrt und gesehen" (jazz heard and seen).
i'm not sure, but i think it was taped in 1962!

Brownie McGhee - Long Gone

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Duration: 3:16 minutes

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee : If You Lose Your Money ( Reel To Reel Tape

Brownie McGhee - Betty and Dupree

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Duration: 4:02 minutes

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee: Walk On