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Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Working Man Blues
Blues · 2021

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

Working Man Blues
Label: Sunset Blvd Records CD-SBR-7001
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Track Listing

Disc 1

Acoustic Blues Sessions (Late '50s) & Studio Session, Germany
  1. Careless Love
  2. Worried Life Blues
  3. I'm Going Down Slow
  4. Key To The Highway
  5. That Good Old Jelly Roll
  6. C.C. Rider
  7. When The Saints Go Marching In
  8. Cornbread, Peas And Black Molasses
  9. Crawdad Hole
  10. Raise A Rukus Tonight
  11. I Can't See Why My Baby Don't Write To Me
  12. Conversation With The River
  13. I Feel So Good
  14. Different Blues
  15. Going To Kansas City
  16. Freight Train
  17. Sweetheart
  18. I Got My Eyes On You
  19. I Love You Baby, Please Don't Go
  20. Blues, Blues, Blues
  21. Mean Woman Blues

Disc 2

Previously Unreleased Live Concerts, 1974
  1. Ride And Roll
  2. I've Got A Woman
  3. Sonny Recalls "Finian's Rainbow" Audition
  4. Hootin' Blues
  5. I Feel Alright Now
  6. I Was Born With The Blues
  7. Backwater Blues
  8. One Monkey Don't Stop No Show
  9. Christina
  10. You Gotta Be A Big Lover
  11. Worry Worry Worry
  12. The Things I Used To Do I Ain't Going To Do No More
  13. C.C. Rider
  14. Burnt Child Afraid Of Fire (Intro)
  15. Burnt Child Afraid Of Fire
  16. Dissatisfied Blues
  17. Gonna Find Me A Woman
  18. Change The Locks On The Door
  19. Walk On

Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee were performing together since 1939 -probably longer than any working blues or folk duo or group. The brand of blues that Mr. Terry and Mr. McGhee learned to play has been called Piedmont blues after the region in the Southeast. Unlike the blues performers of Mississippi and Texas, many of whom grew up in rigidly segregated societies and played exclusively for blacks, Piedmont bluesmen often lived near whites and learned to play a variety of tunes - ragtime, gospel, ballads, old minstrel show songs, even white hoedown music in addition to blues. Disc One reflects two separate sessions: the first was recorded in the late ‘50s and represents their acoustic blues,  the second session was recorded in one three hour studio booking in Germany while on tour. Disc Two consists of two previously unreleased live concerts from 1974.

Product Details

  • Label: Sunset Blvd Records
  • Catalog #: CD-SBR-7001LE
  • Release Date: 2021
  • Packaging: 2 CD Folder