Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

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Top Songs

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Auto Mechanic Blues
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One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer [live at Sugar Hill]
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Uncle Bud
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I Was Born About 10,000 Years Ago
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Walk On

Albums

  • Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee Blues Legends

    Jan 2023 • 10 songs

  • Working Man Blues

    Aug 2021 • 40 songs

  • Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee - A Blues Men Meeting

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Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

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 whoop and all), who recorded some fine urban blues as a bandleader in addition to serving as guitarist Brownie McGhee's longtime duet partner. Saunders Terrell's father was a folk-styled harmonica player who performed locally at dances, but blues wasn't part of his repertoire (he...
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