Various Artists - Pye Blues Legends In London (3 CD)

Album: Pye Blues Legends In London
Size: 88,2+91,4+176,9 MB
Time: 37:58+39:27+75:56
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2003
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

In many respects, England was a more hospitable home for the blues in the mid-/late-1950's than America was - where even labels such as Chicago's Chess usually limited their blues LPs to collections of singles. In England it was possible for artists such as Big Bill Broonzy, Josh White, and Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee to record entire LPs while touring. Pye/Nixa Records reissued these sides many times, but it wasn't until 2003 that the current owner of their library, Castle Communications, did a state-of-the-art digital remastering of their three classic U.K. albums, Broonzy's "Tribute to Big Bill" (1955), White's "Blues and ..." (1956), and Terry and McGhee's "Sonny, Brownie & Chris" (1958), with full annotation.

The music is a mix of virtuoso acoustic blues with some small jazz-style group accompaniment, from some top players, including Chris Barber and Phil Seamen, all of which is worth hearing and a lot of which is filled with surprises for all of us. /Bruce Eder, AllMusic

CD 1: Josh White - Blues And... (1956)
1. How Long Blues (3:07)
2. Careless Love (5:43)
3. Oh Lula (2:54)
4. St. Louis Blues (4:26)
5. Kansas City Blues (3:44)
6. I Had To Stoop To Conquer You (2:49)
7. I Know How To Do It (3:01)
8. Dink's Blues (4:37)
9. Mint Julep (3:04)
10. Good Morning Blues (4:27)

CD 2: Big Bill Broonzy - Tribute To Big Bill (1955)
1. It Feels So Good (2:44)
2. Southbound Train (3:17)
3. Southern Saga/Joe Turner Blues (8:10)
4. When The Sun Goes Down/Going Down This Road Feeling Bad (7:30)
5. Saturday Evening (3:28)
6. Glory Of Love (2:40)
7. St. Louis Blues (2:37)
8. Mindin' My Own Business (2:52)
9. When Do I Get To Be Called A Man (3:20)
10. Partnership Woman (2:44)

CD 3: Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Sonny, Terry And Chris (1958)
1. Brownie's Blues (5:26)
2. Sonny's Blues (3:21)
3. Auto Mechanic Blues (3:42)
4. Wholesale And Retail (2:30)
5. Black Horse Blues (2:48)
6. I Love You Baby (2:01)
7. Just A Dream (4:43)
8. Hooray (This Woman Is Killing Me) (2:26)
9. Change The Lock On My Door (3:24)
10. You'd Better Mind (2:09)
11. Cornbread, Peas And Black Molasses (2:31)
12. Climbing On Top Of The Hill (3:02)
13. (I've Been) Treated Wrong (3:27)
14. Fox Chase (2:11)
15. Woman's Lover Blues (2:21)
16. Southern Train (2:44)
17. The Way I Feel (3:53)
18. Gone But Not Forgotten (2:31)
19. Betty And Dupree (w. Chris Barber's Jazz Band) (5:16)
20. No Worries On My Mind (w. Chris Barber's Jazz Band) (3:44)
21. This Little Light Of Mine (w. Chris Barber's Jazz Band) (2:41)
22. Glory (w. Chris Barber's Jazz Band) (2:19)
23. Custard Pie (w. Chris Barber's Jazz Band) (2:11)
24. Key To The Highway (w. Chris Barber's Jazz Band) (2:15)
25. If I Could Only Hear My Mother Pray Again (w. Chris Barber's Jazz Band) (2:08)

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Brownie McGhee - No Stranger To The Blues (Live Remastered)

Size: 129.5 MB
Time: 54:19
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2023
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

01. I'm A Stranger Here (Live Remastered) (4:52)
02. Ballin' The Jack (Live Remastered) (6:19)
03. Life Is A Gamble (Live Remastered) (6:19)
04. Blues Had A Baby And They Called Rock & Roll (Live Remastered) (4:24)
05. Come On If You're Coming (Live Remastered) (5:39)
06. Key To The Highway (Live Remastered) (5:02)
07. How Long Blues (Live Remastered) (3:12)
08. I Couldn't Believe My Eyes (Live Remastered) (2:41)
09. Walk On (Live Remastered) (5:16)
10. Good Morning Blues (Live Remastered) (5:43)
11. Midnight Special (Live Remastered) (4:49)

Brownie McGhee's death in 1996 was an enormous loss in the blues field. Although he had been semi-retired and suffering from stomach cancer, the guitarist was still the leading Piedmont-style bluesman on the planet, venerated worldwide for his prolific activities both on his own and with his longtime partner, blind harpist Sonny Terry. Together, McGhee and Terry worked for decades in an acoustic folk-blues bag, singing ancient ditties like "John Henry" and "Pick a Bale of Cotton" for appreciative audiences worldwide. But McGhee was capable of a great deal more. Throughout the immediate postwar era, he cut electric blues and R&B on the New York scene, even enjoying a huge R&B hit in 1948 with "My Fault" for Savoy (Hal "Cornbread" Singer handled tenor sax duties on the 78).

Walter Brown McGhee grew up in Kingsport, Tennessee. He contracted polio at the age of four, which left him with a serious limp and plenty of time away from school to practice the guitar chords that he'd learned from his father, Duff McGhee. Brownie's younger brother, Granville McGhee, was also a talented guitarist who later hit big with the romping "Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee"; he earned his nickname, "Stick," by pushing his disabled sibling around in a small cart propelled by a stick.

A 1937 operation sponsored by the March of Dimes restored most of McGhee's mobility. Off he went as soon as he recovered, traveling and playing throughout the Southeast. His jaunts brought him into contact with washboard player George "Oh Red" (or "Bull City Red") Washington in 1940, who in turn introduced McGhee to talent scout J.B. Long. Long got him a recording contract with OKeh/Columbia in 1940; his debut session in Chicago produced a dozen tracks over two days.

Long's principal blues artist, Blind Boy Fuller, died in 1941, precipitating Okeh issuance of some of McGhee's early efforts under the sobriquet of Blind Boy Fuller No. 2. McGhee cut a moving tribute song, "Death of Blind Boy Fuller," shortly afterward. McGhee's third marathon session for OKeh in 1941 paired him for the first time on shellac with whooping harpist Terry for "Workingman's Blues."

The pair resettled in New York in 1942. They quickly got connected with the city's burgeoning folk music circuit, working with Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, and Leadbelly. After the end of World War II, McGhee began to record most prolifically, both with and without Terry, for a myriad of R&B labels: Savoy (where he cut "Robbie Doby Boogie" in 1948 and "New Baseball Boogie" the next year), Alert, London, Derby, Sittin' in With, and its Jax subsidiary in 1952, Jackson, Bobby Robinson's Red Robin logo (1953), Dot, and Harlem, before crossing over to the folk audience during the late '50s with Terry at his side. One of McGhee's last dates for Savoy in 1958 produced the remarkably contemporary "Living with the Blues," with Roy Gaines and Carl Lynch blasting away on lead guitars and a sound light years removed from the staid folk world.

McGhee and Terry were among the first blues artists to tour Europe during the '50s, and they ventured overseas often after that. Their plethora of late-'50s and early-'60s albums for Folkways, Choice, World Pacific, Bluesville, and Fantasy presented the duo in acoustic folk trappings only, their Piedmont-style musical interplay a constant (if gradually more predictable) delight. McGhee didn't limit his talents to concert settings. He appeared on Broadway for three years in a production of playwright Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in 1955, and later put in a stint in the Langston Hughes play Simply Heaven. Films (Angel Heart, Buck and the Preacher) and an episode of the TV sitcom Family Ties also benefited from his dignified presence. The wheels finally came off the partnership of McGhee and Terry during the mid-'70s. Toward the end, they preferred not to share a stage with one another (Terry would play with another guitarist, then McGhee would do a solo), let alone communicate. One of McGhee's final concert appearances came at the 1995 Chicago Blues Festival; his voice was a tad less robust than usual, but no less moving, and his rich, full-bodied acoustic guitar work cut through the cool evening air with alacrity. His like won't pass this way again. ~Bill Dahl

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Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Working Man Blues

Size: 172.7 MB
Time: 73:45
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2021
Styles: Acoustic Blues, Harmonica Blues
Art: Front

CD 1:
01. Careless Love (2:46)
02. Worried Life Blues (3:20)
03. I'm Going Down Slow (3:37)
04. Key To The Highway (2:46)
05. That Good Old Jelly Roll (3:32)
06. C.C. Rider (3:22)
07. When The Saints Go Marching (3:12)
08. Cornbread, Peas, And Molasses (2:52)
09. Crawdad Hole (3:21)
10. Raise A Rukus Tonight (3:20)
11. I Can't See Why My Baby Don't Write To Me (3:26)
12. Conversation With The River (2:46)
13. I Feel So Good (4:13)
14. Different Blues (4:37)
15. Going To Kansas City (3:39)
16. Freight Train (4:08)
17. Sweetheart (3:40)
18. I Got My Eyes On You (3:43)
19. I Love You Baby, Please Don't Go (3:27)
20. Blues, Blues, Blues (4:51)
21. Mean Woman Blues (2:57)

CD 2:
01. Ride And Roll (Live) (3:41)
02. I Got A Woman (Live) (5:01)
03. Sonny Recalls Finian's Rainbow Audition (Intro) (Live) (1:40)
04. Hootin' Blues (Live) (3:51)
05. I Feel Alright Now (Live) (4:21)
06. I Was Born With The Blues (Live) (3:44)
07. Backwater Blues (Live) (5:58)
08. One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (Live) (2:55)
09. Christina (Live) (3:18)
10. You Gotta Be A Good Lover (Live) (3:24)
11. Worry Worry Worry (Live) (5:21)
12. The Things I Use To Do I Ain't Going To Do No More (Live) (4:15)
13. C.C. Rider (Live) (3:46)
14. Burnt Child Afraid Of Fire (Intro) (Live) (0:30)
15. Burnt Child Afraid Of Fire (Live) (3:13)
16. Dissatisfied Blues (Live) (4:10)
17. Gonna Find Me A Woman (Live) (4:04)
18. Change The Locks On The Door (Live) (5:17)
19. Walk On (Live) (4:48)

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 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 live concerts from 1974, previously unreleased.

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Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Backwater Blues

Size: 174.0 MB
Time: 73:32
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1999
Styles: Country Blues, Acoustic Folk Blues
Art: Full

01. Climbin' On Top Of The Hill (Live At Sugar Hill) (2:58)
02. Louise (Live At Sugar Hill) (4:12)
03. My Father's Words (Live At Sugar Hill) (4:20)
04. Backwater Blues (Live At Sugar Hill) (4:27)
05. Wine Headed Woman (Live At Sugar Hill) (5:50)
06. Careless Love (Live At Sugar Hill) (4:11)
07. Playing With The Blues (Live At Sugar Hill) (4:23)
08. I Can't Sleep At Night (Live At Sugar Hill) (4:40)
09. My Baby's Leavin' (Live At Sugar Hill) (5:02)
10. Lose Your Money (Live At Sugar Hill) (3:20)
11. Jet Plane Blues (Live At Sugar Hill) (3:42)
12. Rainy Day (Live At Sugar Hill) (4:03)
13. I'm A Stranger (Live At Sugar Hill) (4:51)
14. Women On My String (Live At Sugar Hill) (3:40)
15. One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer (Live At Sugar Hill) (1:58)
16. Key To The Highway (Live At Sugar Hill) (5:12)
17. You'd Better Mind (Live At Sugar Hill) (3:43)
18. Walk On (Live At Sugar Hill) (2:52)

Recorded live at Sugar Hill, San Francisco, December 29, 1961

Few blues partnerships were ever as successful and satisfying as the union of Sonny Terry's down-home harmonica work and Brownie McGhee's polished guitar lines. This generous, 18-tune live session catches the late acoustic blues brothers in their physical prime and at their musical best, rolling through an energetic set of conversational blues with casual virtuosity and seemingly telepathic interplay. Terry, a stone-cold traditionalist, contributes a raw-boned, backwoods feel with his heavily textured singing and harp solos while the modern McGhee's smooth vocals and clean picking provide a perfectly compatible counterpoint and complement. Either artist could carry the show by himself, but when the divergent styles musically intertwine they create a wonderful blues synthesis unlike any other the blues has known. The dynamic duo jumps right in with a reconfigured rendition of "Sittin' on Top of the World" and doesn't let up until the end. With Terry whooping and hollering between harp breaks and McGhee opening songs with comic asides the session is an unusually personable one. It's all undeniably authentic and eminently enjoyable, as well as positive blues proof that on very rare and fortunate occasions the whole is much greater than just the sum of the two parts. ~Michael Point

Backwater Blues

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Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Blues All Around My Head (Album Of 1961)

Size: 86.7 MB
Time: 36:45
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1961/2019
Styles: Acoustic Blues
Art: Front

01. Blues All Around My Head (4:21)
02. East Coast Blues (3:26)
03. Muddy Water (4:11)
04. Beggin' And Cryin' (3:02)
05. My Plan (3:57)
06. Trying To Destroy Me (3:46)
07. Everything I Had Is Gone (4:10)
08. Jealous Man (3:22)
09. Understand Me (3:51)
10. Blues Of Happiness (2:38)

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 blew reels and jigs). Terry wasn't born blind, he lost sight in one eye when he was five, the other at age 18. That left him with extremely limited options for making any sort of feasible living, so he took to the streets armed with his trusty harmonicas. Terry soon joined forces with Piedmont pioneer Blind Boy Fuller, first recording with the guitarist in 1937 for Vocalion.

Terry's unique talents were given an extremely classy airing in 1938 when he was invited to perform at New York's Carnegie Hall at the fabled From Spirituals to Swing concert. He recorded for the Library of Congress that same year and cut his first commercial sides in 1940. Terry had met McGhee in 1939, and upon the death of Fuller, they joined forces, playing together on a 1941 McGhee date for OKeh and settling in New York as a duo in 1942. There they broke into the folk scene, working alongside Leadbelly, Josh White, and Woody Guthrie.

While Brownie McGhee was incredibly prolific in the studio during the mid-'40s, Terry was somewhat less so as a leader (perhaps most of his time was occupied by his prominent role in Finian's Rainbow on Broadway for approximately two years beginning in 1946). There were sides for Asch and Savoy in 1944 before three fine sessions for Capitol in 1947 (the first two featuring Stick McGhee rather than Brownie on guitar) and another in 1950.

Terry made some nice sides in an R&B mode for Jax, Jackson, Red Robin, RCA Victor, Groove, Harlem, Old Town, and Ember during the '50s, usually with Brownie close by on guitar. But it was the folk boom of the late '50s and early '60s that made Brownie and Sonny household names (at least among folk aficionados). They toured long and hard as a duo, cutting a horde of endearing acoustic duet LPs along the way, before scuttling their decades-long partnership amidst a fair amount of reported acrimony during the mid-'70s. ~Bill Dahl

Blues All Around My Head

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Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Going Down Slow / Blues & Folk

Album: Going Down Slow (Album Of 1952)
Size: 49.5 MB
Time: 20:55
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1952/2019
Styles: Acoustic/Electric Blues, Harmonica Blues
Art: Front

01. Key To The Highway (2:15)
02. Going Down Slow (3:15)
03. Pawn Shop Blues (2:36)
04. Bulldog Blues (2:28)
05. Bicycle Boogie (3:04)
06. Ease My Worried Mind (2:47)
07. I Believe (2:15)
08. C.C. Rider / Where Did She Go (2:11)

Album: Blues & Folk (Album Of 1960)
Size: 84.8 MB
Time: 36:16
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1960/2019
Styles: Blues Folk, Harmonica Blues
Art: Front

01. Sonny's Squall (3:43)
02. Red River Blues (3:20)
03. Gone Gal (3:26)
04. Blues Before Sunrise (4:25)
05. Sweet Lovin' Kind (3:09)
06. Midnight Special (4:02)
07. Take This Hammer Whup (2:50)
08. Too Nicey Mama (4:14)
09. Meet Me Down The Bottom (3:39)
10. Tryin' To Win (3:25)

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 blew reels and jigs). Terry wasn't born blind, he lost sight in one eye when he was five, the other at age 18. That left him with extremely limited options for making any sort of feasible living, so he took to the streets armed with his trusty harmonicas. Terry soon joined forces with Piedmont pioneer Blind Boy Fuller, first recording with the guitarist in 1937 for Vocalion.

Terry's unique talents were given an extremely classy airing in 1938 when he was invited to perform at New York's Carnegie Hall at the fabled From Spirituals to Swing concert. He recorded for the Library of Congress that same year and cut his first commercial sides in 1940. Terry had met McGhee in 1939, and upon the death of Fuller, they joined forces, playing together on a 1941 McGhee date for OKeh and settling in New York as a duo in 1942. There they broke into the folk scene, working alongside Leadbelly, Josh White, and Woody Guthrie.

While Brownie McGhee was incredibly prolific in the studio during the mid-'40s, Terry was somewhat less so as a leader (perhaps most of his time was occupied by his prominent role in Finian's Rainbow on Broadway for approximately two years beginning in 1946). There were sides for Asch and Savoy in 1944 before three fine sessions for Capitol in 1947 (the first two featuring Stick McGhee rather than Brownie on guitar) and another in 1950.

Terry made some nice sides in an R&B mode for Jax, Jackson, Red Robin, RCA Victor, Groove, Harlem, Old Town, and Ember during the '50s, usually with Brownie close by on guitar. But it was the folk boom of the late '50s and early '60s that made Brownie and Sonny household names (at least among folk aficionados). They toured long and hard as a duo, cutting a horde of endearing acoustic duet LPs along the way, before scuttling their decades-long partnership amidst a fair amount of reported acrimony during the mid-'70s. ~Bill Dahl

Going Down Slow
Blues & Folk

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Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Members Edition

Year: 1996
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:45
Size: 145,1 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Full

1. Drinkin' In The Blues (5:01)
2. Po Boy (2:43)
3. Everybody's Blues (6:43)
4. Trouble In Mind (3:14)
5. I'm A Stranger Here (4:01)
6. Down By The Riverside (3:14)
7. Walk On (3:11)
8. Blues For The Lowlands (4:46)
9. Right On That Shore (2:49)
10. Blowin' The Fuses (6:05)
11. Daisy (2:57)
12. Draggin' My Heart Around (2:55)
13. Harmonica Hop (2:40)
14. Don't Dog Your Woman (3:04)
15. Rock Me Mama (3:51)
16. Dirty Mistreater (3:00)
17. Beautiful City (2:23)

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 blew reels and jigs). Terry wasn't born blind, he lost sight in one eye when he was five, the other at age 18. That left him with extremely limited options for making any sort of feasible living, so he took to the streets armed with his trusty harmonicas. Terry soon joined forces with Piedmont pioneer Blind Boy Fuller, first recording with the guitarist in 1937 for Vocalion.

Terry's unique talents were given an extremely classy airing in 1938 when he was invited to perform at New York's Carnegie Hall at the fabled From Spirituals to Swing concert. He recorded for the Library of Congress that same year and cut his first commercial sides in 1940. Terry had met McGhee in 1939, and upon the death of Fuller, they joined forces, playing together on a 1941 McGhee date for OKeh and settling in New York as a duo in 1942. There they broke into the folk scene, working alongside Leadbelly, Josh White, and Woody Guthrie.

While Brownie McGhee was incredibly prolific in the studio during the mid-'40s, Terry was somewhat less so as a leader (perhaps most of his time was occupied by his prominent role in Finian's Rainbow on Broadway for approximately two years beginning in 1946). There were sides for Asch and Savoy in 1944 before three fine sessions for Capitol in 1947 (the first two featuring Stick McGhee rather than Brownie on guitar) and another in 1950.

Terry made some nice sides in an R&B mode for Jax, Jackson, Red Robin, RCA Victor, Groove, Harlem, Old Town, and Ember during the '50s, usually with Brownie close by on guitar. But it was the folk boom of the late '50s and early '60s that made Brownie and Sonny household names (at least among folk aficionados). They toured long and hard as a duo, cutting a horde of endearing acoustic duet LPs along the way, before scuttling their decades-long partnership amidst a fair amount of reported acrimony during the mid-'70s. /Biography by Bill Dahl, AllMusic

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Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Big Bill Broonzy - The Bluesmen

Year: 1992
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 78:15
Size: 181,4 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues
Scans: Full

1. I Love You Baby (2:00)
2. Cornbread, Peas And Black Molasses (2:30)
3. That's How I Feel (3:52)
4. Gone But Not Forgotten (2:30)
5. Treated Wrong (3:26)
6. Brownie's Blues (5:24)
7. Southern Train (2:43)
8. Just A Dream (4:42)
9. Sonny's Blues (3:19)
10. You'd Better Mind (2:09)
11. Change The Lock On My Door (3:23)
12. Climbing On The Top Of The Hill (3:01)
13. When Do I Get To Be Called A Man? (3:18)
14. Mindin' My Own Business (2:51)
15. Partnership Woman (2:44)
16. St. Louis Blues (2:35)
17. Southern Saga (Inc. Joe Turner Blues) (8:09)
18. Southbound Train (3:15)
19. Saturday Evening (3:26)
20. Glory Of Love (2:39)
21. It Feels So Good (2:42)
22. When The Sun Goes Down/Going Down This Road Feeling Bad (7:28)

Tracks 1-12: Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Tracks 13-22: Big Bill Broonzy

(Haven't been able to find any specific info for this compilation, and I don't think it contains any "new" or rare material, so let the music speak for itself. Think most of you guys are already familiar with these three bluesmen, but for those who are not - or if you want to learn more about them - there are artist biographies for each artist included in the folder.)

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Lightnin' Hopkins - Buked & Scorned

Size: 128.8 MB
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Time: 55:52
Released: 2011
Styles: Acoustic country blues
Art: Front

1. Big Black Cadillac Blues (6:55)
2. Early In The Mornin' Blues (5:13)
3. Coffee House Blues (2:02)
4. I've Been 'Buked And Scorned (5:14)
5. Stool Pigeon Blues (2:59)
6. Brand New Car (5:28)
7. Drinkin' In The Blues (5:07)
8. Ball Of Twine (3:23)
9. Everybody's Blues (6:30)
10. Right On That Shore With Lightnin' Hopkins (2:44)
11. Chain Gang Blues (4:21)
12. Blowin' The Fuses (5:49)

This is a solid blues album which features Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry performing with Lightnin' Hopkins as they make their way through twelve raw and powerful blues compositions.

Buked & Scorned

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Big Chief Ellis - Big Chief Ellis Feat. Tarheel Slim, Brownie McGhee & John Cephas

Size: 136,8 MB
Time: 58:09
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1976/1995
Styles: Piano Blues, Electric Blues
Art: Full

01. Prison Bound (3:50)
02. All Down Blues (7:05)
03. Dices #2 (5:05)
04. Louise (4:05)
05. Fare You Well, Mistreater (6:23)
06. How Long Blues (3:06)
07. Let's Talk It Over (5:15)
08. Rocky Mountain Blues (4:05)
09. Hey, Baby (5:25)
10. Sweet Home Chicago (3:44)
11. Chief's EB Blues (5:19)
12. Blues For Moot (4:42)

Those who seek after music often remind me of anthropologists. We rarely consider an area ripe for research unless it is geographically and culturally remote. How else to explain the fact that Wilbert (Big Chief) Ellis has lived amongst those of us in the New York and Washington, D.C. areas for many years with so little attention paid him? He is the legitimate heir of a long and honorable Alabama blues piano tradition. His friends and predecessors include men like Cow Cow Davenport, Pine Top Smith, Walter Roland, Jabo Williams, Vance (Piano Red) Patterson (who recorded) and Bubba Jack, Man Lewis, Goat, Hooky Doo, and Price Linnear (who didn’t). During his long, eventful life, Chief has been exposed to many styles of blues and other music, but, recognizing the beauty and importance of what he has, refused to allow alien influences creep into his thoughtful, emotional and carefully structured approach to the music he loves.

That love and respect is evident in each of the pieces included in his debut album, He is a sensitive and critical man, and each of these tunes was recorded several times in varying circumstances until he was satisfied with both technique and feeling, Although first-class guitarists like Alden (Tarheel Slim) Bunn, Brownie McGhee and John Cephas give strong backing in several of these selections, it is Chief himself who sets the deliberate pace, drawing attention to the lonesome sound of his piano and to the feeling he imparts to every song,

Ellis was born (in 1915) and raised in Birmingham, where he was absorbed with piano music from ‘the first. His parents were religious and allowed no music in their house. Chief circumvented the restriction by working out an arrangement with his great aunt, who owned a piano and who would allow him to practice every time he mowed her lawn. By the time his parents found out it was too late, for Chief was already a respected musician in the community. They relented, of course, and allowed their son to develop his music to its full potential.

Chief was a professional gambler for most of his adult life. This occupation allowed him to travel and provided occasions for him to learn from other musicians (notably Walter Davis in Chicago) and learn the many secrets which allowed him to survive and prosper in his precarious occupation. He settled in New York City in 1942 where he ran night clubs for several years and even became (after 1945) backup pianist on many record sessions. One of these, for Lenox in 1945, produced his own “Dices, Oh Dices”, which remains his signature piece. Oddly enough, this was the second recording of his own tune. Chief had performed it often while still living in Birmingham – it was picked up by Walter Roland, who recorded it in 1933, a full year ahead of the composer. Another significant recording was made during the late 40s, Stick McGhee’s “Drinking Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee. This R&B bestseller had been composed previously by Chief while he was serving in the army at Ft. McClellan, Alabama. Wine was a favorite during periods of forced idleness. So much was consumed that Chief made up a little song about it, whose refrain began, “drinkin’ wine, motherfucker, drinkin’ wine”. A white record executive in New York heard it and purchased the song for a few dollars, making a hit for someone else. Stick McGhee was Brownie’s brother, and Chief and Brownie are both heard on the hit release.

The popularity of blues and blues-derived music declined in New York with the mass-marketing approach advanced by rock-and-roll in the fifties, and Chief virtually stopped playing. In 1974 I received a letter from Bob Eagle of Australia, whom Brownie McGhee him informed that Chief might be living in the Washington area. One phone call confirmed that this was so, and that I had introduced myself to a man who would become a close friend, as well as a musician whose power and depths I remain in awe of. Chief has discovered that people once again love and respond to his music and he is taking it to bars, clubs, festivals, concerts, and to the homes of his many friends. He is a huge, imposing man, with the gentle consideration and warmth common to the best of huge, imposing men. He pours love into his music the way that soft-drink company claims they do to their ginger ale. And now you too, lucky record buyer, have a chance to partake. ~by Richard K. Spottswood

With the help of a friend.
Big Chief Ellis

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Various - The Birth Of Rock N Roll NYC 1950-1960 Vol. 2

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 33:47
Size: 77.4 MB
Styles: Rock n Roll, R&B
Year: 2016
Art: Front

[2:28] 1. Charlie Singleton Orchestra - Earthquake
[2:25] 2. Champion Jack Dupree - Shake Baby Shake
[2:38] 3. Red Prysock - Hard Rock
[2:46] 4. Tiny Grimes - Juicy Fruit
[3:06] 5. Brownie McGhee - Don't Dog Your Woman
[2:25] 6. The Upsetters - Jay Walkin'
[2:09] 7. Jimmy Spruill - Scratch 'n' Twist
[2:43] 8. Mary Ann Fisher - Wild As You Can Be
[2:27] 9. Riff Ruffin - Gravy Train
[2:33] 10. Buster Brown - The Madison Shuffle
[2:19] 11. Wilbert Harrison - 1960
[2:59] 12. Tarheel Slim - Number Nine Train
[2:43] 13. Junior Lewis - Can She Give Me Feverhree Days On

At the start of the 1950s, midtown Manhattan was the centre of the American music industry, containing the headquarters of three major labels (RCA, Columbia, and Decca), most of the music publishers, and many recording studios. Publishers were the start of the recording process, employing “song pluggers” to go across town and persuade each of the major label artists-and-repertoire (A&R) men to record a new song with one of their established singers. Alongside traditional publishers, whose writers composed for stage shows and Hollywood musicals, were newer companies specializing in country music (including Peer-Southern and Hill and Range) and many affiliates of independent rhythm-and-blues labels. Some larger independent publishers made copublishing arrangements with smaller companies and acted as midwives for the birth of rock and roll by instigating pop cover versions of hits from the country and rhythm-and-blues markets. ~Charlie Gillett

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Sonny Terry - Blowin' The Blues

Year: 2002
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:34
Size: 119,5 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Full

1. Mean And No Good Woman (2:33)
2. Train Whistle Blues (2:47)
3. New Love Blues (2:45)
4. Mountain Blues (3:10)
5. The New John Henry (3:35)
6. Harmonica Blues (2:44)
7. Harmonica And Washboard Breakdown (2:34)
8. Somebody's Been Talkin' (2:48)
9. Harmonica Stomp (2:48)
10. Blowin' The Blues (2:54)
11. You Got To Have Your Dollar (2:42)
12. Bus Rider Blues (2:44)
13. Working Man's Blues (2:48)
14. Back Home Blues (2:56)
15. Lonesome Train (3:33)
16. Shakedown Blues (2:53)
17. Sweet Woman (3:06)
18. Fox Chase (2:05)

18 examples of the art of the Blues Harmonica ace, Sonny Terry. Throughout his long and varied career as a soloist and partner to the equally famous Brownie McGhee, Sonny was generally acknowledged as the most influential and technically proficient of all Blues harmonica players.These titles recorded between 1938 and 1944 include some of his best known tracks. Contains 18 tracks. Recorded between 1938 & 1944.

Personnel: Sonny Terry (vocals, harmonica); Blind Boy Fuller, Brownie McGhee (vocals, guitar); Woody Guthrie (guitar); Jordan Webb (harmonica); Bull City Red (washboard).

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Various - I Got Woman

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 72:44
Size: 166.5 MB
Styles: Assorted blues styles
Year: 2015
Art: Front

[3:56] 1. Brownie McGhee - I Got A Woman
[2:49] 2. The Blues Caravan - Train Train Blues
[3:17] 3. Sonny Boy Williamson II - Insurance Man Blues
[2:55] 4. Good Lewis - Pelican Jump
[3:13] 5. Lonnie Johnson - Another Woman Booked Out And Bound To Go
[2:49] 6. Charles Brown - Groovy
[2:30] 7. Tiny Davis - How About That Jive
[3:12] 8. Washboard Walter - Narrow Face Blues
[2:48] 9. Sonny Boy Williamson II - Rainy Day Blues
[2:39] 10. Freddie Mitchell - Mr Freddie's Boogie
[3:31] 11. Brownie McGhee - Hold Me In Your Arms
[2:52] 12. Harold Burrage - Hi-Yo Silver
[3:22] 13. Washboard Walter - Insurance Man Blues
[2:55] 14. Lonnie Johnson - Wrong Woman Blues
[2:58] 15. Charles Brown - Googie's Boogie
[2:46] 16. Sunnyland Slim - She Ain't Nowhere
[2:56] 17. Slim Barton - It’s Tight Like That
[2:24] 18. Jessie Allen - Let's Party
[3:20] 19. Sonny Boy Williamson II - The Right Kind Of Life
[3:17] 20. Lonnie Johnson - When You Fall For Some One That’s Not Your Own
[2:21] 21. Charles Brown - Peek A Boo
[2:34] 22. Willie Mabon - I'm Mad
[4:29] 23. Brownie McGhee - The C.C.& O.Blues
[2:40] 24. Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years

Song History: "I Got a Woman" (originally titled "I've Got a Woman") is a song co-written and recorded by American R&B and soul musician Ray Charles. Atlantic Records released the song as a single in December 1954, with "Come Back Baby" as the B-side. Both songs later appeared on the 1957 album Ray Charles (subsequently reissued as Hallelujah I Love Her So).

The song builds on "It Must Be Jesus" by the Southern Tones, which Ray Charles was listening to on the radio while on the road with his band in the summer of 1954. He and a member of his band, trumpeter Renald Richard, penned a song that was built along a gospel-frenetic pace with secular lyrics and a jazz-inspired rhythm and blues (R&B) background. The song would be one of the prototypes for what later became termed as "soul music" after Charles released "What'd I Say" nearly five years later.

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Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Country Blues Troubadours 1938-1948 (5 CD Set)

Although originally from North Carolina and Tennessee, respectively, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee came to prominence in New York City, where they teamed up in 1941, at first with their unique brand of country blues, which established them on the city's folk scene alongside the likes of Lead Belly, Josh White and Woody Guthrie, then as urban R&B recording artists. They then took the blues to Europe and beyond, where they were celebrated for their virtuosity, wit and professionalism for years into the 1970s.

This 5CD 125-track collection traces the early solo careers of both musicians and their initial partnership, also including their controversial post World War II work, when they were briefly suspected of Communist sympathies. Also featured are other musical luminaries such as Blind Boy Fuller, Washboard Slim, Pops Foster, Champion Jack Dupree and Baby Dodds: Sonny & Brownie always kept good musical company.

Brilliant remastering and Neil Slaven's expert sleeve notes help bring alive an important era with greater clarity than ever before, all at JSP's customary competitive price.

Album: Country Blues Troubadours 1938-1948 - Disc A: 1938-1941
Year: 2003
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 70:27
Size: 163,1 MB
Styles: Country blues, acoustic blues
Scans: Full

1. Sonny Terry - Mountain Blues (3:09)
2. Sonny Terry - The New John Henry (3:32)
3. Sonny Terry - Fox Chase (3:16)
4. Sonny Terry - Lost John (3:16)
5. Sonny Terry - Train Whistle Blues (2:48)
6. Sonny Terry - New Love Blues (2:44)
7. Sonny Terry - Harmonica Blues (2:42)
8. Sonny Terry - Harmonica And Washboard Breakdown (2:37)
9. Sonny Terry - Harmonica Stomp (2:48)
10. Sonny Terry - Harmonica And Washboard Blues (2:54)
11. Sonny Terry - Forty-Four Whistle Blues (2:50)
12. Sonny Terry - Blowing The Blues (2:54)
13. Sonny Terry - Touch It Up And Go (2:24)
14. Brownie McGhee - Picking My Tomatoes (2:45)
15. Brownie McGhee - Me And My Dog Blues (2:44)
16. Brownie McGhee - Born For Bad Luck (2:53)
17. Brownie McGhee - I'm Callin' Daisy (2:38)
18. Brownie McGhee - Step It Up And Go (2:34)
19. Brownie McGhee - My Barkin' Bulldog Blues (2:36)
20. Brownie McGhee - Let Me Tell You 'Bout My Baby (2:41)
21. Brownie McGhee - Poison Woman Blues (2:37)
22. Brownie McGhee - Back Door Stranger (2:43)
23. Brownie McGhee - Be Good To Me (2:48)
24. Brownie McGhee - Not Guilty Blues (2:37)
25. Brownie McGhee - Coal Miner Blues (2:44)

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Album: Country Blues Troubadours 1938-1948 - Disc B: 1941
Year: 2003
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:19
Size: 160,6 MB
Styles: Country blues, acoustic blues
Scans: Full

1. Brownie McGhee - Step It Up And Go No. 2 (2:46)
2. Brownie McGhee - Money Spending Woman (2:51)
3. Brownie McGhee - Death Of Blind Boy Fuller (Alt. Take) (3:00)
4. Brownie McGhee - Death Of Blind Boy Fuller (2:42)
5. Brownie McGhee - Got To Find My Little Woman (2:32)
6. Brownie McGhee - I'm A Black Woman's Man (Alt. Take) (2:51)
7. Brownie McGhee - I'm A Black Woman's Man (2:51)
8. Brownie McGhee - Dealing With The Devil (2:36)
9. Brownie McGhee - Double Trouble (Take 1) (2:35)
10. Brownie McGhee - Double Trouble (Take 2) (2:42)
11. Brownie McGhee - Woman I'm Done (2:55)
12. Brownie McGhee - Key To My Door (2:48)
13. Brownie McGhee - Million Lonesome Women (2:35)
14. Brownie McGhee - Ain't No Tellin' (2:53)
15. Brownie McGhee - Try Me One More Time (3:02)
16. Brother George & His Sanctified Singers - I Want To See Jesus (2:31)
17. Brother George & His Sanctified Singers - Done What My Lord Said (2:33)
18. Brother George & His Sanctified Singers - I Want King Jesus (2:59)
19. Brother George & His Sanctified Singers - What Will I Do (Without The Lord) (2:36)
20. Brownie McGhee - Key To The Highway 70 (Take 1) (2:41)
21. Brownie McGhee - Key To The Highway 70 (Take 2) (2:42)
22. Brownie McGhee - I Don't Believe In Love (3:03)
23. Brownie McGhee - So Much Trouble (2:44)
24. Brownie McGhee - Goodbye Now (2:51)
25. Brownie McGhee - Jealous Of My Woman (2:49)

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Album: Country Blues Troubadours 1938-1948 - Disc C: 1941-1946
Year: 2003
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:47
Size: 159,5 MB
Styles: Country blues, acoustic blues
Scans: Full

1. Brownie McGhee - Unfair Blues (2:48)
2. Brownie McGhee - Barbecue Any Old Time (2:48)
3. Brownie McGhee - Workingman's Blues (2:48)
4. Brownie McGhee - Sinful Disposition Woman (2:35)
5. Brownie McGhee - Back Home Blues (2:56)
6. Brownie McGhee - Deep Sea Diver (2:40)
7. Brownie McGhee - It Must Be Love (2:54)
8. Brownie McGhee - Swing, Soldier, Swing (Take 1) (2:24)
9. Brownie McGhee - Swing, Soldier, Swing (Take 2) (2:43)
10. Sonny Terry - John Henry (2:28)
11. Sonny Terry - Fox Chase (1:33)
12. Sonny Terry - Fox Chase (2:16)
13. Sonny Terry - The Red Cross Store (3:22)
14. Sonny Terry - Sweet Woman (3:06)
15. Sonny Terry - Fox Chase (2:06)
16. Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - That's The Stuff (Watch Out) (2:56)
17. Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Knockabout Blues (Carolina Blues) (3:07)
18. Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Easy Ridin' Buggy (2:53)
19. Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Women Lover Blues (2:46)
20. Sonny Terry - Run Away Woman (2:46)
21. Sonny Terry - Shake Down (2:52)
22. Brownie & Sticks McGhee - Movin' To Kansas City (3:08)
23. Brownie & Sticks McGhee - Railroad Bill (2:53)
24. Brownie & Sticks McGhee - Rocks In My Bed (2:49)
25. Brownie & Sticks McGhee - Tennessee Shuffle (2:58)

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Album: Country Blues Troubadours 1938-1948 - Disc D: 1946-1947
Year: 2003
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 71:30
Size: 165,8 MB
Styles: Country blues, acoustic blues
Scans: Full

1. Brownie & Sticks McGhee - Precious Lord Hold My Hand (3:04)
2. Brownie & Sticks McGhee - If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again (2:50)
3. Brownie McGhee - Rum Cola Papa (2:28)
4. Brownie McGhee - Mean Old Frisco (2:42)
5. Brownie McGhee - Sportin' Life Blues (2:57)
6. Brownie McGhee - Worried Life Blues (2:31)
7. Brownie McGhee - Brownie's Guitar Boogie (2:38)
8. Brownie McGhee - Lovin' With A Feeling (2:27)
9. Brownie McGhee - Night Time Is The Right Time (3:13)
10. Brownie McGhee - Bad Blood (2:56)
11. Brownie McGhee - I Don't Care (2:55)
12. Brownie McGhee - Big Legged Woman (2:42)
13. Brownie McGhee - B.M. Blues (3:02)
14. Brownie McGhee - Evil But Kindhearted (2:43)
15. Brownie McGhee - Seaboard And Southern (2:47)
16. Brownie McGhee - Dissatisfied Woman (3:15)
17. Brownie McGhee - How Can I Love You (3:19)
18. Brownie McGhee - Hello Blues (2:17)
19. Sonny Terry - Whoopin' The Blues (2:44)
20. Sonny Terry - Leavin' Blues (3:00)
21. Sonny Terry - Riff And Harmonica Jump (2:49)
22. Sonny Terry - All Alone Blues (3:07)
23. Brownie McGhee - Me And My Dog (2:49)
24. Brownie McGhee - Pawn Shop Blues (3:11)
25. Brownie McGhee - The Way I Feel (2:53)

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Album: Country Blues Troubadours 1938-1948 - Disc E: 1947-1948
Year: 2003
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:46
Size: 161,8 MB
Styles: Country blues, acoustic blues
Scans: Full

1. Brownie McGhee - Go On Blues (2:39)
2. Brownie McGhee - Auto Mechanic Blues (2:58)
3. Brownie McGhee - I'm Talking About It (2:44)
4. Brownie McGhee - Dollar Bill (2:57)
5. Brownie McGhee - Country Boy Boogie (2:52)
6. Sonny Terry - Harmonica Rag (2:27)
7. Sonny Terry - Screamin' And Cryin' Blues (2:50)
8. Sonny Terry - Beer Garden Blues (2:46)
9. Sonny Terry - Worried Man Blues (2:44)
10. Brownie McGhee - Aunt Jane's Blues (2:45)
11. Brownie McGhee - Ma Belle (2:55)
12. Brownie McGhee - So Long Baby (2:34)
13. Brownie McGhee - Poor Boy Blues (2:51)
14. Sonny Terry - Custard Pie Blues (2:59)
15. Sonny Terry - Early Morning Blues (2:50)
16. Sonny Terry - Crow Jane Blues (2:35)
17. Sonny Terry - Hot Headed Woman (3:13)
18. Brownie McGhee - Wrong Man Blues (3:01)
19. Brownie McGhee - Married Woman Blues (3:07)
20. Brownie McGhee - Robbie-Doby Boogie (2:22)
21. Brownie McGhee - My Fault (2:44)
22. Brownie McGhee - Brown Mule Blues (2:33)
23. Brownie McGhee - Hard Bed Blues (2:54)
24. Brownie McGhee - My Bulldog Blues (2:47)
25. Brownie McGhee - Gin Headed Woman (2:26)

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Various - Instrumental Rhythm & Blues/Rhythm & Blues 1945-1951

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 73:29
Size: 168.2 MB
Styles: R&B
Year: 2005
Art: Front

[2:36] 1. Joe Thomas - Page Boy Shuffle
[2:39] 2. Earl Bostic - Flamingo
[2:35] 3. Young John Watson - Space Guitar
[3:04] 4. Bill Doggett - Honky Tonk Part 1
[2:36] 5. Bill Doggett - Honky Tonk Part 2
[2:32] 6. Jimmy Dorsey - So Rare
[2:38] 7. Johnny Pate Quintet - Swinging Shepard Blues
[2:35] 8. Freddie King - Hide Away
[2:42] 9. Bull Moose Jackson - I Know Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well
[2:58] 10. Slim Gaillard - Travelin' Blues
[2:41] 11. Wynonie Harris - Good Rockin' Tonight
[3:01] 12. Lonnie Johnson - Tomorrow Night
[2:42] 13. Chubby Newsome - Hip Shakin' Mama
[2:42] 14. The Ravens - Bye Bye Baby Blues
[2:52] 15. John Lee Hooker - Devil's Jump
[2:56] 16. Ivory Joe Hunter - Guess Who
[2:58] 17. Bull Moose Jackson - Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me
[2:39] 18. Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson - Somebody Done Stole My Cherry Red
[2:38] 19. Todd Rhodes - Pot Likker
[2:38] 20. Tiny Bradshaw - Well, Oh Well
[2:54] 21. Roy Brown - Cadillac Baby
[2:57] 22. Roy Brown - Hard Luck Blues
[2:35] 23. Mabel Scott - Baseball Boogie
[2:03] 24. Roy Byrd - Rockin' With Fes
[2:28] 25. The Dominoes - Sixty-Minute Man
[3:03] 26. Brownie Mcghee - Real Good Feeling
[2:35] 27. Lucky Millinder - I'm Waiting Just For You

Great record of R&B when it first started. Lots of this stuff never got played in "respectable" places. So you know it's good! ~ coolfreehardbop

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VA - Atlanta Blues Festival: Got 'Em Live

Size: 126,4 MB
Time: 54:35
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Soul
Art: Front

01. Albert King - Stormy Monday Blues (Live) (9:25)
02. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Hootin' The Blues (Live) (2:44)
03. Bobby 'Blue' Bland - I'll Take Care Of You (Live) (4:29)
04. Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown - Pressure Cooker (Live) (4:14)
05. Albert King - I'll Play The Blues For You (Live) (4:20)
06. Muddy Waters - Baby Please Don't Go (Live) (4:27)
07. King, Brown & Bland - Blues Jam (Live) (6:09)
08. Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Soul Of A Man (Live) (3:41)
09. Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Ain't That Lovin' You (Live) (3:28)
10. Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown - Frosty (Live) (6:04)
11. Albert King - Born Under A Bad Sign (Live) (5:28)

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VA - From Bebop To Blues: Harlem In The '50s Vol. 1 & Vol. 2

Album: From Bebop To Blues: Harlem In The '50s Vol. 1
Size: 161 MB
Time: 36:34
File: FLAC
Released: 2016
Styles: Blues Jazz
Art: Front

01. Sonny Terry - Doggin' My Heart Around (2:50)
02. Champion Jack Dupree - Drunk Again (3:01)
03. Red Prysock - Crying My Heart Out (2:38)
04. Morris Lane - Bobby's Boogie (2:35)
05. Stumbling Block (2:44)
06. Sandy Grimes - Be Good To Yourself (3:04)
07. Robert Ross Singers - Is He Yours (3:07)
08. Two Gospel Keys - I Can't Tarry (2:43)
09. Morris Lane - Ghost Town (2:40)
10. Red Prysock - Jackpot (2:36)
11. Brownie McGhee - Daisy (2:56)
12. Blind Wonders Of Washington DC - Night Prayer (3:12)
13. Champion Jack Dupree - Shake Baby Shake (2:22)

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Album: From Bebop To Blues: Harlem In The '50s Vol. 2
Size: 84,7 MB
Time: 35:46
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Blues Jazz
Art: Front

01. Tiny Grimes - Juicy Fruit (2:46)
02. Brownie McGhee - Don't Dog Your Woman (3:02)
03. Red Prysock - Hard Rock (2:38)
04. Robert Ross Singers - Good Morning To Heaven (3:06)
05. Champion Jack Dupree - Shim Sham Shimmy (2:42)
06. Jump For George (2:29)
07. Tarheel Slim & Little Ann - Too Much Competition (2:39)
08. Charlie Singleton - Earthquake (2:28)
09. Champion Jack Dupree - Highway Blues (2:50)
10. Sonny Terry - Harmonica Hop (2:36)
11. Two Gospel Keys - Every Man's Got To Lay Down And Die (2:50)
12. Red Prysock - The Hammer (2:27)
13. Champion Jack Dupree - Number Nine Blues (3:06)

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Lightnin' Hopkins & The Blues Summit - Lightnin' Hopkins & The Blues Summit

Time: 63:25
Size: 145.2 MB
Source: LL
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Styles: Blues
Released: 2001
Covers: Front

1. Ain't Nothing Like Whiskey {7:57}
2. Penitentiary Blues {6:47}
3. If You Steal My Chickens, You Can't Make 'Em Lay {5:40}
4. First Meeting {7:11}
5. How Long Have It Been Since You Been Home {4:12}
6. Wimmen From Coast to Coast {5:49}
7. Right On That Shore {2:47}
8. Early Morning Blues (aka Chain Gang Blues) {5:15}
9. Blues For Gamblers {6:55}
10. I've Been Buked And I've Been Scorned {5:13}
11. Brand New Car (aka New Car Blues) {5:34}

Lightnin' Hopkins,
Big Joe Williams,
Sonny Terry,
Brownie McGhee

An official issue of a much bootlegged studio and live session, Lightnin' Hopkins & the Blues Summit was recorded in Los Angeles on July 6, 1960. Along with Hopkins, in town at the behest of John Lomax Jr., the participants were Big Joe Williams, Sonny Terry, and Brownie McGhee, who were all completing a residency at the Ash Grove nightclub. The first half of the album is a well-lubricated studio jam session, while the even wilder second half takes place at the Ash Grove later that night. Like most straight jam sessions, this is loose to the point of messiness most of the time, with every song but one running well past the five-minute mark, with the foursome trading choruses and solos seemingly at random. Frankly, the whole thing sounds like it's on the verge of collapse three-quarters of the time, which makes moments like the sharp interplay of Terry's harp and Hopkins' finger-picked acoustic in the middle of a rave-up version of "Blues for Gamblers" that much more impressive. However, newcomers to these artists should probably start elsewhere; this is strictly for fans.
AllMusic Review by Stewart Mason

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Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Po' Boy

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:45
Size: 93.3 MB
Styles: Country blues, Acoustic blues
Year: 1996
Art: Front

[3:12] 1. Gonna Lay My Body Down
[4:59] 2. Drinkin' In The Blues
[2:41] 3. Po' Boys
[3:48] 4. Just Rode In Your Town
[3:08] 5. Sun's Gonna Shine
[2:51] 6. Walk On
[4:36] 7. Blues For The Lowlands
[2:46] 8. Right On That Shore
[5:59] 9. Blowin' The Fuses
[6:40] 10. Everybody's Blues

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 blew reels and jigs). Terry wasn't born blind, he lost sight in one eye when he was five, the other at age 18. That left him with extremely limited options for making any sort of feasible living, so he took to the streets armed with his trusty harmonicas. Terry soon joined forces with Piedmont pioneer Blind Boy Fuller, first recording with the guitarist in 1937 for Vocalion.

Terry's unique talents were given an extremely classy airing in 1938 when he was invited to perform at New York's Carnegie Hall at the fabled From Spirituals to Swing concert. He recorded for the Library of Congress that same year and cut his first commercial sides in 1940. Terry had met McGhee in 1939, and upon the death of Fuller, they joined forces, playing together on a 1941 McGhee date for OKeh and settling in New York as a duo in 1942. There they broke into the folk scene, working alongside Leadbelly, Josh White, and Woody Guthrie.

While Brownie McGhee was incredibly prolific in the studio during the mid-'40s, Terry was somewhat less so as a leader (perhaps most of his time was occupied by his prominent role in Finian's Rainbow on Broadway for approximately two years beginning in 1946). There were sides for Asch and Savoy in 1944 before three fine sessions for Capitol in 1947 (the first two featuring Stick McGhee rather than Brownie on guitar) and another in 1950.

Terry made some nice sides in an R&B mode for Jax, Jackson, Red Robin, RCA Victor, Groove, Harlem, Old Town, and Ember during the '50s, usually with Brownie close by on guitar. But it was the folk boom of the late '50s and early '60s that made Brownie and Sonny household names (at least among folk aficionados). They toured long and hard as a duo, cutting a horde of endearing acoustic duet LPs along the way, before scuttling their decades-long partnership amidst a fair amount of reported acrimony during the mid-'70s. ~bio by Bill Dahl

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Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Joe Williams, Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Folk Blues Revival

Size: 128,1+130,7 MB
Time: 54:55+56:20
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2011
Styles: Folk Blues. Delta Blues, Country Blues
Art: Front

CD 1:
01. Introduction To Big Car Blues (Lightnin' Hopkins) (4:01)
02. Big Car Blues (Big Black Cadillac Blues) (Lightnin' Hopkins) (3:14)
03. Coffee House Blues (Lightnin' Hopkins) (2:05)
04. Stool Pigeon Blues (Lightnin' Hopkins) (3:04)
05. Ball Of Twine (Lightnin' Hopkins) (3:23)
06. How Long Have It Been Since You Been Home (Lightnin' Hopkins) (4:12)
07. First Meeting (Brownie McGhee & Lightnin' Hopkins) (7:11)
08. Blues For The Lowlands (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee) (4:49)
09. Blowin' The Fuses (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee) (6:08)
10. Walk On (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee) (3:13)
11. Po' Boy (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee) (2:45)
12. Down By The Riverside (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee) (3:16)
13. I'm A Stranger Here (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee) (4:01)
14. Trouble In Mind (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee) (3:28)

CD 2:
01. Razor Sharp Blues (Big Joe Williams) (4:14)
02. Brand New Car (New Car Blues) (Big Joe Williams & Sonny Terry) (5:28)
03. Early Morning Blues (Chain Gang Blues) (Lightnin Hopkins, Big Joe Williams, Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry) (5:22)
04. Ain't Nothing Like Whiskey (Lightnin Hopkins, Big Joe Williams, Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry) (7:57)
05. You Steal My Chickens, You Can't Make 'em Lay (Lightnin Hopkins, Big Joe Williams, Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry) (5:41)
06. Blues For Gamblers (Three Aces On The Bottom Of The Deal) (Lightnin Hopkins, Big Joe Williams, Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry) (6:44)
07. Wimmen From Coast To Coast (Lightnin Hopkins, Big Joe Williams, Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry) (5:49)
08. Penitentiary Blues (Lightnin Hopkins, Big Joe Williams, Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry) (6:47)
09. Buked And Scorned (You Gonna Need Somebody To Go On Your Bond) (Lightnin Hopkins, Big Joe Williams, Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry) (5:22)
10. Right On That Shore (Great Gospel Blues) (Lightnin Hopkins, Big Joe Williams, Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry) (2:52)

This fantastic 2 disc set features the complete historic July 1960 recordings made by Blues legends Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Joe Williams, Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry in Los Angeles. Recorded early on during the great Folk and Blues revival that occurred during the 1960s, these artists were all instrumental in bringing the classic Blues style back to the mainstream and bringing Blues music to a new generation of listeners. These recordings have been issued in several forms over the years, but never in their entirety or with the quality of sound as is featured here. This set contains the live recordings from the Ash Grove, studio recordings, and also features 2 bonus tracks by Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry recorded at the Troubadour in 1961. Presented in a beautifully Digitally Remastered state this album is sure to be enjoyed by any fan of the Country or Folk Blues.

Folk Blues Revival CD 1
Folk Blues Revival CD 2

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