Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee

2 LPs ON 2 CDs Plus 9 BONUS TRACKS

This quintessential 2-CD release includes three of their !nest albums as a duo, recorded during their most inspired years: the masterpieces Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry Sing (1958) and Get On Board (1952), plus their long unavailable live recording in San Francisco, At Sugar Hill (1962). Sometimes you’ll !nd them funny; at other times, they seem prophetic, chilling, or moving. These three albums have been remastered and packaged together in this special collector’s edition, which also includes 9 bonus tracks. This is Piedmont blues at its best.

PERSONNEL:

SONNY TERRY (vocals and harmonica) &
BROWNIE McGHEE (vocals and guitar), plus:

GENE MOORE, drums
COYAL McMAHAN, maracas
Recorded in New York and San Francisco, 1952-1961.

INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET

CD 1:

BROWNIE McGHEE AND SONNY TERRY SING
01 BETTER DAY
02 CONFUSION
03 DARK ROAD
04 JOHN HENRY
05 MAKE A LITTLE MONEY
06 OLD JABO
07 IF YOU LOSE YOUR MONEY
08 GUITAR HIGHWAY
09 HEART IN SORROW
10 PREACHIN’ THE BLUES
11 CAN’T HELP MYSELF
12 BEST OF FRIENDS
13 BOOGIE BABY GET ON BOARD
14 THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL
15 RISING SUN
16 IN HIS CARE
17 PREACHIN’
18 I SHALL NOT BE MOVED
19 PICK A BALE OF COTTON
20 A MAN IS NOTHING BUT A FOOL
21 MAMMA BLUES #2
22 RAISE A RUKUS TONIGHT

TOTAL TIME: 62:09

CD 2:

AT SUGAR HILL
01 HOORAY, HOORAY, THIS WOMAN IS KILLING ME
02 BORN TO LIVE THE BLUES
03 JUST ABOUT CRAZY
04 UP, SOMETIMES DOWN
05 BABY, I KNOCKED ON YOUR DOOR
06 KEEP ON WALKING
07 BABY, I GOT MY EYE ON YOU
08 I GOT A LITTLE GIRL
09 I FEEL ALRIGHT NOW
10 WORRY, WORRY, WORRY
11 SWEET WOMAN BLUES

BONUS TRACKS
12 BIG-LEGGED WOMAN
13 SHAKEDOWN BLUES
14 BETTY AND DUPREE (Brownie McGhee solo)
15 CARELESS LOVE (Brownie McGhee solo)
16 THE WOMAN IS KILLING ME (Sonny Terry solo)
17 LOVIN’ WITH A FEELING
18 BAD BLOOD
19 WORKING MAN’S BLUES
20 CUSTARD PIE BLUES

TOTAL TIME: 70:13