Sonny Terry

STORYVILLE VINYL REMASTERS
LIMITED EDITION 180 GRAM VIRGIN VINYL
ORIGINAL COVERS

The enthusiasm and captivating energy of Sonny Terry on Wizard of the Harmonica is as tangible as undeniable as his impact on the blues harmonica and its role in the blues.
His technical mastery and energetic vocal stylings come together on this album to form a captivating portrait of one of the instrument’s all-time greats and a legend in the Piedmont blues genre. Terry’s displays his idiosyncratic and captivating vocal stylings which move from falsetto whoops to dense spoken word passages in unrestricted yet precise ways to form an expansive and nuanced impression of one of the most characteristic and charismatic performers of the style.

Personnel
Sonny Terry (vocals, harmonica)
Brownie McGhee (guitar)
Svend-Erik Nørregård (drums)

Tracklist
Side 1:
A1. Diggin' My Potatoes (3:32)
A2. The Harmonica Blues (3:03)
A3. My Key Won't Fit No More (3:54)
A4. Chasing The Fox (2:31)
A5. Easy Rider (4:00)
A6. Goin' Down Slow (3:53)

Side 2:
B1. Take This Hammer (4:04)
B2. Old Lost John (2:40)
B3. I'm Crazy About Your Pie (2:57)
B4. Freight Train Rollin' On (2:17)
B5. Pretty Little Girl (2:32)
B6. Cousin John (2:44)
B7. I'm Afraid Of Fire (3:25)

All titles recorded in Copenhagen, Nov. 13th, 1971
except for A4, B5, recorded Nov. 14th, 1971 at Ivar Rosenberg Sound Technic