Sonny Terry, the Folkways years, 1944-1963.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Terry, Sonny, performer.

Contributor:

McGhee, Brownie, 1915-1996, performer.

Alexander Street Press.

Series:

Smithsonian global sound for libraries

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blues (Music).

Folk music--United States.

Folk music.

United States.

Folk songs, English--United States.

Folk songs, English.

Harmonica music (Blues).

Ethnic music recordings--United States.

Ethnic music recordings, English--United States.

Local Subjects:

Ethnic music recordings--United States.

Ethnic music recordings, English--United States.

Genre:

Harmonica music (Blues)

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Other Title:

Folkways years, 1944-1963

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Folkways ; Cambridge, MA : Rounder Records, [1991]

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

Contents:

Old Jabo / Brownie McGhee (2:10)

Going down slow / James Oden (2:51)

Crow Jane blues (1:59)

Harmonica with slaps (J.C. Burris, body slaps) (2:01)

Pick a bale of cotton / Huddie Ledbetter (Coyal McMahan, maracas) (2:30)

Dark road / Brownie McGhee (Gene Moore, drums) (2:43)

Skip to my Lou (William Edward Cook, washboard ; Pete Seeger, banjo ; Frank Robertson, bass) (1:21)

The woman is killing me (unknown performers, washboard, washtub bass, bones, frying pan) (2:23)

Jail house blues (Sticks McGhee, guitar) (5:02)

Fox chase ; Right on that shore / McGhee ; Terry (Pete Seeger, vocal, banjo)

Shortnin' bread (2:00)

Sweet woman (3:04)

Lost John (3:07)

A man is nothing but a fool / Sonny Terry (Coyal McMahan, maracas) (3:18)

Poor man (but a good man) (J.C. Burris, bones, vocal) (3:08)

I've been your doggie since I been your man (J.C. Burris, bones) (3:53)

Custard pie blues / Sonny Terry (unknown performers, washboard, washtub bass, bones, frying pan, vocal refrain) (2:47).

Participant:

Sonny Terry, harmonica, vocals, jew's harp (11th track) ; Brownie McGhee, guitar, and, in part, vocals (1st-3rd, 5th-7th, 11th-12th, 14th, 16th tracks) ; other supporting musicians.

Notes:

15 songs previously released by Folkways Records, 1952-1963; 2 songs from previously unreleased acetates.

Analog recording.

Blues and folk songs.

Previously issued as compact disc.

Program notes by Kip Lornell with selected bibliography and discography ([8] p. : ill.) inserted in original container.

Recorded 1944-1963.

Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2009. (Smithsonian global sound for libraries). Available via World Wide Web.

Other Format:

CD SF 40033

OCLC:

689540396

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.