SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE

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Folk-blues duo, popular during the folk revival of the '50s-‘60s, recorded and toured together for nearly 40 years.

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
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SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE In London album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
In London
Blues 1958
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE Back Country Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Back Country Blues
Blues 1958
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE Brownie McGhee And Sonny Terry Sing album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Brownie McGhee And Sonny Terry Sing
Blues 1958
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE Sonny Terry And Brownie McGhee album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sonny Terry And Brownie McGhee
Blues 1958
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE Sonny, Brownie And Chris album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sonny, Brownie And Chris
Blues 1958
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Blues 1959
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE Blues Is A Story (aka Livin' With The Blues) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Blues Is A Story (aka Livin' With The Blues)
Blues 1960
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE Down Home Blues (1960) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Down Home Blues (1960)
Blues 1960
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE Pick A Bale Of Cotton album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Pick A Bale Of Cotton
Blues 1960
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE Just A Closer Walk With Thee album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Just A Closer Walk With Thee
Blues 1960
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE Blues & Folk album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Blues & Folk
Blues 1960
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE Down Home Blues (1961) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Down Home Blues (1961)
Blues 1961
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE Blues All Around My Head album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Blues All Around My Head
Blues 1961
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE Blues Is My Companion album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Blues Is My Companion
Blues 1961
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE Blues In My Soul album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Blues In My Soul
Blues 1961
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE At Sugar Hill album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
At Sugar Hill
Blues 1962
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE Shouts & Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Shouts & Blues
Blues 1962
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE Home Town Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Home Town Blues
Blues 1965
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE Sing And Play album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sing And Play
Blues 1965
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE A Long Way From Home album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
A Long Way From Home
Blues 1969
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE Brownie & Sonny (aka Trouble In Mind) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Brownie & Sonny (aka Trouble In Mind)
Blues 1969
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE Hootin' And Hollerin' album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Hootin' And Hollerin'
Blues 1973
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE Sonny & Brownie album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sonny & Brownie
Blues 1973
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE Book Of Numbers Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Recording album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Book Of Numbers Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Recording
Jazz Related Soundtracks 1973
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE I Couldn't Believe My Eyes album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
I Couldn't Believe My Eyes
Blues 1973
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE Going Down Slow album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Going Down Slow
Blues 1974
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE Walk On (aka Brownie & Sonny aka Comin' From The Fields) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Walk On (aka Brownie & Sonny aka Comin' From The Fields)
Blues 1977
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE You Hear Me Talkin' (aka C.C.Rider) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
You Hear Me Talkin' (aka C.C.Rider)
Blues 1978
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE Hootin' album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Hootin'
Blues 1981
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE Jazz Heritage Series album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz Heritage Series
Blues 1983
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE Sporting Life Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sporting Life Blues
Blues 1987
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE The 1958 London Sessions album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The 1958 London Sessions
Blues 1990
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE USA : Conversation With The River album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
USA : Conversation With The River
Blues 1991
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE Jump Little Children album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jump Little Children
Blues 1992
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE Drinking In The Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Drinking In The Blues
Blues 1993
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE Sun's Gonna Shine album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sun's Gonna Shine
Blues 1994
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE The Original album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Original
Blues 1996
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE Going It Alone album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Going It Alone
Blues 1997
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE But Not Together album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
But Not Together
Blues 2003
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE Pawnshop Blues : Twenty Classic Early Recordings album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Pawnshop Blues : Twenty Classic Early Recordings
Blues 2004

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SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE At The 2nd Fret (aka Bluesville) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
At The 2nd Fret (aka Bluesville)
Blues 1962
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE At The Bunkhouse (aka Where The Blues Begin) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
At The Bunkhouse (aka Where The Blues Begin)
Blues 1965
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE Brownie McGhee And Sonny Terry album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Brownie McGhee And Sonny Terry
Blues 1975
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE Blowin' The Fuses album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Blowin' The Fuses
Blues 1996
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE Live At The New Penelope Cafe album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live At The New Penelope Cafe
Blues 2016

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SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE Blues Masters, Vol. 5 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Blues Masters, Vol. 5
Blues 1991
SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE Backwater Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Backwater Blues
Blues 1999

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