Sonny Terry - Harlem Troubadours '2005

Tracks list

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee made their first recording together in 1941, and
became the longest-running blues duo in memory, stringing out nearly 40 years of
recordings and gigs until their gradually emerging distaste for each other
finally proved insurmountable and brought an end to the musical partnership.
Driven by Terry's trademark high-pitched and whooping harmonica and McGhee's
solid, steady acoustic guitar playing, the pair updated their traditional blues
material just enough to earn steady gigs on the college and coffeehouse circuit,
and if they had a tendency to knock off most of the rough edges in the songs
they did, enough of the Piedmont tradition remained to make them valuable
keepers of the flame. This set shows a glimpse of the earlier, rougher-edged
version of the duo, and wisely sets the stage by opening with six of Terry's old
78s, including the wild field holler "Harmonica Stomp" from 1940, then follows
it with six of McGhee's 78s from the same time period, before finishing the set
off with a dozen tracks of the two musicians together recorded between 1944 and
1952. The end result neatly sketches out the early years, and in this case,
perhaps the most vital years, of the duo's long association.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Sonny Terry - Harmonica Stomp (2:58) 
1.02 - Sonny Terry - Whoopin' The Blues (2:50) 
1.03 - Sonny Terry - All Alone Blues (3:13) 
1.04 - Sonny Terry - Custard Pie Blues (3:14) 
1.05 - Sonny Terry - Telephone Blues (3:27) 
1.06 - Sonny Terry - Airplane Blues (2:54) 
1.07 - Brownie McGhee - Key To My Door (2:52) 
1.08 - Brownie McGhee - It Must Be Love (2:53) 
1.09 - Brownie McGhee - Aunt Jane's Blues (2:52) 
1.10 - Brownie McGhee - Dissatisfied Blues (2:54) 
1.11 - Brownie McGhee - So Much Trouble (2:55) 
1.12 - Brownie McGhee - Diamond Ring (3:30) 
1.13 - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Run Away Women (Hootin' The Blues) (2:47) 
1.14 - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - That's The Stuff (Watch Out) (2:57) 
1.15 - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Bad Blood (2:58) 
1.16 - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Dirty Mistreater, Don't You Know (2:47) 
1.17 - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Tell Me Baby (2:56) 
1.18 - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Bottom Blues (2:48) 
1.19 - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Stranger Blues (2:27) 
1.20 - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Smiling And Crying The Blues (3:07) 
1.21 - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Mean Old Frisco (2:42) 
1.22 - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - I Don't Worry (Sittin' On Top Of The
World) (2:47) 
1.23 - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Meet You In The Morning (2:37) 
1.24 - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Pawnshop Blues (2:38)

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