Back Country Blues: 1947-55 Savoy Recordings [Digipak]
Brownie Mcghee
CD Rel Date: 1986-03-04
084721250722
2016 archive release. Singer/Guitarist Brownie McGhee and his life-long musical partner, blind harp-man, Sonny Terry are best known as champions of the "Piedmont"-style blues pioneered by artists such as Blind Blake, Blind Willie McTell and Blind Boy Fuller. In the 1960s, they became icons of the folk-blues revival. The recording presented here however showcase a different chapter of the story. This is a collection of raw and rocking jump blues cut between 1947 and 1955 for juke boxes in black beer joints and dancehalls by the New Jersey-based Savoy Record company. Essential blues recordings from two of the genres' most revered artists.
Tracklist:
- When It's Love Time
- Diamond Ring
- Auto Mechanic Blues
- My Fault
- Gone, Baby, Gone
- Bottom Blues
- I Was Fooled
- Dissatisfied Blues
- Sweet Baby Blues 1
- C.C. Baby (You Started It Baby) 1
- Don't Mistake Me 1
- Poor Boy Blues 1
- Four O'Clock in the Morning 1
- Robbie-Doby Boogie 1
- It Hurts Me Too 1
- So Much Trouble 1
- My Fault (No.2) 1
- Bad Nerves 1
- Love's a Disease 2
- Contact Me 2
- Brownie's New Worried Life Blues 2
- True Blues 2
- Yellow Moon 2
- I'd Love to Love You 2
- My Consolation 2
- My Other Home 2
- Anna Mae