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Video: Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee: Two Songs
Title: Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee: Two Songs
Description: Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee perform "My Baby's So Fine" and a medley ("Poor Man / Fighting a Losing Battle"). From the DVD "Sonny Terry: Whoopin' the Blues 1958-74." More info at http://guitarvideos.com/dvd/13057dvd.htm
Video: Sonny Terry & Brownie mcGhee- Bring it back home to me
Title: Sonny Terry & Brownie mcGhee- Bring it back home to me
Description: Sonny Terry & Brownie mcGhee- Bring it back home to me
Video: Brownie McGhee Sonny Terry* PleezDon
Title: Brownie McGhee Sonny Terry* PleezDon't Go by The Blue Riders
Description: The Blue Riders: Ben Andrews guitars Tim Jarvis drums and percussion Hugh Feeley harmonicas ...learned from Brownie McGhee in a motel room, at about five in the morning, ...don't play it like me, play it like you..." The washboard stayed at home when we played this club, the rubboard was the ticket. Its sound just got lost in a big room. Try using wooden clothespins on a rubboard, if you want to get close to the washboard sound ...but it won't project near as much of the attack. Still, it works in country / folk blues and fits the Piedmont fingerstyle guitar Ben's playing; most electric guitar players thinking of Merle Travis having who used the alternating thumb for bass lines, but it goes back before vinyl recordings were made. A Review from England, a British website states: "Ben has been playing the clubs & festivals along the Eastern seaboard of the USA for over twenty years. His picking on a variety of guitars ~ 12 string, Dobro, 6 string ~ is awesome!! He always gives a passionate display of virtuoso playing, whether it is the ragtime styles of Blind Blake or Willie McTell, the powerful driving rhythms of Huddie Ledbetter or the delicate slide of Mississippi John Hurt he just oozes authenticity. His rich voice perfectly compliments his playing. It is rare to get a combination of superb guitar, stunning vocals & natural swing but with Ben Andrews you get just that." MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT - Talkin' Casey: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is1AY0mg4CI ROBERT JOHNSON - Last Fair Deal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-tSsTtJrfs Travellin' Riverside Blues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCXr9-R3pFs BLIND WILLIE McTELL - Georgia Rag: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZtNQGywAhw HOWLIN WOLF How Long Blues(How Many More Times): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naLZUJMk-KM SHE DONE ME: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w1OahGhDtQ HOW MANY MORE TIMES? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W3hidtL7kY this one's for Roy Rogers listeners. A world of thanks to a MAJOR inspiration ...David "Panama" Francis 1994, video recorded, in Virginia, USA, The Blue Riders championed the East Coast Piedmont style of blues, a style of music first popularized by artists like Blind Boy Fuller, Rev. Gary Davis, Blind Willie McTell and Blind Blake. - tymjar
Video: Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Howlin Wolf,.. Ray Allens Mom?
Title: Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Howlin Wolf,.. Ray Allens Mom?
Description: Damn she looks just like Ray Allen in a white wig! Gotta be his mama, or grandma! - Great Beer Drinkin Music!
Video: "Custard Pie Blues" by Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Title: "Custard Pie Blues" by Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Description: Homesick Mac performing at the Frankfurt Music Fair in march 2008, Sanden Guitars booth (www.sandenguitars.com). The cool about this clip is that it was filmed just for the archiving purposes but then THIS GUY started jamming with his drum sticks, his son was there too, all of a sudden he pulls out a little "egg shaker" and walks right in front of me, man, we've had a great time. A cool spontaneous thing, me like :-) P.S. I do hope he don't mind being on YouTube like this. If anybody recognizes him, well, let him know and then let _me_ know if it isn't OK, I'll remove the video right away. Thanks for watching!
Video: Roots of Blues -- Brownie McGhee „ Not Guilty Blues"
Title: Roots of Blues -- Brownie McGhee „ Not Guilty Blues"
Description: Recorded: Chicago, August 7, 1940 Brownie McGhee (vcl) (acc) (g), Jordan Webb (h) Walter Brown ("Brownie") McGhee (November 30, 1915 - February 16, 1996) was a folk-blues singer and guitarist, best known for his collaborations with the harmonica player Sonny Terry. He grew up in Kingsport, Tennessee and suffered from polio as a child, which incapacitated his leg. His brother Granville "Sticks" McGhee got his nickname from pushing young Brownie around in a cart. McGhee spent much of his youth immersed in music, singing with local harmony group the Golden Voices Gospel Quartet and teaching himself the guitar. A March of Dimes funded operation on his leg enabled McGhee to walk, enhancing his mobility. At the age of 22 he became a traveling musician, working in the Rabbit Foot Minstrels and meeting and befriending Blind Boy Fuller, whose guitar playing influenced him greatly. After Fuller's death in 1941, J. B. Long of Columbia Records had him adopt his mentor's name, branding him "Blind Boy Fuller No.2". By that time, McGhee was recording for Columbia's subsidiary Okeh Records in Chicago, Illinois, but his real success did not come until his 1942 relocation to New York City, when he officially teamed up with Sonny Terry, who he had known since 1939 as Blind Boy Fuller's harmonica player. The pairing was an overnight success, recording and touring together until around 1980. They did most of their work together from 1958 until 1980, spending eleven months of each year touring, and recording dozens of albums. Despite their fame as "pure" folk artists plying for White audiences, in the 1940s Terry and McGhee also attempted to be successful Black recording performers, fronting a jump blues combo with honking saxophone and/or rolling piano that was variously called Brownie McGhee and his Jook House Rockers or Sonny Terry and his Buckshot Five, often with Champion Jack Dupree and Big Chief Ellis. They also appeared in the original Broadway productions of Finian's Rainbow and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
Video: emiblues beetle
Title: emiblues beetle
Description: Emiliano driving his VW emiblues beetle in the countryside of his hometown in Tuscany. Original soundtrack played by Emiliano: Rospi Stanchi (Emiliano Degl'Innocenti), Whoopin (traditional/Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee) Cameraman: Tomas Ciampi Ray Charles, Big Bill Broonzy, R.L.Burnside, Big Joe Williams, Big Bill Broonzy, B.B.King, Big Mama Thornton, Taj Mahal, J.J.Cale, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Bruce Springsteen, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Stevie Ray & Jimmie Vaughan, Magic Sam, John Lee Hooker, John Cephas, Big Bill Broonzy, Houndog Taylor, Elvis Presly, John Mooney, Professor Longhair, Skip James, Son House, Bob Brozman, The Band, Tom Waits, Lais, Nick Cave, Björk, Marc Ribot, Rolling Stones, Allman Brothers, Willie Dixon, Son House, Bob Marley, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, The Beatles, Canned Heat, Otis Redding, Jellyroll Kings, Bob Dylan, Donny Hathaway, Sam and Dave, Mahalia Jackson, Pete Seeger, John Mayall, Peter Green, Aretha Franklin, Neil Young, Alvin Youngblood Heart, Mississippi John Hurt, Sister Rosetta Thorpe, Leadbelly, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Bob Dylan, Los Lobos, Tolo Marton, John Spencer Blues Explosion, Eric Bibb Sherman Robertson, Howard Glazer, Burnley Festival, W.C. Handy Awards The Barcodes, Dennis Rollins, Lights Out By Nine, Randy McAllister, Ian Siegal, Andrew 'Junior Boy' Jones, Jimmie Vaughan, Michael Pickett, Charles Walker, Gregg Wright, Eric Burdon, Robben Ford, Gregg Wright, Nu Blues, Bob Hall, Rod Demick, Dave Davies, Kyla Brox, Spencer Davis, the Blues Archive Giles, Dorris Henderson, Ray Dorset, Ian Briggs, Heaven Davis, Sean Webster Giles Hedley, Rory Block, The Blues Burglars, The Elevators Steve Cropper, Rocky Athas, Linda Hall and Richie Milton and Julian Piper Steve Phillips, Watermelon Slim, Russell 'Hitman' Alexander, Jonathan Kalb and Sons Of The Delta Earl Green, Brian Auger, Toby Walker, Mojo Buford, Richard Studholme W.C. Handy Awards Eddie Martin, Ian Jennings, Huey Lewis and Otis Taylor Sharrie Williams, Paul Cox, Hamilton Loomis and Kevin Thorpe Tom McGuinness, Bad Influence, The Charlie Morris Band Mem Shannon, Robert Cray, Chris Rea, Frank & Eddie Thomas, Keith B. Brown, Eric Bibb, Robin Trower, Suzy Martell and Bad Town Blues Ruby Turner, Jim Mercer, Simon Kirke, The Razers,n The 100 Club, Station House, Rollo Markee & the Tailshakers, Helium Soul, funkydory, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Joe Bonnamassa, Nigel Mooney Chris Farlowe, Robert Hokum and Monica Madgwick Paul Jones, Tom McGuinness, Dave Kelly, Gary Fletcher and Rob Townsend, Gary Moore, Maggie Bell, The Stumble and Larry Garner Sam Brown, Ginger Baker, Bettye Lavette and Mo' Indigo, Jeremiah Marques and the Blue Aces, Derrin Nauendorf, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Blues Awards, Walter Trout
Video: Roots of Blues -- Brownie McGehee „Death Of Blind Boy Fuller"
Title: Roots of Blues -- Brownie McGehee „Death Of Blind Boy Fuller"
Description: „Death Of Blind Boy Fuller" (W. B. McGhee) Recorded: Chicago, May 23, 1941 Brownie McGhee (g) (vcl) (acc) Walter Brown ("Brownie") McGhee (November 30, 1915 - February 16, 1996) was a folk-blues singer and guitarist, best known for his collaborations with the harmonica player Sonny Terry He grew up in Kingsport, Tennessee and suffered from polio as a child, which incapacitated his leg. His brother Granville "Sticks" McGhee got his nickname from pushing young Brownie around in a cart. McGhee spent much of his youth immersed in music, singing with local harmony group the Golden Voices Gospel Quartet and teaching himself the guitar. A March of Dimes funded operation on his leg enabled McGhee to walk, enhancing his mobility. At the age of 22 he became a traveling musician, working in the Rabbit Foot Minstrels and meeting and befriending Blind Boy Fuller, whose guitar playing influenced him greatly. After Fuller's death in 1941, J. B. Long of Columbia Records had him adopt his mentor's name, branding him "Blind Boy Fuller No.2". By that time, McGhee was recording for Columbia's subsidiary Okeh Records in Chicago, Illinois, but his real success did not come until his 1942 relocation to New York City, when he officially teamed up with Sonny Terry, who he had known since 1939 as Blind Boy Fuller's harmonica player. The pairing was an overnight success, recording and touring together until around 1980. They did most of their work together from 1958 until 1980, spending eleven months of each year touring, and recording dozens of albums. Despite their fame as "pure" folk artists plying for White audiences, in the 1940s Terry and McGhee also attempted to be successful Black recording performers, fronting a jump blues combo with honking saxophone and/or rolling piano that was variously called Brownie McGhee and his Jook House Rockers or Sonny Terry and his Buckshot Five, often with Champion Jack Dupree and Big Chief Ellis. They also appeared in the original Broadway productions of Finian's Rainbow and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. During the blues revival of the 1960s Terry and McGhee were highly popular on the concert and festival circuits, occasionally adding new material but usually remaining faithful to their roots and White customers. In 1987, McGhee gave a small but memorable performance as ill-fated blues singer, Toots Sweet, in the supernatural thriller movie, Angel Heart. One of McGhee's final concert appearances came at the 1995 Chicago Blues Festival. McGhee died from stomach cancer in February 1996 in California, at the age of 80: He missed his planned return trip to Australia
Video: Roots of Blues -- Blind Boy Fuller & Sonny Terry „Precious Lo
Title: Roots of Blues -- Blind Boy Fuller & Sonny Terry „Precious Lo
Description: „Precious Lord" (T.A. Dorsey) Recorded: Chicago, June 19, 1944 (Brother George and his Sanctified Singers) Blind Boy Fuller (g) (poss. vcl), Sonny Terry & Jordan Webb (h), Oh red (w), poss. Brownie McGhee (vcl) Blind Boy Fuller (born Fulton Allen) (July 10, 1907[1] - February 13, 1941) was an American blues guitarist and vocalist. He was one of the most popular of the recorded Piedmont blues artists with rural Black Americans, a group that also included Blind Blake, Josh White, and Buddy Moss. Fulton Allen was born in Wadesboro, North Carolina to Calvin Allen and Mary Jane Walker. He was one of a family of 10 children, but after his mother's death he moved with his father to Rockingham. As a boy he learned to play the guitar and also learned from older singers the field hollers, country rags, and traditional songs and blues popular in poor, rural areas. He married Cora Allen young and worked as a labourer, but began to lose his eyesight in his mid-teens. According to researcher Bruce Bastin, "While he was living in Rockingham he began to have trouble with his eyes. He went to see a doctor in Charlotte who allegedly told him that he had ulcers behind his eyes, the original damage having been caused by some form of snow-blindness". However, there is an alternative story that he was blinded by an ex-girlfriend who threw chemicals in his face. By 1928 he was completely blind, and turned to whatever employment he could find as a singer and entertainer, often playing in the streets. By studying the records of country blues players like Blind Blake and the "live" playing of Gary Davis, Allen became a formidable guitarist, and played on street corners and at house parties in Winston-Salem, Danville, and then Durham, North Carolina. In Durham, playing around the tobacco warehouses, he developed a local following which included guitarists Floyd Council and Richard Trice, as well as harmonica player Saunders Terrell, better known as Sonny Terry and washboard player/guitarist George Washington. Saunders Terrell, better known as Sonny Terry (24 October 1911, Greensboro, North Carolina - 11 March 1986, Mineola, New York was a blind blues musician. He was most widely known for his energetic blues harmonica style, which frequently included vocal whoops and hollers, and imitations of trains and fox hunts. He was also an accomplished Jews harp player. His father, a farmer, taught him to play basic blues harp as a youth. He sustained injuries to his eyes and lost his sight by the time he was 16, which prevented him from doing farm work himself. In order to earn a living Terry was forced to play music. He began playing in Shelby, North Carolina. After his father died he began playing in the trio of Piedmont-style guitarist Blind Boy Fuller. When Fuller died, he established a long-standing musical relationship with Brownie McGhee, and the pair recorded numerous tracks together. The duo became well-known, even among white audiences, as they joined the growing folk movement of the 1950s and 1960s. This included collaborations with Woody Guthrie and Moses Asch, producing Folkways Records (now Smithsonian/Folkways) classic recordings.
Video: Roots of Blues -- Sonny Terry „ Blowin The Blues"
Title: Roots of Blues -- Sonny Terry „ Blowin The Blues"
Description: „Blowin' The Blues" (Terry) Recorded: Chicago, June 19, 1940 Sonny Terry (h), Oh Red (w) Saunders Terrell, better known as Sonny Terry (24 October 1911, Greensboro, North Carolina - 11 March 1986, Mineola, New York was a blind blues musician. He was most widely known for his energetic blues harmonica style, which frequently included vocal whoops and hollers, and imitations of trains and fox hunts. He was also an accomplished Jews harp player. His father, a farmer, taught him to play basic blues harp as a youth. He sustained injuries to his eyes and lost his sight by the time he was 16, which prevented him from doing farm work himself. In order to earn a living Terry was forced to play music. He began playing in Shelby, North Carolina. After his father died he began playing in the trio of Piedmont-style guitarist Blind Boy Fuller. When Fuller died, he established a long-standing musical relationship with Brownie McGhee, and the pair recorded numerous tracks together. The duo became well-known, even among white audiences, as they joined the growing folk movement of the 1950s and 1960s. This included collaborations with Woody Guthrie and Moses Asch, producing Folkways Records (now Smithsonian/Folkways) classic recordings.
Video: Roots of Blues -- Blind Boy Fuller & Sonny Terry „Harmonica B
Title: Roots of Blues -- Blind Boy Fuller & Sonny Terry „Harmonica B
Description: „Harmonica Blues" (S. Terry) Recorded: New York , March 05, 1940 Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Terry (h), Oh Red Blind Boy Fuller (born Fulton Allen) (July 10, 1907[1] - February 13, 1941) was an American blues guitarist and vocalist. He was one of the most popular of the recorded Piedmont blues artists with rural Black Americans, a group that also included Blind Blake, Josh White, and Buddy Moss. Fulton Allen was born in Wadesboro, North Carolina to Calvin Allen and Mary Jane Walker. He was one of a family of 10 children, but after his mother's death he moved with his father to Rockingham. As a boy he learned to play the guitar and also learned from older singers the field hollers, country rags, and traditional songs and blues popular in poor, rural areas. He married Cora Allen young and worked as a labourer, but began to lose his eyesight in his mid-teens. According to researcher Bruce Bastin, "While he was living in Rockingham he began to have trouble with his eyes. He went to see a doctor in Charlotte who allegedly told him that he had ulcers behind his eyes, the original damage having been caused by some form of snow-blindness". However, there is an alternative story that he was blinded by an ex-girlfriend who threw chemicals in his face. By 1928 he was completely blind, and turned to whatever employment he could find as a singer and entertainer, often playing in the streets. By studying the records of country blues players like Blind Blake and the "live" playing of Gary Davis, Allen became a formidable guitarist, and played on street corners and at house parties in Winston-Salem, Danville, and then Durham, North Carolina. In Durham, playing around the tobacco warehouses, he developed a local following which included guitarists Floyd Council and Richard Trice, as well as harmonica player Saunders Terrell, better known as Sonny Terry and washboard player/guitarist George Washington. Saunders Terrell, better known as Sonny Terry (24 October 1911, Greensboro, North Carolina - 11 March 1986, Mineola, New York was a blind blues musician. He was most widely known for his energetic blues harmonica style, which frequently included vocal whoops and hollers, and imitations of trains and fox hunts. He was also an accomplished Jews harp player. His father, a farmer, taught him to play basic blues harp as a youth. He sustained injuries to his eyes and lost his sight by the time he was 16, which prevented him from doing farm work himself. In order to earn a living Terry was forced to play music. He began playing in Shelby, North Carolina. After his father died he began playing in the trio of Piedmont-style guitarist Blind Boy Fuller. When Fuller died, he established a long-standing musical relationship with Brownie McGhee, and the pair recorded numerous tracks together. The duo became well-known, even among white audiences, as they joined the growing folk movement of the 1950s and 1960s. This included collaborations with Woody Guthrie and Moses Asch, producing Folkways Records (now Smithsonian/Folkways) classic recordings.
Video: 247. Pick a Bale of Cotton (Traditional American)
Title: 247. Pick a Bale of Cotton (Traditional American)
Description: First collected by Alan Lomax from prison farms in Texas, this is a boastful song about picking an impossibly large quantity of cotton (a bale is about a quarter of a ton). One version (1934) sung by Moses Clear Rock Platt, an African-American singer (and prisoner) has led to some controversy as it used the word "nigger". In fact, many people now consider it politically incorrect to sing this song at all because of its associations with slavery. There is a fascinating thread on the Mudcat site about a school that was pressured into withdrawing the song from a choral concert after complaints from parents. Pete Seeger has argued that it would have been sung fairly slowly as a work song if it was actually sung by the slaves on the cotton fields, so it is quite likely that it does not actually go back to those times. The version that we know today comes mainly from the singing of Lead Belly, who called it a "play-party" song, and has been carried on by singers such as Harry Belafonte, Odetta and the great blues duo, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee. The song has also been sung by Lonnie Donegan and ABBA.
Video: Roots of Blues -- Sonny Terry &  Blind Boy Fuller „Lonesome T
Title: Roots of Blues -- Sonny Terry & Blind Boy Fuller „Lonesome T
Description: „Lonesome Train" (S. Terry) Recorded: New York , April 24, 1944 Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Terry (h) In some Places it is said that Woody Guthrie is accompanying Sonny on this Session Blind Boy Fuller (born Fulton Allen) (July 10, 1907[1] - February 13, 1941) was an American blues guitarist and vocalist. He was one of the most popular of the recorded Piedmont blues artists with rural Black Americans, a group that also included Blind Blake, Josh White, and Buddy Moss. Fulton Allen was born in Wadesboro, North Carolina to Calvin Allen and Mary Jane Walker. He was one of a family of 10 children, but after his mother's death he moved with his father to Rockingham. As a boy he learned to play the guitar and also learned from older singers the field hollers, country rags, and traditional songs and blues popular in poor, rural areas. He married Cora Allen young and worked as a labourer, but began to lose his eyesight in his mid-teens. According to researcher Bruce Bastin, "While he was living in Rockingham he began to have trouble with his eyes. He went to see a doctor in Charlotte who allegedly told him that he had ulcers behind his eyes, the original damage having been caused by some form of snow-blindness". However, there is an alternative story that he was blinded by an ex-girlfriend who threw chemicals in his face. By 1928 he was completely blind, and turned to whatever employment he could find as a singer and entertainer, often playing in the streets. By studying the records of country blues players like Blind Blake and the "live" playing of Gary Davis, Allen became a formidable guitarist, and played on street corners and at house parties in Winston-Salem, Danville, and then Durham, North Carolina. In Durham, playing around the tobacco warehouses, he developed a local following which included guitarists Floyd Council and Richard Trice, as well as harmonica player Saunders Terrell, better known as Sonny Terry and washboard player/guitarist George Washington. Saunders Terrell, better known as Sonny Terry (24 October 1911, Greensboro, North Carolina - 11 March 1986, Mineola, New York was a blind blues musician. He was most widely known for his energetic blues harmonica style, which frequently included vocal whoops and hollers, and imitations of trains and fox hunts. He was also an accomplished Jews harp player. His father, a farmer, taught him to play basic blues harp as a youth. He sustained injuries to his eyes and lost his sight by the time he was 16, which prevented him from doing farm work himself. In order to earn a living Terry was forced to play music. He began playing in Shelby, North Carolina. After his father died he began playing in the trio of Piedmont-style guitarist Blind Boy Fuller. When Fuller died, he established a long-standing musical relationship with Brownie McGhee, and the pair recorded numerous tracks together. The duo became well-known, even among white audiences, as they joined the growing folk movement of the 1950s and 1960s. This included collaborations with Woody Guthrie and Moses Asch, producing Folkways Records (now Smithsonian/Folkways) classic recordings.
Video: Roots of Blues -- Blind Boy Fuller & Sonny Terry „Mistreater,
Title: Roots of Blues -- Blind Boy Fuller & Sonny Terry „Mistreater,
Description: „Mistreater, You're Going To Be Sorry" (Fuller) Recorded: New York City, December 12. 1937 Blind Boy Fuller (vcl) (g), Sonny Terry (h) • Blind Boy Fuller (born Fulton Allen) (July 10, 1907[1] - February 13, 1941) was an American blues guitarist and vocalist. He was one of the most popular of the recorded Piedmont blues artists with rural Black Americans, a group that also included Blind Blake, Josh White, and Buddy Moss. Fulton Allen was born in Wadesboro, North Carolina to Calvin Allen and Mary Jane Walker. He was one of a family of 10 children, but after his mother's death he moved with his father to Rockingham. As a boy he learned to play the guitar and also learned from older singers the field hollers, country rags, and traditional songs and blues popular in poor, rural areas. He married Cora Allen young and worked as a labourer, but began to lose his eyesight in his mid-teens. According to researcher Bruce Bastin, "While he was living in Rockingham he began to have trouble with his eyes. He went to see a doctor in Charlotte who allegedly told him that he had ulcers behind his eyes, the original damage having been caused by some form of snow-blindness". However, there is an alternative story that he was blinded by an ex-girlfriend who threw chemicals in his face. By 1928 he was completely blind, and turned to whatever employment he could find as a singer and entertainer, often playing in the streets. By studying the records of country blues players like Blind Blake and the "live" playing of Gary Davis, Allen became a formidable guitarist, and played on street corners and at house parties in Winston-Salem, Danville, and then Durham, North Carolina. In Durham, playing around the tobacco warehouses, he developed a local following which included guitarists Floyd Council and Richard Trice, as well as harmonica player Saunders Terrell, better known as Sonny Terry and washboard player/guitarist George Washington. • Saunders Terrell, better known as Sonny Terry (24 October 1911, Greensboro, North Carolina - 11 March 1986, Mineola, New York was a blind blues musician. He was most widely known for his energetic blues harmonica style, which frequently included vocal whoops and hollers, and imitations of trains and fox hunts. He was also an accomplished Jews harp player. His father, a farmer, taught him to play basic blues harp as a youth. He sustained injuries to his eyes and lost his sight by the time he was 16, which prevented him from doing farm work himself. In order to earn a living Terry was forced to play music. He began playing in Shelby, North Carolina. After his father died he began playing in the trio of Piedmont-style guitarist Blind Boy Fuller. When Fuller died, he established a long-standing musical relationship with Brownie McGhee, and the pair recorded numerous tracks together. The duo became well-known, even among white audiences, as they joined the growing folk movement of the 1950s and 1960s. This included collaborations with Woody Guthrie and Moses Asch, producing Folkways Records (now Smithsonian/Folkways) classic recordings.
Video: Woody Guthrie - 1945
Title: Woody Guthrie - 1945
Description: One of the two surviving film clips of Woody Guthrie performing. This one, of "Ranger's Command," is from 1945. The other, of "John Henry," with Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, is already on YouTube.

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