Sonny & Brownie
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Sonny & Brownie is an album by blues musicians Sonny Terry
and Brownie McGhee
. It was recorded at the Paramount Recording Studios (Hollywood, CA) in 1973 and re-released in 1988 with digital remastering by Rudy Van Gelder
at the Van Gelder Recording Studio
.
Sonny Terry
Saunders Terrell, better known as Sonny Terry was a blind American Piedmont blues musician. He was widely known for his energetic blues harmonica style, which frequently included vocal whoops and hollers, and imitations of trains and fox hunts.-Career:Terry was born in Greensboro, Georgia...
and Brownie McGhee
Brownie McGhee
Walter Brown McGhee was a Piedmont blues singer and guitarist, best known for his collaborations with the harmonica player Sonny Terry.-Life and career:...
. It was recorded at the Paramount Recording Studios (Hollywood, CA) in 1973 and re-released in 1988 with digital remastering by Rudy Van Gelder
Rudy Van Gelder
Rudy Van Gelder is an American recording engineer specializing in jazz.Often regarded as one of the most important recording engineers in music history, Van Gelder has recorded several thousand jazz sessions, including many widely recognized as classics, in a career spanning more than half a century...
at the Van Gelder Recording Studio
Van Gelder Studio
The Van Gelder Studio is a recording studio located at 445 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. It was set up in 1959 by Rudy Van Gelder and has been used to record many albums released by major jazz labels such as Verve Records, Blue Note, Prestige and CTI Records.-Background:After having...
.
Track listing
- "People Get ReadyPeople Get ReadyPeople Get Ready may refer to:* "People Get Ready" , a song by The Impressions, covered by many artists* People Get Ready * People Get Ready * People Get Ready...
" (Curtis MayfieldCurtis MayfieldCurtis Lee Mayfield was an American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer.He is best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's and for composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly, Mayfield is highly...
) - "Bring It on Home to Me" (Sam CookeSam CookeSamuel Cook, , better known under the stage name Sam Cooke, was an American gospel, R&B, soul, and pop singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur. He is considered to be one of the pioneers and founders of soul music. He is commonly known as the King of Soul for his distinctive vocal abilities and...
) - "You Bring Out the Boogie in Me" (Michael Franks)
- "Sail Away" (Randy NewmanRandy NewmanRandall Stuart "Randy" Newman is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is known for his mordant pop songs and for film scores....
) - "Sonny's Thing" (Sonny Terry)
- "White Boy Lost in the Blues" (Michael Franks)
- "Battle Is Over (But the War Goes On)" (Jerry Winn, Maurice Rogers)
- "Walkin' My Blues Away" (Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry)
- "Big Wind (Is A' Comin')" (G. Michaels, Maurice Rogers)
- "Jesus Gonna Make It Alright" (Michael Franks)
- "God and Man" (Maurice Rogers)
- "On the Road Again" (Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry)
Personnel
- Brownie McGhee - Guitar, Vocals
- Sonny Terry - Harmonica, Vocals
- Arlo GuthrieArlo GuthrieArlo Davy Guthrie is an American folk singer. Like his father, Woody Guthrie, Arlo often sings songs of protest against social injustice...
- Acoustic guitar, Vocal - Sugarcane Harris - Violin
- Michael Franks - Acoustic guitar & banjo
- John MayallJohn MayallJohn Mayall, OBE is an English blues singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, whose musical career spans over fifty years...
- 12-string electric guitar, piano & harmonica - John HammondJohn P. HammondJohn Paul Hammond is an American blues singer and guitarist. The son of record producer John H. Hammond, he is sometimes referred to as "John Hammond, Jr.".-Background:...
- Slide guitar - Jerry ColeJerry ColeJerry Cole born Jerald Kolbrack was an American guitarist who recorded under his own name, under various budget album pseudonyms and as an uncredited session musician.-Biography:...
- Guitar, Banjo - Jerry McGee - Guitar, Banjo
- Al McKay - Guitar
- Harry Holt - Bass
- Maurice Rogers - Keyboards
- Ed GreeneEd Greene (musician)Ed Greene is an American drummer and session musician.An early recording in 1971 has him as a member of the Donald Byrd Group, together with Thurman Green Harold Land Bobby Hutcherson Joe Sample and Wilton Felder , among others....
- Drums - Vanetta Fields, Clydie KingClydie KingClydie Crittendon is an American singer, best known for her session work as a backing vocalist....
, Marti McCall, Jackie Ward, Maxine Willard Waters, Jim Gilstrap - Background vocals