| Sonny & Brownie | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 16 reviews)
Sales Rank: 29702
Category: Music
Artist: Sonny Terry & Brownie Mcghee
Publisher: A&M
Studio: A&M
Manufacturer: A&M
Label: A&M
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 075021082922
EAN: 0075021082922
ASIN: B000002G6M
Release Date: October 25, 1990
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | People Get Ready - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Mayfield, Curtis | | • | Bring It on Home to Me - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Cooke, Sam | | • | You Bring Out the Boogie in Me - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Franks, Michael | | • | Sail Away - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Newman, Randy | | • | Sonny's Thing - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Terry, Sonny | | • | White Boy Lost in the Blues - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Franks, Michael | | • | Battle Is Over (But the War Goes On) - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Rogers, M. | | • | Walkin' My Blues Away - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, McGhee, Brownie | | • | Big Wind (Is A' Comin') - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Michaels, G. | | • | Jesus Gonna Make It Alright - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Franks, Michael | | • | God and Man - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Rogers, M. | | • | On the Road Again - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, McGhee, Brownie |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 11 more reviews...
 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee Lighten Up A Day September 10, 2006
This is a fantastic album, plain and simple. I won't get into the debate as to whether or not it is bluesy, or more commercial than the rest of their stuff (to which I have not had a chance to listen), because it is simply a fun album.
Stand-out tracks on the album are "People Get Ready", the electrifying instrumental "Sonny's Thing", "The Battle is Over", and "Big Wind". However all of the tracks are great, and well paced. The album winds down perfectly with "On the Road Again", a bit of banter between Sonny & Brownie, interspersed with a recurring lyric.
The album makes me want to go out and buy more of their material, and I can recommend this across all age groups. Definitely a must-have.
You People Are CRAZY March 23, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is one of the very first blues records I found in my dad's record collection when I was about 14. Yes it's not straight delta blues and yes it has some white guys playing/singing on it. This was Sonny and Brownie's introduction to white american blues fans in the early 70's and it worked. This record is a classic and totally worth the price of admission for the very last track of them telling road stories. Also their version of People Get Ready and Sail Away are near perfect.
When I Met Brownie McGhee shortly before he passed away, he told me this was his favorite record he ever made. He thought this was the one he would be remembered for - so do yourself a favor and buy this amazing album.
The Black Boys March 3, 2006
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Sunny & Browne. To paraphrase, "This is it". Two old boys from `Bama.
When Bob Dylan came to San Francisco in "72. He acknowledged Sonny & Browne as one of his inspirations. I'm not sure who the others were.
They're older than dust. One of them is blind and the other one justifiably uses a cane.
Buy this and you'll shake your head. Such sweet music, "Oh, the sun's gonna shine on my back-door one of these days."
They don't get along but that's another story. How can two guys sing together for 35 years and not "get along"?
Bring it on home December 2, 2005
I bought this album on a discount cassette tape in the early seventies in Brisbane - unheard and thinking how cool I would be having such music. 35 years later and a lot wiser I have come to realise that somethings just outlast time - one of those being quality artists. This album represents, for me anyway, a time when things were less complicated and the music was for the music's sake. Depressing piece of reminiscing? No way - a celebration of how fortunate I was to stumble on these unheralded guys (In Australia at least) and now to trip over the cd while surfing the 'net in China. If you haven't heard this album buy it and rejoice!
Authentic Legends Are Rare September 4, 2003
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Sonny and Brown are authentic legends and I share the amazement of a previous reviewer that they were not more highly regarded as such by the world at large. This was the first album of S&B that I heard when I was around 12 and I switched onto it immediately, it is warm, rich, and pure good vibe blues. As well as the pairs Guitar and harp, it features bass and drums. I love their version of 'sail away', it might seem a strange cover at first if you listen to Newmans version, but they just do it so well. 'People Get Ready' and 'Bring Out The Boogie In Me' are standouts.
After I heard it as a kid I went out and found another Sonny and Brown album, the double 'California Blues' which I also loved, especially when they sang harmonies, man, that defined the blues for me, so raw and beautiful and real. These guys were the real thing and I think they need to be ranked as highly as John Lee Hooker and Robert Johnson. One day I believe they will be. Recommended with full conviction.
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