Backwater Blues

Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry

Release Date: 11 Jun 1999
Label: FANTASY
Genre: R&B, BLUES, SOUL & STAX

CAT # FCD-24750-25

1. Climbin' On Top Of The Hill 2:35

2. Louise 3:24

3. My Father's Words 3:58

4. Backwater Blues 4:05

5. Wine Headed Woman 5:22

6. Careless Love 4:58

7. Playin' With The Blues 3:25

8. I Can't Sleep At Night 4:20

9. My Baby's Leavin' 4:36

10. Lose Your Money 3:20

11. Jet Plane Blues 3:20

12. Rainy Day 3:45

13. I'm A Stranger 3:10

14. Women On My String 3:20

15. One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer 1:58

16. Key To The Highway 5:08

17. You'd Better Mind 3:30

18. Walk On 2:40

Sonny Terry (1911-1986) and Brownie McGhee (1915-1996) were the longest lasting and most beloved team in the history of the blues. This long-overdue previously unreleased companion to their classic Live at Sugar Hill album (OBCCD-536-2) finds the two bluesmen at the peak of their powers, performing in perfect tandem at the legendary San Francisco club. They bounce ideas off one another--Terry answering McGhee's smooth vocals with shivering harmonica wails and backwoods shouts, McGhee providing incisive guitar rhythms and leads for Terry's rougher singing style--sometimes trading phrases or blending their voices in chilling harmony.

Recorded December 29, 1961.

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