Sonny Terry: Blues 1938-53 - COMPACT DISCS

Title: Blues 1938-53
Artist: Sonny Terry
Label: Fremeaux & Assoc. FR
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 3448960227223
Genre: Blues, Blues Traditional
Release Date: 2005-10-18
Number of Discs: 2

(2-CD set) The virtuosic, exhuberant and extroverted entertainer and harmonica player Sonny Terry principally represented the perpetuation of the old Appalachian Mountain style, which went back to the first period of Black music, before the instrument adopted a quite different orchestral dimension in the Memphis jug bands. Sonny Terry was very popular in the folk circles in the '50s and his influence on most Yankee and European harpists was enormous. However, we must not overlook his vast quantity of recordings from 1938-53, interpreting blues, rhythm & blues, folk and rock 'n roll - this CD presents all the various facets of this talented artist.

Tracks:
1.1 Mountain Blues
1.2 New John Henry
1.3 Run Away Women
1.4 Chain Gang Special
1.5 Pick a Bale of Cotton
1.6 Tell Me Little Woman
1.7 Whoopin' the Blues
1.8 Riff and Harmonica Jump
1.9 Early Morning Blues
1.10 Crow Jane Blues
1.11 Telephone Blues
1.12 Dirty Mistreater
1.13 Hootin' Blues
1.14 Dangerous Woman
1.15 Going Down Slow
1.16 Sittin' on the Top of the World
1.17 Man Ain't Nothing But a Fool
1.18 Stranger Blues
2.1 Baby Let's Have Some Fun
2.2 Four O'Clock Blues
2.3 Lonesome Room
2.4 That Woman Is Killing Me
2.5 Harmonica Train
2.6 Harmonica Hop
2.7 Doggin' My Heart Around
2.8 John Henry
2.9 Hound Dog Holler
2.10 Louise Blues
2.11 Goodbye Lead Belly
2.12 Custard Pie
2.13 Old Woman Blues
2.14 Moanin' and Mournin'
2.15 Hootin' and Jumpin'
2.16 Sonny Is Drinking
2.17 I'm Gonna Rock Your Wig
2.18 Hooray Hooray