When Sonny and Brownie played solo, they were great. But when they played together, they were immortal. And I'm sure in heaven somewhere, they are entertaining crowds right now as I write this. Truth is, no matter what happens in this world, they are together forever and their music will live on forever as well.
@nozecone2 жыл бұрын
Well ... from what I understand of their relationship, being together forever would be hell for both of them, not heaven ... !
@tangitakie8969 Жыл бұрын
My favourite blues duo. All great duos clashed at times which makes their music forever great
@nozecone Жыл бұрын
@@tangitakie8969 Well, from everything I've heard, it was much more than "at times" for these two - sadly, they seemed to reach a point where they could barely stand each other.
@maplebones Жыл бұрын
@@nozecone Gossip about their personal lives abounds but is quite irrelevant. I was fortunate to have seen them play many times in small cafes. The music they made together was magical and deeply moving. 50 years later, all I need is to hear a few bars and the feeling's still there.
@jerrywilliams5042 Жыл бұрын
I took guitar lessons from Brownie back in the seventies; they couldn't stand each other lol
@jpkaneshida507513 күн бұрын
These 2 AMERICANS go to the roots of this joint. Them and the Indians... pure as pure can be.
@sheilaj58183 жыл бұрын
I was lucky enough to see them in a tiny private club in Montreal around 1962. sat a few feet away from them and was in heaven. A happy memory.
@maplebones Жыл бұрын
The Yellow Door on Sherbrook St ? I was attending College Prep Academy in some run down apts above the cafe, and could sneak in the back door. I saw Sunny and Brownie many times there. Also Joni Mitchell and Neil young before they were known. It was the late 60's. I remember another place, maybe The Back Door on Stanley ? That was earlier. I was in 10th grade and had to sneak out . I think I saw a very young John Hammond and definitely Bruce Murdoch there. Thanks for taking me back.
@robertwener4561Ай бұрын
They made an appearance at the second Montreal Jazz Fest They completely owned the place.
@raphaelrousso71244 жыл бұрын
THEY ARE THE GREATEST !!!! American Music 's on their shoulders !!!
@tattoodboop10 жыл бұрын
I love that sound shouting wooo he gives out!!!
@macfunkey8 жыл бұрын
+tattoodboop can get annoying when he does it over every song? Maybe annoyed Brownie sometimes?
@rectalslug8 жыл бұрын
+Andy Macdonald no man everyone loves that shit.
@BigMamou3678 жыл бұрын
+Andy Macdonald I can't think of the tv show but one of the black guys would do a skit and he be singing the blues and let out that sound.
@macfunkey8 жыл бұрын
+Adamc Cybulsky OK just me then
@cherylpostlethwaite80898 жыл бұрын
me toooooooooooooooo
@georgealexander86613 жыл бұрын
Was fortunate enough to have Brownie McGhee (RIP) in Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, but sadly had to go to work and never got to take his Blues class, but did get to know this great man in English class. 😇🙏🙏🌹🌹🌹❤❤❤
@j.t.cunningham882510 ай бұрын
I awaken listening to this blues this morning.
@Katie._.draws.2 жыл бұрын
Saw them playing in 1967 at Huntington Beach, CA I'll never forget there performsnce -OUTSTANDING.
@hotroddaddy-et4xg5 жыл бұрын
10 people have no soul..how could anyone not enjoy this,???? it's good for your soul..
@dineydelano13 жыл бұрын
It doesn't get any better these guys
@johnrose45487 жыл бұрын
REAL music!
@laurentozzi36442 жыл бұрын
Oh how I wished I could have seen them here in Seattle!! The best music ever....
@tombarlow60763 жыл бұрын
They are priceless. First heard Sony in early seventies and had a folkways LP with him alone. That sound is deep in my soul. At the heart of American music.
@Mr_Sponge2 жыл бұрын
That's awesome
@TimEastonSongwriter3 жыл бұрын
I"m simply fascinated with these two. Always have been. I love to ask people who saw them or traveled with them what they were like. I'm over on my Chanel playing my own songs. Different than the country blues most of the time, but these two are deep influences to me. Them and Woody G. of course. Tim E. in Tennessee
@LuvBlues6411 жыл бұрын
The perfect partnership,its hard to believe that they disliked each other so much.The years on the road together must have taken its toll!
@harboranimal Жыл бұрын
I was also so surprised to note they weren't speaking to one another coming & going from a small nightclub performance I attended. But I did manage to get their autographs on the same piece of paper (Sonny, just his initials!)
@j.t.cunningham8825 Жыл бұрын
This is real folk blues.
@imannonymous77072 жыл бұрын
Im really a fan of brownie maghee . He both sings and plays in a fashion i dig...but when sonny plays harp it just brings it all together . Its well known these two barley spoke to each other off stage. But anybody thats been in a band can probably relate
@ugmodude2 жыл бұрын
I agree with Keef there...
@taddprice675010 жыл бұрын
Don't know that the hated each other but just like two bothers they never missed a chance to fight. If you have ever played with other musicians you know what I mean.
@naemoko11 жыл бұрын
That's old school right there...damn!....
@CosmicCountryboy7 жыл бұрын
Sonny Terry is my soul uncle. I play harp in a bluegrass string band.
@pauleandersonmusic11 жыл бұрын
Sonny's pretty much my favorite...He's great on Guthrie's "Lost John" and everything else. Brownie's playing in F on the first one, so Sonny's cross-harping (inhaling, or "drawing", on the 4th scale note up) on a B flat harp...so good. Basically, just figure out what key the guitarist is in and play the 4th above it an inhale a lot. So, A blues: use a D harp, E blues: use an A harp, etc...
@j.t.cunningham8825 Жыл бұрын
MN this blus is really worth listening to.
@bgbreakdown11 жыл бұрын
This ain't no "Blues Hammer" ha ha! So glad I saw them perform back in the 70s.
@dylanhaleyyou5 жыл бұрын
Ghost World!
@MB-jg4tr3 жыл бұрын
Wow I'm blown away
@plantabundance7 жыл бұрын
The real deals!
@xzavierfranklin73003 жыл бұрын
i know im asking randomly but does anybody know a method to log back into an instagram account?? I somehow forgot my login password. I appreciate any tricks you can offer me.
@jakemaxton17143 жыл бұрын
@Xzavier Franklin instablaster :)
@xzavierfranklin73003 жыл бұрын
@Jake Maxton thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site on google and Im in the hacking process now. I see it takes quite some time so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
@xzavierfranklin73003 жыл бұрын
@Jake Maxton it worked and I actually got access to my account again. Im so happy:D Thank you so much, you saved my ass !
@jakemaxton17143 жыл бұрын
@Xzavier Franklin No problem :D
@lindaregelean80152 жыл бұрын
Golden!!!
@fishwax425 жыл бұрын
playing that harp upside down or backwards. How's he do that? it's fabulous.
@swagmanau90384 жыл бұрын
The story goes that when he lost he sight (through childhood accidents) he pretty much locked himself away with depression and just started to play the harp...he didn't know he was playing it upside down.
@nozecone2 жыл бұрын
Lots of people play it upside-down, actually .....
@WalterApa11 жыл бұрын
Very nice !!
@raphaelrousso71243 жыл бұрын
Brownie 's got a thumb !! Anytime he blows me away !
@pascallawson796810 жыл бұрын
bless
@buxell10 жыл бұрын
Super prvinski blues!
@bornfedslaughter10 жыл бұрын
The best.
@malsmith11 жыл бұрын
@5:07 "gotcha. kick it off!"... Ain't nothing like two good friends at work.
@bornfedslaughter11 жыл бұрын
I've yet to see a harmonica player come close to Sonny's prowess.
@davidmusk9605 Жыл бұрын
what a team
@joannehack75889 ай бұрын
🌟
@joannehack75889 ай бұрын
Hallelujah
@joannehack75889 ай бұрын
Praise the Lord
@joannehack75889 ай бұрын
Just walk them blues away
@TheFolkandBluesVampire25911 жыл бұрын
back then, the University of Seattle was a Safeco office building.
@johnnychaos9118512 жыл бұрын
She used to be my sweet milk but she soured on me! I know a little about that. Walkin blues somehow manages to reach across generations doesn't it?
@hotroddaddy-et4xg5 жыл бұрын
oh so true..
@andresvola74086 жыл бұрын
que buena suscripcion.
@elektrolyte Жыл бұрын
Is Sonny playing his harp upside down??? high notes to the left and low to the right....
@sheilabarron55323 жыл бұрын
❤it✌💙
@SantaCruzOM12 жыл бұрын
I think it's called Red River Blues.
@douglaspatrick8684 жыл бұрын
It's a medley of red river blues and Crow Jane, which is a great old blues tune best associated with Skip James.
@rufusquail2278 жыл бұрын
Saw these dudes in Palo Alto. Good show. Poppycock?
@kth50776 жыл бұрын
Got ya.. Kick it off.
@fortyninelicks12 жыл бұрын
anyone know where they used to film all this stuff?
@johnnychaos9118512 жыл бұрын
@Hjommd If so than I'm just a copy of them. I play harmonica and my buddy Jake plays guitar and we fight all the time about one thing or another. But next week we play again.
@rickreeves40044 жыл бұрын
I have been loking for my Brownie McGhee for 26 years here in Seattle but none can sing or none are into the blues. Seattle where this was shot and I was there, suck for the blues now
@bboy99559 жыл бұрын
anyone have tabs for these harp riffs. He plays a scale im curious about. please help
@doodlkatz6 жыл бұрын
I heard that when asked about his harp playing Sonny replied he played letterfly style open your mouth and letter fly
@fergal9512 жыл бұрын
What's the name of the first song?
@Ismellbadandlooklikeshit4 жыл бұрын
Rferg blood red river I think
@SantaCruzOM11 жыл бұрын
Anyone know the key of sonnys harmonica?
@betwalla6 жыл бұрын
SantaCruzOM My ear says Bb
@j.t.cunningham8825 Жыл бұрын
Some low down picki,g.
@johnnychaos9118512 жыл бұрын
Nah. Not blues legends. We're just two square pegs trying to fit in a small circular hole. whatever that means.
@alexhobbins749110 жыл бұрын
why does it un add me when i subscribe?
@alexhobbins74919 жыл бұрын
nope
@maxxbell343010 жыл бұрын
eee
@jesseleonard9558 Жыл бұрын
Pppppp
@tactico4510 жыл бұрын
ööööppo
@BBaum0511 жыл бұрын
I was born in the wrong era
@SirLoinofBeef2353 жыл бұрын
Missed Sonny by 2 months at Wheatland in Remus. Madcat filled in with Brownie under a tent. Memories