As a youth in North Carolina, Sonny Terry-who lost his sight during his teen years-never imagined he'd eventually find fame as a musician on record, at festivals, and on Broadway in the musical, Finian's Rainbow. This album presents Terry's fine music, and the liner notes include elaborate stories of his life.
This album by harmonica player Sonny Terry and guitarist Brownie McGhee, with Coyal McMahan on maracas features traditional blues songs, spirituals, and originals by the three singer-instrumentalists. Each musician has his own distinctive style, and together they create a sound that is simultaneously melancholy and joyful.
Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee are considered the odd couple of the blues world. Both had different back grounds musically, both had different styles of music they played, and their on stage outbursts and arguments were completely real. But this competitiveness kept them true to their art and neither of them compromised, which led to a surprisingly long 40 year career together. WALK ON was recorded live in Montreal on July 22, 1980, and this collectors disc features bonus tracks by Lightnin' Hopkins and Louisiana Red who both performed at the same show that day.
Blind harmonica player and singer Sonny Terry recorded a few records during the 1930s and 1940s, but found wider fame in the folk revival of the 1950s and 1960s. This recording features a washboard band-an ensemble that includes washboard, washtub bass (a development from the African earth bow), bones, and sometimes guitar, or as heard here, harmonica.
Clark Terry Quartet/Thelonious Monk - "In Orbit (Original Jazz Classics Series)" / Recorded in New York in 1958, and released the same year, In Orbit is trumpeter Clark Terry's sixth album as leader. Featuring Thelonious Monk on piano in his only Riverside outing as sideman, the album also features Sam Jones (bass) and Philly Joe Jones (drums). This new edition of the album is released as part of the Original Jazz Classics Series and is pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI with (AAA) lacquers cut from the original master tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio and presented in a Tip-On Jacket. Special Pkg:180g Heavy Vinyl
