GET ON BOARD: NEGRO FOLKSONGS BY THE FOLKMASTERS

$17.16
Label
FOLKWAYS RECORDS
Release Date
May 30, 2012
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • PERFORMER
      TERRY, SONNY
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 30, 2012
    • UPC
      093070202825
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      FOWY2028.2
    • LABEL
      FOLKWAYS RECORDS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Blues
    Works ⌄

    1. The Midnight Special

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Coyal Mcmahan

    2. Rising Sun

      Composer: Brownie McGhee

      Performer: Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Coyal Mcmahan

    3. In His Care

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Coyal Mcmahan

    4. Mamma Blues No. 2

      Composer: Sonny Terry

      Performer: Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Coyal Mcmahan

    5. Pick a Bale of Cotton

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Coyal Mcmahan

    6. A Man Is Nothing But a Fool

      Composer: Brownie McGhee

      Performer: Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Coyal Mcmahan

    7. Preachin'

      Composer: na Not Applicable

      Performer: Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Coyal Mcmahan

    8. I Shall Not Be Moved

      Composer: Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Coyal Mcmahan

      Performer: Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Coyal Mcmahan

    9. Raise a Ruckus Tonight

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Coyal Mcmahan


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.