The nicely done bio of the duo at Concord Music Group is quite affectionate:
Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee were the most beloved and influential duo in blues history. Saunders Terrell (1911-1986) was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, Walter Brown McGhee (1915-1996) in Knoxville, Tennessee. Terry was blind, and McGhee walked with a pronounced limp.<!--more-->
Though they played the blues, they seem pretty close to a folk cross over. The bio mentions playing on campuses and at coffee houses and some people more closely associated with the folk scene, such as
Pete Seeger. Here are
Hootin' Blues,
Easy Riders and
Sun's Gonna Shine.
At the end of Hootin' Blues, McGhee explains the blues and suggests that listening to Memphis Slim will lead to a better understanding. That sounds like a great idea, so here is Slim's Everyday I Have the Blues.
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