''Brownie's Blues'' is an album by blues musician
Brownie McGhee recorded in 1960 and released on the
Bluesville
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label in 1962.
Both Sides Now: Prestige/Bluesville Album Discography
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Reception
AllMusic reviewer Thom Owens stated: "Supported by his longtime accompanist Sonny Terry, as well as second guitarist Benny Foster, Brownie turns in a nicely understated record that's distinguished by surprisingly harmonically complex and jazzy guitar work".
Track listing
All compositions by Brownie McGhee except where noted
# "Jump, Little Children" – 4:36
# "Lonesome Day" – 5:25
# "One Thing for Sure" – 3:20
# "The Killin' Floor" – 3:41
# "Little Black Engine" – 3:44
# "I Don't Know the Reason" – 4:03
# " Trouble in Mind" (Richard M. Jones
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) – 4:55
# "Everyday I Have the Blues
"Every Day I Have the Blues" is a blues song that has been performed in a variety of styles. An early version of the song is attributed to Pinetop Sparks and his brother Milton. It was first performed in the taverns of St. Louis by the Spark ...
" (Peter Chatman
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) – 5:15
# "Door to Success" – 4:10
Personnel
Performance
* Brownie McGhee – guitar, vocals
*Sonny Terry
Saunders Terrell (October 24, 1911 – March 11, 1986), known as Sonny Terry, was an American Piedmont blues and folk musician, who was known for his energetic blues harmonica style, which frequently included vocal whoops and hollers and oc ...
– harmonica
*Bennie Foster – guitar
*John Saglimbeni – bass guitar
It has been suggested that “Bennie Foster” was a pseudonym for Stick McGhee.
Production
* Ozzie Cadena – supervision
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Etymology
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* Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
References
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Brownie McGhee albums
1962 albums
Bluesville Records albums
Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio
Albums produced by Ozzie Cadena