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Sonny Terry

Blues
Harmonica blues
Better known as "Blind" simply because he's blind, Sonny Terry, an atypical character, appears before the public armed with his harmonica, playing percussion with a set of knucklebones, all the while executing dance steps. Before making his living from music, he flirted with quackery by selling miracle potions. A street musician, his first public performances took place outside factories. He was hired by John Hammond, who could not resist the original style of this unusual musician and opened the doors of Carnegie Hall to him. He stayed in New York, where he formed one of the bes...
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Key To the HighwaySonny Terry, Brownie McGhee and Chris Barber's Jazz Band
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Wrong TrackSonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
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Last Night BluesLightnin' Hopkins and Sonny Terry
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Hard to Love a WomanLightnin' Hopkins and Sonny Terry
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Step It Up and GoBob Dylan, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry and Brownie Cotten
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Cornbread, Peas and Black MolassesSonny Terry and Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
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Key To the HighwaySonny Terry, Brownie McGhee and Chris Barber's Jazz Band

Hometown Blues

2:15

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Wrong TrackSonny Terry and Brownie McGhee

Back to New Orleans

3:34

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Last Night BluesLightnin' Hopkins and Sonny Terry

Last Night Blues

5:16

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Hard to Love a WomanLightnin' Hopkins and Sonny Terry

Last Night Blues

4:00

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Step It Up and GoBob Dylan, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry and Brownie Cotten

Not Guilty Blues

2:33

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Cornbread, Peas and Black MolassesSonny Terry and Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

Sonny Terry Vol. 2 (1944-1949)

2:31

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