Sonny Terry
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...
Key To the HighwaySonny Terry, Brownie McGhee and Chris Barber's Jazz Band
Hometown Blues
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Step It Up and GoBob Dylan, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry and Brownie Cotten
Not Guilty Blues
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Last Night BluesLightnin' Hopkins and Sonny Terry
Last Night Blues
5:16
Coffee House BluesLightnin' Hopkins, Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry
Lightnin' Strikes
GloryWoody Guthrie, Cisco Houston, Sonny Terry, Alex Stewart, Cisco, Woody, Sonny and Alex
GLORY INSTRUMENTAL
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Cornbread, Peas and Black MolassesSonny Terry and Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Sonny Terry Vol. 2 (1944-1949)
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