Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee: Live From The Ashgrove

Track List:

1. TROUBLE IN MIND
2. INTRO TO HOOTIN’ THE BLUES
3. HOOTIN’ THE BLUES
4. BLOWIN’ THE FUSES
5. LIFE’S A GAMBLE
6. AUTO MECHANIC BLUES
7. MY FATHER’S WORDS
8. MIDNIGHT SPECIAL
9. PACKING UP GETTING READY TO GO
10. BABY, I GOT MY MIND OFF YOU*
11. C’MON IF YOU’RE COMIN’

Previously unavailable performance from blind harp wizard Sonny Terry and legendary blues guitarist Brownie McGhee at the Ash Grove recorded in 1973.

Blind harp wizard Sonny Terry and legendary blues guitarist Brownie McGhee had a 35-yearlong partnership that helped define the 1960s folk/blues revival movement. Never before available eight-track performance recorded at the Ash Grove in Hollywood in 1973 with 2 bonus tracks from 1965. On the movie screen they appeared together in the Steve Martin's movie "The Jerk". Sonny was featured in Steven Spielberg's "The Color Purple" and Brownie in "Angel Heart". In 1982 they were acknowledged with the National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellowship award