Singer/Guitarist Brownie McGhee and his life-long musical partner, blind harp-man, Sonny Terry are best known as champions of the Piedmont -style blues pioneered by artists such as Blind Blake, Blind Willie McTell and Blind Boy Fuller. In the 1960s, they became icons of the folk-blues revival.

The recording presented here, however, showcase a different chapter of the story. This is a collection of raw and rocking jump blues cut between 1947 and 1955 for juke boxes in black beer joints and dance halls by the New Jersey-based Savoy Record company. Essential blues recordings from one of the genres' most revered artists.

Track Listing:
Side 1
When It’s Love Time
Diamond Ring
Auto Mechanic Blues
My Fault
Gone, Baby, Gone
Bottom Blues
Dissatisfied Blues
Sweet Baby Blues
C.C. Baby (You Started It Baby)

Side 2
Robbie-Doby Boogie
Poor Boy Blues
So Much Trouble
Bad Nerves
Love’s A Disease
Brownie’s New Worried Life Blues
My Consolation
Anna Mae

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