Blues with Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry, and Brownie McGhee

"I’ve never had the blues," says Brownie McGhee in an interview with famed oral historian, Studs Terkel, "the blues has always had me." The trio of legendary bluesmen played, talked, and traded stories with Terkel until the early hours of the morning in the studio of Chicago’s WFMT radio station, creating a historic and memorable experience. Big Bill Broonzy had the idea of putting this session together in order "to reveal the uniqueness of each man’s blues as a reflection of the uniqueness of each man’s life," as noted in the extensive liner notes to what would be Broonzy’s last recording for Folkways Records.
Track Listing
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Key to the Highway | Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry, and Brownie McGhee | 3:18 | |
102
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What are the Blues | Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry, and Brownie McGhee | 3:20 | |
103
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Blood River Blues (Brownie's Blues) | Big Bill Broonzy and Brownie McGhee | 1:17 | |
104
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Crow Jane Blues | Sonny Terry | 2:41 | |
105
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Willie May | Big Bill Broonzy | 4:39 | |
106
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Daisy / Louise | Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry, and Brownie McGhee | 6:45 | |
107
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Shuffle Rag | Big Bill Broonzy | 2:05 | |
201
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The Blues | Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry, and Brownie McGhee | 6:37 | |
202
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Talk on the Blues | Big Bill Broonzy | 1:24 | |
203
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Talk on the Spirituals | Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry, and Brownie McGhee | 0:34 | |
204
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Oh, What a Beautiful City | Sonny Terry | 2:36 | |
205
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I'm Going To Tell God How You Treat Me (I'm Going to Sit at the Welcome Table) | Brownie McGhee | 4:14 | |
206
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Hush, Somebody Is Calling Me | Big Bill Broonzy | 4:20 | |
207
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When the Saints Go Marching In | Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry, and Brownie McGhee | 3:46 |