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Sonny Terry's Washboard Band

Sonny Terry
Sonny Terry's Washboard Band
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Blind harmonica player and singer Sonny Terry recorded a few records during the 1930s and 1940s, but found wider fame in the folk revival of the 1950s and 1960s. This recording features a washboard band—an ensemble that includes washboard, washtub bass (a development from the African earth bow), bones, and sometimes guitar, or as heard here, harmonica.

Track Listing

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The Woman is Killin' Me Sonny Terry 2:27
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102
Custard Pie Blues Sonny Terry 2:51
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103
Diggin' My Potatoes Sonny Terry 2:57
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104
Crazy Man Blues Sonny Terry 3:12
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201
Wine-Headed Woman Sonny Terry 2:25
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202
My Baby Done Changed the Lock on That Door Sonny Terry 3:34
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203
Sonny's Jump (instrumental) Sonny Terry 3:12
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204
Louise Sonny Terry 4:14

Album Info

Catalog Number(s)

FW02006, FA 2006

Year(s) Released

1955

Label/Collection

Folkways Records

Genre(s)

Blues

Country(s)

United States

Culture Group(s)

Anglo-American

Instrument(s)

Bones; Frying pans; Harmonica; Washboard band music; Washtub bass

Credit(s)

Sonny Terry - Artist
 Harold Courlander - Producer
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