loscott
38 posts
May 13, 2014
9:49 PM
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Sonny and Terry here infuse a country feel into an otherwise urban blues arrangement. It's an example of how unstable such categories can be. An all-star cast all around.
http://youtu.be/Fs1Aa383BCI
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Rhartt1234
126 posts
May 14, 2014
4:45 PM
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I've always felt that, while they certainly had deep Piedmont Blues roots, Sonny and Brownie were very sophisticated, contemporary urban Blues musicians. However, when the folk boom came along in the mid 50s those cats saw dollar signs and rode that out for the rest of their careers.
Here's Sonny, amplified with a full band in 1952.
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WinslowYerxa
583 posts
May 14, 2014
8:55 PM
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I've always heard that Sonny was the staunch traditionalist while Brownie was much more forward thinking musically - you can hear it in his playing. There was a lot of tension between those guys, sometimes visible on stage, and I've been given to understand that their differences in this area were a contributing factor.
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SuperBee
1982 posts
May 15, 2014
5:07 AM
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I like brownie's brother's big hit...drinkin' wine spo dee o dee.
That is a great song. Stick never had the performing career but that 1 song saw a lot of action. Plenty of versions and plenty of great versions...
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robbert
308 posts
May 15, 2014
6:53 AM
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Very tasteful and disciplined playing to be sure, but Sonny's harp licks do sound more like accompaniment playing than leads in this cut.
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