Brownie's Blues

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Brownie's Blues
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Studio album by
Released1962
RecordedOctober 6, 1960
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Blues
Length38:47
Label Bluesville
BVLP 1042
Producer The Sound of America
Brownie McGhee chronology
Blues in My Soul
(1961)
Brownie's Blues
(1962)
Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee at Sugar Hill
(1961)

Brownie's Blues is an album by blues musician Brownie McGhee recorded in 1960 and released on the Bluesville label in 1962. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [4]

AllMusic reviewer Thom Owens stated: "Supported by his longtime accompanist Sonny Terry, as well as second guitarist Benny Foster, Brownie turns in a nicely understated record that's distinguished by surprisingly harmonically complex and jazzy guitar work". [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Brownie McGhee except where noted

  1. "Jump, Little Children" – 4:36
  2. "Lonesome Day" – 5:25
  3. "One Thing for Sure" – 3:20
  4. "The Killin' Floor" – 3:41
  5. "Little Black Engine" – 3:44
  6. "I Don't Know the Reason" – 4:03
  7. "Trouble in Mind" (Richard M. Jones) – 4:55
  8. "Everyday I Have the Blues" (Peter Chatman) – 5:15
  9. "Door to Success" – 4:10

Personnel

Performance

It has been suggested that “Bennie Foster” was a pseudonym for Stick McGhee. [4]

Production

References

  1. Jazzdisco: Prestige Records Catalog: Bluesville 1000 series accessed December 3, 2018
  2. Both Sides Now: Prestige/Bluesville Album Discography accessed December 3, 2018
  3. 1 2 Owens, Thom. Brownie McGhee: Brownie's Blues – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved December 3, 2018.
  4. 1 2 Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings . Penguin. p. 445. ISBN   978-0-140-51384-4.