Backwater Blues

Backwater Blues

Few blues partnerships were ever as successful and satisfying as the union of Sonny Terry's down-home harmonica work and Brownie McGhee's polished guitar lines. This generous, 18-tune live session catches the late acoustic blues brothers in their physical prime and at their musical best, rolling through an energetic set of conversational blues with casual virtuosity and seemingly telepathic interplay. Terry, a stone-cold traditionalist, contributes a raw-boned, backwoods feel with his heavily textured singing and harp solos while the modern McGhee's smooth vocals and clean picking provide a perfectly compatible counterpoint and complement. Either artist could carry the show by himself, but when the divergent styles musically intertwine they create a wonderful blues synthesis unlike any other the blues has known. The dynamic duo jumps right in with a reconfigured rendition of "Sittin' on Top of the World" and doesn't let up until the end. With Terry whooping and hollering between harp breaks and McGhee opening songs with comic asides the session is an unusually personable one. It's all undeniably authentic and eminently enjoyable, as well as positive blues proof that on very rare and fortunate occasions the whole is much greater than just the sum of the two parts. --Michael Point
Country USA
Brand UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP
Manufacturer Fantasy
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 1667909
Model 1986055
ReleaseDate 1999-06-11
UnitCount 1
UPCs 025218245029
EANs 0025218245029

Country	USA
Brand	UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP
Manufacturer	Fantasy
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	1667909
Model	1986055
ReleaseDate	1999-06-11
UnitCount	1
UPCs	025218245029
EANs	0025218245029

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