Country Blues Troubadours contains 125 tracks, spread out over five CD's, tracing blind harpist Sonny Terry and guitarist Brownie McGhee's earliest recordings between 1938 and 1948. JSP not only does an admirable job remastering the tracks, but providing recording dates, personnel, and a bit of history that is easily accessible in individual jewel cases, as opposed to a bulky booklet. Recorded in New York and Chicago, the Piedmont duo encounter, both separately and collectively, blues, jazz, and R&B veterans including Washboard Slim, Baby Dodds, Curley Russell, Hal "Cornbread" Singer, Gene Ramey, Big Chief Ellis, Blind Boy Fuller, Stick McGhee, and Champion Jack Dupree. The discs are divided into five themes: "Getting started and getting around," "Blind Boy Fuller and what followed," "Library of Congress and living with Leadbelly," "New York residents and established artists," and "Mainly Brownie and an interlude with Champion Jack." As far as budget-blues box sets are concerned, this is one of the best. ~ Al Campbell, All Music Guide
Country Blues Troubadours 1938-1948
02/17/2004 | Jsp Records
All Music Guide Review
Country Blues Troubadours 1938-1948 Track Listing
Credits of Country Blues Troubadours 1938-1948
- Sticks McGhee
- Guitar, Vocals
- Curly Russell
- Bass
- Franklin Skeete
- Bass
- Neil Slaven
- Liner Notes
- Sonny Terry
- Harmonica, Vocals, Vocal Effect
- Count Edmundson
- Bass
- Jordan Webb
- Harmonica
- Lannie Scott
- Piano
- Melvin Merritt
- Piano
- George "Bull City Red" Washington
- Washboard
- Sammy "Stick" Evans
- Drums
- Big Chief Ellis
- Piano
- Ralph Willis
- Guitar
- Gene Ramey
- Bass
- Baby Dodds
- Drums
- Brownie McGhee
- Guitar, Vocals, Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
- Pops Foster
- Bass
- Arthur Herbert
- Drums
- Heywood Jackson
- Drums
- Hal Singer
- Sax (Tenor)
- Champion Jack Dupree
- Piano
- Blind Boy Fuller
- Guitar
- Buddy Moss
- Guitar













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