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Brownie Mcghee
Complete Brownie Mcghee
Genres: Country, Blues, Pop

Track Listings (23) - Disc #1
1. Picking My Tomatoes
2. Me and My Dog Blues
3. Born for Bad Luck
4. I'm Callin' Daisy
5. Step It up and Go [#]
6. My Barkin' Bulldog Blues
7. Let Me Tell You 'Bout My Baby
8. Prison Woman Blues
9. Back Door Stranger
10. Be Good to Me
11. Not Guilty Blues
12. Coal Miner Blues [#]
13. Step It up and Go No. 2
14. Money Spending Woman
15. Death of Blind Boy Fuller [1][Alternate Take][#][Version]
16. Death of Blind Boy Fuller [2]
17. Got to Find My Little Woman
18. I'm a Black Woman's Man #1 [Alternate Take][#]
19. I'm a Black Woman's Man [2][#][Version]
20. Dealing With the Devil
21. Double Trouble [1][Alternate Take][#][Version]
22. Double Trouble [2]
23. Woman, I'm Done [#]
Track Listings (24) - Disc #2
1. Key to My Door
2. Million Lonesome Women
3. Ain't No Tellin' [#]
4. Try Me One More Time
5. I Want to See Jesus - Brownie McGhee, Brother George & Hi
6. Done What My Lord Said - Brownie McGhee, Brother George & Hi
7. I Want King Jesus [#] - Brownie McGhee, Brother George & Hi
8. What Will I Do (Without the Lord) [#] - Brownie McGhee, Brother George & Hi
9. Key to the Highway 70 [1][#]
10. Key to the Highway 70 [2][#]
11. I Don't Believe in Love [#]
12. So Much Trouble [#]
13. Goodbye Now [#]
14. Jealous of My Woman [#]
15. Unfair Blues [#]
16. Barbecue Any Old Time
17. Workingman's Blues
18. Sinful Disposition Woman [#]
19. Back Home Blues
20. Deep Sea Diver [#]
21. It Must Be Love
22. Studio Chatter [#]
23. Swing, Soldier, Swing #1 [Alternate Version][Alternate Take][#]
24. Swing, Soldier, Swing #2

CD Details

All Artists: Brownie Mcghee
Title: Complete Brownie Mcghee
Members Wishing: 4
Total Copies: 0
Label: Sony
Original Release Date: 5/10/1994
Release Date: 5/10/1994
Genres: Country, Blues, Pop
Styles: Classic Country, Delta Blues, Traditional Blues, Regional Blues, East Coast Blues
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPCs: 074645293325, 074645293349

Synopsis

Amazon.com

The title is a misnomer, but the album does include all of the Piedmont bluesman's recordings for Okeh/Columbia in 1940 and 1941. A finer collection of pre-World War II country blues is not likely to be found anywhere; McGhee was a master at his craft, and the songs here are expressive, masterfully performed, and rhythmically upbeat in the best Piedmont tradition. It's mostly McGhee solo, as these tracks were recorded just before he began his famous longtime partnership with harmonica player Sonny Terry. The influence of Blind Boy Fuller is evident (McGhee once recorded as Blind Boy Fuller No. 2), but McGhee had by this time firmly established his own style. This is an exceptional collection overall and an excellent place to start delving into the Piedmont blues. --Genevieve Williams

CD Reviews

Fun, meaningful, splendid, buy now.

06/05/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"A decent collection of vital wonderful Brownie McGhee music. Includes great sides with Buddy Moss. I prefer these recordings to the later, very good Sonny Terry collaborations. Sony has done a decent job of collecting a small library of classic songs here, though I would have liked to have seen Yazoo take it on. Worth it for Swing Soldier Swing alone."