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SUPERB SONNY TERRY HARMONICA BLUES 78 " HOOTIN' BLUES " UK PARLOPHONE R 3598 E-
Sold Date:
April 23, 2017
Start Date:
February 27, 2015
Final Price:
£12.00
(GBP)
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AN EXCELLENT PLAYING COPY OF THIS GREAT 1955 CLASSIC HOOTIN HARMONICA BLUES AND RHYTHM 78 FROM SONNY TERRY
Saunders Terrell (1911-1986)
HOOTIN' BLUES
WATCH HIM PLAY IT LIVE HERE......
b. Oct. 24, 1911, Greensboro, GA,
d. Mar. 11, 1986, Mineola, NY
Harmonica, Vocals /Acoustic Country Blues
The joyous whoop that Sonny Terry naturally emitted between raucous harp blasts was as distinctive a signature sound as can possibly be imagined. Only a handful of blues harmonicists wielded as much of a lasting influence on the genre as did the sightless Terry (Buster Brown, for one, copied the whoop and all), who recorded some fine urban blues as a bandleader in addition to serving as guitarist Brownie McGhee's longtime duet partner.
Saunders Terrell's father was a folk-styled harmonica player who performed locally at dances, but blues wasn't part of his repertoire (he blew reels and jigs). Terry wasn't born blind-he lost sight in one eye when he was five, the other at age 18. That left him with extremely limited options for making any sort of feasible living, so he took to the streets armed with his trusty harmonicas. Terry soon joined forces with Piedmont pioneer Blind Boy Fuller, first recording with the guitarist in 1937 for Vocalion.
Terry's unique talents were given an extremely classy airing in 1938 when he was invited to perform at New York's Carnegie Hall at the fabled From Spirituals to Swing concert. He recorded for the Library of Congress that same year and cut his first commercial sides in 1940. Terry had met Brownie McGhee in 1939, and upon the death of Fuller, they joined forces, playing together on a 1941 McGhee date for Okeh and settling in New York as a duo in 1942, There they broke into the folk scene, working alongside Leadbelly, Josh White, and Woody Guthrie.
DISC DETAILS:
UK PARLOPHONE R 3598 10" 78rpm SHELLAC
CONDITION - E/E-
(LIGHT SCUFFS AND MARKS BUT PLAYS GREAT!)
A SIDE:- SONNY TERRY - HOOTING BLUES
B SIDE:- TOMMY REILLY - BOP! GOES THE WEASEL
A REALLY GREAT ROCKING HARMONICA BLUES 78!
DON'T MISS OUT - BUY NOW!
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