Sonny Terry – An Occasional Story or Magazine

Fightin’ a Losin’ Battle But Having a Lot of Fun Trying to Win

This great Brownie McGee and Sonny Terry favorite is available on record, CD, iTunes, etc. It’s a great song to play, so I wanted to put it on the blog. It’s already recorded on my CD (see Up in the Bronx page above). This time, I tried using two tracks, adding the harmonica on the second track. If it sounds at all like the way Brownie and Sonny used to do it, then forgive my presumption. They were both inimitable, great musicians. I do know that they are recorded extensively. Folk Archives, Everest, A&M, and other labels. Probably Library of Congress too. Check them out. Meanwhile, if you want to hear the song press play

Confusion

Recorded yesterday by Bumbas and Maybank, this is a Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee song that we’re doing a bit differently. It’s a great song and almost survives our treatment.

Click to hear

Another Ode

To Charles Mingus

To Bill Monroe

To Pete Seeger

To Sonny Terry

And Brownie McGee

To the Beatles and Chuck Berry

To the Music of the Spheres

To Illusion

And to Truth

We raise our glass.

To Johnny Hodges and Duke Ellington

To the movements of the constellations

We watch

And we sing