Re: [Harp-L] Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee concert vid

["Mike Rogers" <harpman9@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for this.  I went to hear them in 1971.  Sonny signed a small "S T" 
on my "Hometown Blues" album and talked with me for a few minutes.  He has 
always been my number 1 harp hero.

Bullfrog
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mick Zaklan" <mzaklan@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "harp-l" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2012 11:36 AM
Subject: [Harp-L] Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee concert vid


>   Just noticed this one last week.  Kind of sad to see it only has 16
> plays: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vijs5OOqELY.  Since both men are
> deceased, this is about as close as you can get to catching them in their
> prime and playing their "hits".  My favorite has always been the very
> uplifting "Walk On".  I was fortunate enough to see the duo work a half
> dozen times.  I'll never forget one of my buddies, blues guitarist Jon
> McDonald, telling me that they were his litmus test for girlfriends.  If 
> he
> took a date to see Sonny and Brownie and the girl couldn't appreciate 
> these
> guys; then Jon figured that a further relationship was a waste of time.
> Because they probably had nothing in common taste-wise.
>   I recall one evening at the old Quiet Knight in Chicago when Sonny was
> late to the gig because he was flying in separately from Brownie.  After a
> long delay, Brownie or the club owner asked if there were any harp players
> in the audience to fill in.  Man, I broke out in a cold sweat!  I had one
> harp in my pocket and had only been playing a year and a half.  I started
> to raise my hand when, thank God, Corky Siegel stood up in the audience.
> Corky played most of the first set until Sonny showed and did a fine job.
> A thousand times better than I could've done at that time.
>
> Mick Zaklan