John Henry

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee · 1971 · Ballade du foreur d'acier, version de près de huit minutes

Context

McGhee and Terry played traditional songs such as John Henry for audiences around the world; the Copenhagen version lasts 7 min 45. Session recorded in Copenhagen on 13 and 14 November 1971, released on Blues Masters, Vol. 5 (Storyville, 1991).

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Blues, spirituals, work songs.

By the same artist

• Rock Island Line (1971)
• The Chariot Is Coming (1971)
• Backdoor Sunshine (1971)

Sources

• jazzmusicarchives.com
• EN: Brownie McGhee
• culturalequity.org

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