Brownie McGhee Sonny Terry* PleezDon't Go by The Blue Riders

The Blue Riders:
Ben Andrews guitars
Tim Jarvis drums and percussion
Hugh Feeley harmonicas
...learned from Brownie McGhee in a motel room, at about five in the morning, ...don't play it like me, play it like you..." The washboard stayed at home when we played this club, the rubboard was the ticket. Its sound just got lost in a big room. Try using wooden clothespins on a rubboard, if you want to get close to the washboard sound ...but it won't project near as much of the attack. Still, it works in country / folk blues and fits the Piedmont fingerstyle guitar Ben's playing;
most electric guitar players thinking of Merle Travis having who used the alternating thumb for bass lines, but it goes back before vinyl recordings were made.
A Review from England, a British website states:
"Ben has been playing the clubs & festivals along the Eastern seaboard of the USA for over twenty years. His picking on a variety of guitars ~ 12 string, Dobro, 6 string ~ is awesome!! He always gives a passionate display of virtuoso playing, whether it is the ragtime styles of Blind Blake or Willie McTell, the powerful driving rhythms of Huddie Ledbetter or the delicate slide of Mississippi John Hurt he just oozes authenticity. His rich voice perfectly compliments his playing. It is rare to get a combination of superb guitar, stunning vocals & natural swing but with Ben Andrews you get just that."

MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT - Talkin' Casey:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is1AY0mg4CI

ROBERT JOHNSON - Last Fair Deal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-tSsTtJrfs

Travellin' Riverside Blues:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCXr9-R3pFs

BLIND WILLIE McTELL - Georgia Rag:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZtNQGywAhw

HOWLIN WOLF How Long Blues(How Many More Times):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naLZUJMk-KM

SHE DONE ME:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w1OahGhDtQ

HOW MANY MORE TIMES?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W3hidtL7kY
this one's for Roy Rogers listeners.

A world of thanks to a MAJOR inspiration ...David "Panama" Francis

1994, video recorded, in Virginia, USA, The Blue Riders championed the East Coast Piedmont style of blues, a style of music first popularized by artists like Blind Boy Fuller, Rev. Gary Davis, Blind Willie McTell and Blind Blake.
- tymjar

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• terry
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• keb

[66KAJA66]

excellent...could listen all day

[HGforwantofabetterna]

Absolute class

[bluesoulady]

please tel me there s more characters like this out there, who are blues to their bones...otherwise...

[dennie6666]

Cool,cool,cool,grettings from Deutschland !!!

[xcehr9]

Were there 2 or 3 people in the audience?

[jeemy55]

Enjoyed but why do harp players never shut up?

[Davett53]

If that story is even true,........you do them a great honor with

your soulful style. Great sound, sorry I never heard of ya

before. The harp player is awesome. He attacks the tune with real verve. He's got his riffs down. Real smooth.

[k1ngzsta]

They dont do Sonny Terry and Brownie Mcgee any justice. Sad to say it sounds nothing like the original,or was that what they were trying to do?

[jimdee2]

Are this the blue riders? I mean -- no Sonny Terry or Brownie McGhee in here? That disapointed me a bit.

However still nice song.

[Mazblues]

Hugh Feeley