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Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee- Born And Livin' With The Blues

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Uploaded by on Aug 3, 2006

Two of the greatest blues men who ever lived playing Born And Livin' With The Blues. That's Willie Dixon on bass.

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  • isnt he willie dixon on contrabass?? or am i wrong?

  • @tersinetersine you're correct :)

  • What harp is Mcghee using?

    I know its not C, help me please, i will sing it for a girl :D

  • Sonny Terry is playing a Bb harp. But you have to play it in cross-harp style since the song actually is in F. There are quite a few videos on youtube explaning it. Hope I could help.

  • What Key of Harp is Sonny in?

  • The harp is in the key of Bb. But he is playing it in F. That is called cross-harp.

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  • Look man...If you know anything about BLUES, you'll be a thousand times more thankful for being able to see his face close up and NOTHING BUT. That should teach you a helluva lot more than if you saw his hands. Plus: you've got ears, right...?

  • Me and old sonnys got the blues. DAMN so good. Im no musician but that pause between "sonnys" and "got" just KILLS me

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  • Sonny's whoops are incredible.

  • Most Praise to THE MOST HIGH YHWH for returning YOUR PEOPLE back Home to YOU from the Land of Captivity. May McGhee & Terry enjoy The Rest & Peace of The GOD (EL) of Our Ancestors Called YHWH. Blessings & Shalom,

  • 3 people were born with silver spoons

  • Pure genius as its finest

  • omg this is an amazing vintage clip. Quality!!

  • Rocks is my pillow, cold ground my bed

    blue skies my blanket, moonlight my spread

    WoooaaaAAAAOOOoooowooo

  • Brownies giutar sounds a bit out of tune on this one. they must have done this song at the end of a number of others. Still sounds great!

  • @bobobekker yes sireee theres a lot of music going on up there and I count it a privilege to have seen them on youtube and hear them on cd etc and know that there are many others too who are following in the blues trail! and so, it shows that the blues is the roots and the rest is the fruits! wonderful stuff!

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