The Last Great Blues Hero

Brownie McGhee’s harmonica and guitar work defined Piedmont blues in the mid-20th century, and this Music Club reissue captures his raw, fingerpicking style across traditional blues standards and originals. His interplay with Sonny Terry created some of folk and blues' most enduring duets, though this collection highlights McGhee’s solo prowess—the kind of authentic, unvarnished blues that influenced generations of folk revivalists. Essential for anyone tracing the lineage from rural North Carolina blues to the Greenwich Village folk scene.