{"id":3645,"date":"2013-03-12T11:54:52","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T16:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=3645"},"modified":"2013-04-14T10:53:20","modified_gmt":"2013-04-14T15:53:20","slug":"sonny-terry-and-brownie-mcghee-people-get-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=3645","title":{"rendered":"Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee – People Get Ready"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee – People Get Ready<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/del><\/p>\n

Greetings all<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s an odd one.<\/em><\/p>\n

Many, many moons ago I was out digging and happened upon the 45 you see before you today.<\/p>\n

When I saw a version of \u2018People Get Ready\u2019 by Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee<\/strong> I had to double check and make sure it was in fact the Curtis Mayfield<\/strong> song.<\/p>\n

Indeed it was.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This was a record that cried out for further investigation, and since it was on sale for a shiny United States quarter, I paid the man and brought it home, where it languished for a good long time.<\/p>\n

When I first recorded it I wasn\u2019t quite sure what to make of it.<\/p>\n

Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee were known mostly as a folk blues act, having joined forces for the first time in 1942.<\/p>\n

McGhee, the singer and guitarist (brother of Stick McGhee<\/strong> of \u2018Drinkin\u2019 Wine Spo-dee-o-dee\u2019 fame) had played with the Rabbit Foot Minstrels<\/strong> and followed\/studied with\u00a0Blind Boy Fuller.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Harp player Sonny Terry<\/strong> had been accompanying Fuller until the latter\u2019s death, after which he teamed up with McGhee.<\/p>\n

Now, I mentioned that Terry and McGhee were best known (to me, anyway<\/em>) as folk blues players, but as it turns out, they spent the early part of their career working at a more popular\/mainstream success. They recorded jump blues and R&B under a few different names during the 40s and 50s, only really getting firmly into their better known bag riding the wave of the folk\/blues revival in the late 50s\/early 60s.<\/p>\n

When I first listened to this version of \u2018People Get Ready\u2019 I was surprised by the arrangement, in which Terry and McGhee change the tempo, moving away from the gospel feel of the original (and many ensuing covers) and settling into a rootsy, ever so slightly funky groove that reminds me of some of\u00a0Taj Mahal’s <\/strong>ish from around the same time.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As it turns out the single was pulled from the 1973 LP \u2018Sonny and Brownie\u2019, which featured an all-star backing group (Arlo Guthrie, Sugarcane Harris, John Mayall, Michael Franks<\/strong>) and a variety of contemporary covers, including Randy Newman\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018Sail Away\u2019, a couple of Franks\u2019 songs and some originals.<\/p>\n

As I said before, the re-arrangement might see a little jarring at first, but after a listen or two it starts to make complete sense (at least to me, your mileage may vary…<\/em>).<\/p>\n

Something unusual to feed your ears in the middle of the week.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig it, and I\u2019ll be back on Friday.<\/p>\n

Keep the faith<\/strong><\/p>\n

Larry<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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