Sonny Terry's Washboard Band

by Sonny Terry

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Uncompahgre Records RYM: 3.78 from 31 ratings; #74 album of 1955

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1.	The Woman is Killin' Me 02:27	buy track
2.	Custard Pie Blues 02:51	buy track
3.	Diggin' My Potatoes 02:57	buy track
4.	Crazy Man Blues 03:12	buy track
5.	Wine-Headed Woman 02:25	buy track
6.	My Baby Done Changed the Lock on That Door 03:34	buy track
7.	Sonny's Jump (instrumental) 03:12	buy track
8.	Louise 04:14	buy track

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Blind harmonica player and singer Sonny Terry recorded a few records during the 1930s and 1940s, but found wider fame in the folk revival of the 1950s and 1960s. This recording features a washboard band—an ensemble that includes washboard, washtub bass (a development from the African earth bow), bones, and sometimes guitar, or as heard here, harmonica.

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released January 1, 1955

2004, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 1955 Folkways Records

Learn more: folkways.si.edu/sonny-terry/washboard-band/blues/music/album/smithsonian

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Sonny Terry Shelby, North Carolina

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