- Audio CD (Jan 24 2003)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Original recording remastered, Best of
- Label: Varese Sarabande
- ASIN: B00004WF4X
- In-Print Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #57,625 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Walk On |
| 2. Down By The Riverside |
| 3. Blues For The Lowland |
| 4. Right On That Shore |
| 5. I'm A Stranger Here |
| 6. Blowin' The Fuses |
| 7. Trouble In Mind |
| 8. Po' Boy |
| 9. Early Morning Blues |
| 10. Drinkin' In The Blues |
| 11. In The Evening |
| 12. Blues For Gamblers |
| 13. Dirty Mistreater |
| 14. What A Beautiful City |
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Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
it really is the best
Nov 23 2009
Format:Audio CD
sonny terry and brownie mcghee sure could put it together when they were on stage. I have heard lots of their records and this really is the best. Lots of live pieces and plenty of great playing.If you are tip toeing into Sonny and Brownie land this is a great place to start and if you already have a lot,as I do, this is a really great addition
Absolutely!
Mar 30 2001
Format:Audio CD
This re-mastered version contains some of the finest riffs from Sonny. The quality of the sound is unparalleled. Accompanying Sonny and Brownie on 3 tracks are Lightnin' Hopkins and Big Joe Williams. Tremendous enthusiasm and great teamwork! Sonny was born in my adopted hometown. Probably the best product that this city produced.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
****1/2 - not all of the best. But what's here is great
Oct 17 2004
Format:Audio CD
This 14-song compilation is not everything you could ever want from acoustic country blues duo Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee. A couple of their live albums, like the two December, 1961 concerts captured on "Sonny & Brownie At Sugar Hill" and "Backwater Blues" respectively, are at least as good as introduction, but there is certainly nothing wrong with what is here.
There is a notable lack of good, career-spanning Sonny & Brownie-compilations, and even this August, 2000 disc is a bit on the short side considering that a CD has room for 80 minutes of music. But "Absolutely The Best" is definitely the best single-disc collection there is, and songs like "Walk On", "I'm A Stranger Here", "Dirty Mistreater", and the lesser-known but equally enjoyable "Po' Boy" are all among the duo's best. Indeed, the first two both rank among the all-time acoustic blues classics, and the combination of Sonny Terry's raw freight-train harmonica and gruff vocals and Walter "Brownie" McGhee's softer, more melodic approach guarantees lots of great moments.
"Absolutely The Best is an entertaining, thoughtfully chosen compilation, and if you get this one along with "The Midnight Special" and the two live albums I mentioned earlier, you'll pretty much be set!
Well, alright...there is "Live At The New Penelope Café", too, of course. And "Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry At The 2nd Fret". And the gospel album, "Just A Closer Walk With Thee".
But this is still a great place to start!
There is a notable lack of good, career-spanning Sonny & Brownie-compilations, and even this August, 2000 disc is a bit on the short side considering that a CD has room for 80 minutes of music. But "Absolutely The Best" is definitely the best single-disc collection there is, and songs like "Walk On", "I'm A Stranger Here", "Dirty Mistreater", and the lesser-known but equally enjoyable "Po' Boy" are all among the duo's best. Indeed, the first two both rank among the all-time acoustic blues classics, and the combination of Sonny Terry's raw freight-train harmonica and gruff vocals and Walter "Brownie" McGhee's softer, more melodic approach guarantees lots of great moments.
"Absolutely The Best is an entertaining, thoughtfully chosen compilation, and if you get this one along with "The Midnight Special" and the two live albums I mentioned earlier, you'll pretty much be set!
Well, alright...there is "Live At The New Penelope Café", too, of course. And "Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry At The 2nd Fret". And the gospel album, "Just A Closer Walk With Thee".
But this is still a great place to start!
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Absolutely!
Mar 30 2001
Format:Audio CD
This re-mastered version contains some of the finest riffs from Sonny. The quality of the sound is unparalleled. Accompanying Sonny and Brownie on 3 tracks are Lightnin' Hopkins and Big Joe Williams. Tremendous enthusiasm and great teamwork! Sonny was born in my adopted hometown. Probably the best product that this city produced.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
BROWNIE AND SONNY, THAT IS ALL
Aug 11 2007
Format:Audio CD
One of the unanticipated results of the folk and blues revival of the early 1960's was the re-discovery of many black blues, especially country blues, singers. John and Alan Lomax had recorded a number of them in the late 1930's -early 1940's and then they fell off of the map. The most famous `discovery' of the early 1960's was , of course, the reemergence of the legendary Mississippi John Hurt. On the fringes of that development came the new prominence of some working musicians who had previously fallen below the radar like the presently reviewed classic blues harmonica player Sonny Terry and driving guitar playing Brownie McGhee, one of the most productive duos of the period. This long time partnership developed and continued in spite of the fact that they had a fairly rocky personal relationship, especially toward the end of their careers. Well, stranger things have happened in the world of music.This well-produced album highlights their strengths and the flow that no matter what kept them on the same page.
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