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Down Home Blues
Studio album by Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry
Released	1960
Recorded	August 22, 1960
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Blues
Length	38:57
Label	Bluesville BVLP 1002
Producer	The Sound of America Inc.
Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry chronology
Brownie & Sonny Sing & Play (1960) Down Home Blues (1960) Blues & Folk (1960)

Down Home Blues is an album by blues musicians Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry recorded in 1960 and released on the Bluesville label.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

AllMusic reviewer Bruce Eder stated: "the music itself stands outside of time. McGhee's strumming and singing have enough polish to pass as a commercial recording, but at its best, it's still sufficiently unaffected so as to be regarded as authentic country-blues. It's Terry's harp, however, that really pulls this body of music back to its roots ... the dominant elements of this album are the charm and honesty that Terry and McGhee offer, whatever their particular style on a specific song; they had portions of both to spare by the bucketload, which accounts for the 15 years that they held audiences in their spell".

Track listing

All compositions by Brownie McGhee except where noted

1. "Let Me Be Your Big Dog" – 3:16
2. "Pawn Shop" – 3:29
3. "You Dont Know" – 2:51
4. "Betty and Dupree's Blues" – 6:18
5. "Back to New Orleans" (Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry) – 3:00
6. "Stranger Here" (McGhee, Terry) – 3:37
7. "Fox Hunt" (McGhee, Terry) – 2:33
8. "I'm Prison Bound" – 3:04
9. "Louise, Louise" – 4:00
10. "Baby, How Long" – 4:14
11. "Freight Train" (McGhee, Terry) – 2:35

Personnel

Performance

• Sonny Terry – harmonica, vocals
• Brownie McGhee – guitar, vocals

Production

• Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

References

1. Jazzdisco: Prestige Records Catalog: Bluesville 1000 series accessed October 31, 2018
2. Both Sides Now: Prestige/Bluesville Album Discography accessed October 31, 2018
3. ^ Eder, Bruce. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee: Down Home Blues – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 31, 2018.

• Brownie McGhee albums
• Sonny Terry albums
• 1960 albums
• Bluesville Records albums
• Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio