Sonny Terry's Washboard Band
produced by Harold Courlander, 1908-1996 (Folkways Records, 1955), 25 mins
Details
- Field of Interest
- American Music
- Description
- 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 bandan ensemble that includes washboard, washtub bass (a development from the African earth bow), bones, and sometimes guitar, or as heard here, harmonica.
- Content Type
- Music recording
- Duration
- 25 mins
- Format
- Audio
- Sub Genre
- Country/Rural Blues
- Label
- Folkways Records
- Producer
- Harold Courlander, 1908-1996
- Release Date
- 1955
- Subject
- American Music, World Music, Music & Performing Arts, American Studies, American Folk Music, United States and Canada, Música Folklórica Norteamericana, Folk Music Norte-Americana, Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá, United States
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Música Folklórica Norteamericana, Folk Music Norte-Americana, Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá