TERRY, Sonny + McGHEE, Brownie.

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Hochschule der Künste, Berlin April 1976 concert poster

Original first printing concert poster advertising American blues duo Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee at the Rosengarten in Mannheim [Germany] on Wednesday, 12th May, 1976, presented by Mückl & Hudalla in cooperation with Konzertbüro Otfried Laur. When McGhee and Terry teamed up in New York in 1942 they became an overnight success. They recorded and toured together until around 1980, spending 11 months of each year touring and recording dozens of albums. Despite their later fame as “pure” folk artists playing for white audiences, in the 1940s Terry and McGhee had attempted to be successful recording artists, fronting a jump blues combo with honking saxophone and rolling piano, variously calling themselves Brownie McGhee and his Jook House Rockers or Sonny Terry and his Buckshot Five, often with Champion Jack Dupree and Big Chief Ellis. During the blues revival of the 1960s, Terry and McGhee were popular on the concert and music festival circuits, occasionally adding new material but usually remaining faithful to their roots and playing to the tastes of their audiences.

The poster measures 59.1 x 85.2 cm (approx. 23.2″ by 33.5″ inches) and is beautifully printed on thin, smooth-finish uncoated paper stock. Neatly folded, else in excellent unmarked condition. Feel free to email us with any questions you may have concerning this item. Additional images of the poster available on request.