Label: A&M Records.
Release Date: 1973.
Recording Date: 1973.
Recording Time: 44 minutes.
Release Info: Studio Recording.
Releases: 1989 (A&M), 1994 (IMS / Universal Distribution), 1995 (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab).
Styles: Acoustic Blues, Country Blues, East Coast Blues, Folk-Blues, Piedmont Blues, Regional Blues.
In a way, this is the veteran duo's version of Fathers and Sons, a meeting of old black bluesmen with young white admirers that Muddy Waters and Otis Spann cut with Mike Bloomfield and Paul Butterfield. John Mayall and John Hammond, Jr. are among the "youngsters" on this powerful statement that includes a definitive version of Randy Newman's wickedly subtle anti-slavery tune "Sail Away." Sonny Terry's trademark whoops are energizing. The repartee between him and Brownie McGhee might convince you they were fast friends if you didn't know otherwise. ~ Mark Allan
Personnel: Brownie McGhee - guitar, vocals; Sonny Terry - harmonica, vocals; Arlo Guthrie - acoustic guitar, vocals; Sugarcane Harris - violin; Michael Franks - acoustic guitar and banjo; John Mayall - 12-string electric guitar, piano and harmonica; John Hammond - slide guitar; Jerry Cole - guitar, banjo; Jerry McGee - guitar, banjo; Al McKay - guitar; Harry Holt - bass; Maurice Rodgers - keyboards; Ed Greene - drums; Venetta Fields, Clydie King, Marti McCall, Jackie Ward, Maxine Willard Waters, Jim Gilstrap - background vocals.
Produced by: Hal Winn, Maurice Rodgers.
Credits: Bart Chiate - engineer; Jerry Cole - banjo, dobro, guitar (electric); Sam Cooke - composer; Venetta Fields - vocals (background); Michael Franks - banjo, composer, guitar, guitar (acoustic); Jim Gilstrap - vocals (background); Ed Greene - drums; Arlo Guthrie - guest artist, guitar (acoustic), piano, vocals; John Hammond - guest artist; John Hammond, Jr. - slide guitar; Don "Sugarcane" Harris - guest artist, violin; Harry Holt - bass; Clydie King - vocals (background); M. Rogers - composer; John Mayall - guest artist, guitar (12 string), harmonica, piano, vocals; Curtis Mayfield - composer; Marti McCall - vocals (background); Jerry McGee - dobro, guitar (electric); Brownie McGhee - composer, guitar, guitar (acoustic), guitar (electric), performer, primary artist, vocals; Al McKay - guitar (electric); G. Michaels - composer; Terry More - mastering; Randy Newman - composer; Maurice Rogers - producer; Maurice Rogers - moog synthesizer, piano, piano (electric), piano (thumb), producer; Norman Seeff - photography; John Snyder - digital producer; Sonny Terry - composer, performer, primary artist; Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - harmonica, performer, primary artist, vocals; Dean Torrence - art direction, design; Rudy Van Gelder - engineer, mastering; Jackie Ward - vocals (background); Maxine Willard Waters - vocals (background); Hal Winn - arranger, producer; J. Winn - composer.
Tracks: 1) People Get Ready; 2) Bring It on Home to Me; 3) You Bring Out the Boogie in Me; 4) Sail Away; 5) Sonny's Thing; 6) White Boy Lost in the Blues; 7) Battle Is Over (But the War Goes On); 8) Walkin' My Blues Away; 9) Big Wind (Is A' Comin'); 10) Jesus Gonna Make It Alright; 11) God and Man; 12) On the Road Again.