Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee. I was very privileged to travel with them and play on the same bill many times. I did their last tour of the UK. True they didn't socialise off stage together and didn't go through what they were going to play that night. Drummer Steve(from the USA) looked after Sonny on that tour.Brownie might start playing a tune in a different key to the night before, Sonny wouldn't say a word just change harps and not miss a beat !! The idea was that they would close the show playing Walk On and then walk off stage playing, with Sonny resting his hand on Brownie's shoulder, but sometimes Brownie would shoot off on his own. The last concert they played in the UK was The Corn Exchange, Manchester. Crowd hollering for an encore, me in the dressing room trying to persuade Brownie to get back on stage, him trying to persuade me that going for some fried chicken was a much better idea.."I don't wanna play with no sick man anymore "
Their relationship had run it's course, but the music lives on, great, great music they made. They were loud,kicked out a hell of a rhythm , big repertoire,great entertainers, and I had to sit there and listen to them every night. Lucky me. JJ