Amos, both Sonny and Brownie are now deceased. Brownie died in 1996, Sonny in '86.

Rick, their feud came much later. When I first met them in 1969 or '70, they seemed to be getting along fine. By 1977, the last time I produced shows for them, they were at each other's throats.

I had a chance to to spend an hour or two talking with Brownie back at the hotel during the Winnipeg Folk Festival a year or two after Sonny died. He seemed truly sorry that things ended with Sonny the way they did. He wasn't sure (or wouldn't say) what led to the feud. He just said they both should have known when to move on.

There are lots and lots of their recordings available. In my opinion, the best ones are from the mid-late-1950s until the early-1960s. Any of their stuff reissued by Fantasy (including the Prestige, Bluesville, Riverside labels) or Smithsonian Folkways is very good to excellent.

Their 1958 "in London" sessions have been reissued on a couple of labels. Fantastic stuff.

Mike Regenstreif