Backwater Blues (1999)

About this title: Songs of whiskey, women, and money -- nothing was more important to the repertoire of this classic acoustic blues duo. Good relations on stage were not, but during this 18-tune club date at Sugar Hill in San Francisco, Terry and McGhee are in good spirits. The former's fingerpicking, good-time guitar strummin', and even-keeled singing, joined by Terry's frantic harmonica and frequent whoops and hollers were the epitome of this genre's style, and these two performing in their heyday. They do hits familiar to all like "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer," "Key to the Highway," and "Careless Love ... read more

Tracks:

1. Climbing on Top of the Hill [Terry/McGhee]
2. Louise [Terry/McGhee]
3. My Father's Words [McGhee/McGhee]
4. Backwater Blues [McGhee]
5. Wine Headed Woman [Terry]
6. Careless Love [Handy/Koenig/Willia]
7. Playing with the Blues [McGhee/McGhee]
8. I Can't Sleep at Night [McGhee/McGhee]
9. My Baby's Leavin' [Terry]
10. Lose Your Money [McGhee]
11. Jet Plane Blues [Terry]
12. Rainy Day [McGhee/McGhee]
13. I'm a Stranger Here [Terry/McGhee]
14. Women on My String [McGhee/McGhee]
15. One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer [Toombs]
16. Key to the Highway [Broonzy/Segar]
17. You'd Better Mind [Terry/McGhee]
18. Walk On [McGhee/McGhee]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.