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J.C. Burris

J.C. Burris has been played on NTS in shows including Throwing Shade, featured first on 7 September 2013. Songs played include My Baby Gone Home.

J.C. Burris (May 15, 1928, Selby, NC, US - May 15, 1988, Greensboro, NC, US) was an American blues harmonica and rhythm bones player.

The nephew of Sonny Terry, Johnny "J.C." Burris was also a blues harmonica player, though he didn't record too much. He is noted for his use of African rhythm bones, two sticks played like castanets that can be played off the harmonica. Burris did some performing in New York in the 1950s and worked on recording sessions…

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My Baby Gone Home
Sonny Terry, J.C. Burris, Sticks McGhee
Folkways Records1959
My Baby Gone Home
Sonny Terry, J.C. Burris, Sticks McGheeFolkways Records1959
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