A LONG WAY FROM HOME contains six tracks from I COULDN'T BELIEVE MY EYES.

Personnel: Brownie McGhee (vocals, guitar, electric guitars); Sonny Terry (vocals, harmonica); Earl Hooker (guitar); Ray Johnson (piano, electric piano, tambourine); Jimmy Bond (bass); Panama Francis (drums); Marsha Smith, George McGhee, Clark Kidder (background vocals).

Reissue producer: Andy McKaie.

Includes liner notes by Mary Katherine Aldin.

Digitally remastered by Erick Labson at MCA Music Media Studios, North Hollywood, California.

Personnel: Brownie McGhee (vocals, guitar, electric guitar); Sonny Terry (vocals, harmonica); Marsha Smith (vocals); Earl Hooker (guitar); Ray Johnson (piano, electric piano, tambourine); Panama Francis (drums).

Liner Note Author: Mary Katherine Aldin.

Recording information: LA, CA (03/01/1969-09/24/1969).

Photographer: Philip Melnick.

Unknown Contributor Role: Mike Fink.

Music from Brownie and Sonny's latter period, circa March and September of 1969. This combines two albums (A Long Way from Home and I Couldn't Believe My Eyes, both cut in two days) recorded for ABC-BluesWay, with the inclusion of a stray unreleased track, "Beggin' You," from the second session in September. The personnel stays basically the same for both sessions with excellent rhythm section support from drummer Panama Francis and bassist Jimmy Bond, while the September session also includes Earl Hooker on guitar. Solid, relaxed, rockin' grooves are the hallmarks here with both artists in fine form. ~ Cub Koda