Sonny Terry
Robbin' The Grave

Listening notes

Robbin’ The Grave is a 1975 vinyl release by Sonny Terry on Interfusion, catalog number L 353 38 (BL 101). Classified under Blues and Piedmont Blues, the album is structured across two sides with a total of ten tracks. The sequencing places the title track at the front and a boogie-titled piece at the close, with track lengths that favor short to mid-length performances.

Side A presents five titles: Feel Like Robbin’ The Grave (4:30), Selling Out (2:30), Black Night Road (4:54), That Train And My Woman (2:48), and Playing With The Thing (2:33). The side opens with the title track and reaches its longest duration with Black Night Road at 4:54. Across Side A, only two tracks exceed the four-minute mark, with the remaining three titles running between 2:30 and 2:48. Side A runs approximately 17:15 in total.

Side B continues with five tracks: Cut Off From My Baby (3:15), Mean Old Woman (3:09), One Woman Man (2:39), Cold Wind Blowing (3:45), and The Boogie (2:55). Side B opens with Cut Off From My Baby and closes with The Boogie. Durations on this side range from 2:39 to 3:45, with Cold Wind Blowing as the longest track on the side. Side B runs approximately 15:43.

Across both sides, the album’s longer pieces appear on Side A, while Side B maintains a tighter span of under four minutes per track. In total, Robbin’ The Grave comprises ten tracks with a cumulative running time of approximately 32:58. The release details are as follows: artist Sonny Terry; title Robbin’ The Grave; label Interfusion; catalog number L 353 38 (BL 101); year 1975; format Vinyl; genres Blues and Piedmont Blues. The tracklist, with positions and timings, is: A1 Feel Like Robbin’ The Grave (4:30), A2 Selling Out (2:30), A3 Black Night Road (4:54), A4 That Train And My Woman (2:48), A5 Playing With The Thing (2:33); B1 Cut Off From My Baby (3:15), B2 Mean Old Woman (3:09), B3 One Woman Man (2:39), B4 Cold Wind Blowing (3:45), B5 The Boogie (2:55).