(1915-11-30)November 30, 1915 Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
Died
February 16, 1996(1996-02-16) (aged 80) Oakland, California, U.S.
Genres
Folk-blues
country blues
Piedmont blues
East Coast blues
blues revival
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Guitar
vocals
piano
kazoo
Years active
1930s–1995
Musical artist
Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee (November 30, 1915 – February 16, 1996)[1] was an American folk and Piedmont blues singer and guitarist, best known for his collaboration with the harmonica player Sonny Terry.[2]
^Doc Rock. "The Dead Rock Stars Club 1996–1997". Thedeadrockstarsclub.com. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
^Du Noyer, Paul (2003). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music. Fulham, London: Flame Tree Publishing. p. 181. ISBN 1-904041-96-5.
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a child. He used a stick to push a wagon carrying his older brother BrownieMcGhee, who had contracted polio. Granville began playing the guitar when he...
House Blues) is a live album by blues musicians Lightnin' Hopkins, BrownieMcGhee, and Sonny Terry recorded at the Ash Grove in Los Angeles in 1961 and...
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Ross); Johnny Shines (Johnny Shines); Sonny Terry and BrownieMcGhee (Sonny Terry/BrownieMcGhee) "Freight Train Blues" (John Lair) by Roy Acuff, Dan Bern...
A Long Way from Home is an album by blues musicians BrownieMcGhee and Sonny Terry released by the BluesWay label in 1969. AllMusic reviewer Cub Koda stated:...
the 1958 film version. The cast also featured the southern blues duo BrownieMcGhee and Sonny Terry and had as Gazzara's understudy the young Cliff Robertson...
the 1970s and 1980s. For several years, he studied blues guitar with BrownieMcGhee, who was a big influence on his guitar style. Happy is most famously...
Action. Its "all-star leftist" members were Josh White, Sonny Terry, BrownieMcGhee, Pete Seeger, Burl Ives, Tom Glazer (and Woody Guthrie by contributing...
playing with Jimi Hendrix, and opening for Muddy Waters, Sonny Terry and BrownieMcGhee, and Big Joe Williams.[citation needed] She returned to Atlanta to form...
in the late 19th century. The notable blues musicians Sonny Terry, BrownieMcGhee, and Don Frank Brooks performed in the film's soundtrack, composed by...
musicians BrownieMcGhee and Sonny Terry recorded in 1960 and released on the Bluesville label the following year. All compositions by BrownieMcGhee except...
Earl Scruggs, the Kingston Trio, John Jacob Niles, Sonny Terry and BrownieMcGhee, Odetta, The New Lost City Ramblers, and more. Perhaps the most notable...
a Baby and They Named It Rock and Roll, Pt. 2", was co-written with BrownieMcGhee and another song, "Bus Driver", was co-written with Terry Abrahamson...
Greatest Hits Vol. 3 and 36 All-Time Greatest Hits. Sonny Terry and BrownieMcGhee – Blues Masters (1991) Whiskey Howl – A cappella version by the Toronto...
Smith, later musicians working for "the Foots" included Louis Jordan, BrownieMcGhee and Rufus Thomas, and the company was still touring as late as 1950...
years Hummel has also toured or recorded with Sue Foley, Charles Brown, BrownieMcGhee, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Bob Stroger, Dave Myers, Jimmy Pugh, Kid Andersen...
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