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Oct 8, 2017 · Walter “Brownie” McGhee, an African American musician, was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, on November 30, 1915. Raised within a musical family (Brownie’s brother Granville scored a hit with “Drinkin’ Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee” in 1947), McGhee overcame the ravages of polio at an early age, traveled extensively throughout the Southeast, and ...
Feb 19, 1996 · Brownie McGhee, the blues guitarist and singer who brought fingerpicking Piedmont blues to an international audience, died on Friday at Summit Hospital in Oakland, Calif., where he lived. He...
Feb 16, 1996 · Brownie McGhee. Walter Brown ‘Brownie’ McGhee was born November 15, 1915 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Because family records of his birth were lost, he believed for years that he had been born in 1914. It was only when he went to apply for a passport that he found out otherwise.
Walter Brown “Brownie” McGhee (November 30, 1915 – February 16, 1996) was an American folk music and Piedmont blues singer and guitarist, best known for his collaboration with the harmonica...
Brownie McGhee (1915-1996) was among the first group of artists to receive the National Heritage Fellowship. A blues guitarist and singer, McGhee lived in Oakland, California, at the time of his award, but was born in Knoxville and raised in Kingsport.
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Feb 16, 1996 · Brownie McGhee. Celebrated folk-blues guitarist and singer who was a frequent collaborator with harmonica player Sonny Terry. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1930s - 1990s. Born. November 30, 1915 in Knoxville, TN. Died.
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