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Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee (November 30, 1915 – February 16, 1996) was an American folk and Piedmont blues singer and guitarist, best known for his collaboration with the harmonica player Sonny Terry.
Brownie McGhee (born November 30, 1915, Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.—died February 16, 1996, Oakland, California) was an American blues singer, guitarist, pianist, songwriter, and longtime partner of the vocalist and harmonica player Sonny Terry.
His father, George Duffield McGhee, was a skilled guitarist and singer. The senior McGhee often teamed up with his brother-in-law, John Evans, a fiddler, to play for local dances and parties. When Brownie was seven years of age, Evans built him a five-string banjo as his first instrument.
Brownie McGhee was born on 30 November 1915 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Angel Heart (1987), The Jerk (1979) and Adventures in Babysitting (1987). He died on 16 February 1996 in Oakland, California, USA.
Oct 8, 2017 · Often remembered for his thirty-year musical partnership with North Carolina harmonica player Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee earned a reputation as an accomplished blues and rhythm-and-blues recording artist and as a central figure in the 1960s folk blues revival.
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....
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...
Feb 20, 1996 · Walter Brownie McGhee, guitarist and singer: born Knoxville, Tennessee 30 November 1915; married (five children); died San Francisco 18 February 1996.
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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