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Rock'it Records.
Full name: Walter "Brownie" McGhee
Other names: Blind Boy Fuller No. 2, Spider Sam, Big Tom Collins,
Brother George, Henry Johnson, Tennessee Gabriel, and Blind Boy Williams
Born: Nov. 30, 1915, Knoxville, TN
Died: Feb. 23, 1996, Oakland, CA
Instrument: Guitar (and vocals); also banjo and piano
Books
Bastin, Bruce. Red River Blues: The Blues Tradition in the
Southeast. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1986.
Neff, Robert, and Anthony Connor. Blues. London: Latimer New Directions, 1976
Traum, Happy, ed. Guitar Styles of Brownie McGhee. New York: Oak Publications, 1971
Articles
Bendon, Brin. "Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee." Footnote [England] 1 (1969): 8-10.
Elmes, Barry. "Living Blues Interview: Brownie McGhee." Living Blues 13 (Summer 1973): 18-23
Elmes, Barry. "Living Blues Interview: Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee."
Living Blues 13 (Summer 1973): 14-18
"A Gallery of the Greats." BMI 1 (1973): 3-13
Greenberg, Mark. "Brownie McGhee: Blues Legend Who Won't Quit."
Frets 4 (July 1982): 30-33
Jones, Max. "Amplify - or DIE! Says Blues Star Brownie McGhee."
Melody Maker [England] 36 (30 September 1961): 11.
Joyce, Mike, and Bob Rusch. "Brownie McGhee Interview." Cadence 1 (March 1976): 3-4
McGhee, Brownie, and Michael Brooks. "Brownie McGhee on PLaying the Blues."
Guitar Player 7 (October 1975): 24-26
Nilsson, Peter, and Staffan Ogren. "You Don't Live Backwards in this World: Peter Nilsson och Staffan Ogren Pratade med Brownie McGhee."
Jefferson [Sweden] 51 (Spring 1968): 20-21
Oliver, Paul. "Key to the Highway." Jazz Magazine [France] 4 (1968): 2-5, 31
Svacina, Fritz, and Franziska Svacina. "Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee."
Blues Life [Austria] 10 (1980): 13
Thacker, Eric. "Chasing the Fox Chase." Jazz & Blues [England] 3 (May 1973): 4-5
Key Recordings on CD
Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry Sing. Smithsonian/Folkways
Terry, Sonny, and Brownie McGhee.
Absolutely the Best. Fuel
Terry, Sonny, and Brownie McGhee. Backwater Blues. Fantasy
Videos and DVDs
Cameo appearance in The Jerk, Directed by Carl Reiner
Live at the New Penelope Cafe [LIVE].
Brownie McGhee - Born with the Blues 1966-92 (DVD)
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Red River Blues (1948-1974) (DVD)
Sonny & Brownie at Sugar Hill [LIVE]
A Long Way from Home
Sonny Terry (L) and Brownie McGhee (R).
Image compliments of Terry
Cryer.
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