Brownie McGhee
Birthday: 1915-11-30 Place of Birth: Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
Synopsis
Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee was an American folk music and Piedmont blues singer and guitarist, best known for his collaboration with the harmonica player Sonny Terry.
Acting
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
For some 30 years, they embodied "country blues" for folk music audiences around the globe. Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee were once ubiquitous, and as such tended to be taken for granted in the halcyon days of the 1960s blues rediscoveries. But nearly two decades have passed since the perennial team parted, and the 16 performances here remind us of this superb duo's complementary strengths.
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A short film about Pete Seeger and the birth of banjo music throughout the Southern United States.
