Brownie McGhee
Birthday
1915/11/30
Day of death
1996/02/16 (80 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
Also know as
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Walter McGhee, Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee, Walter Brown McGhee
Biography
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
(1987) Angel Heart
as Toots Sweet
(1979) The Jerk
as Blues Singer
(2003) Red, White and Blues
as Self (archive footage)
(2003) Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
as Self
(1947) To Hear Your Banjo Play
as Self
(1964) American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train
as ---
(1967) Festival
as Self
(1992) Acoustic Routes
as Self
(2003) The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
as Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
(2003) The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2
as Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
(2004) The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
as Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
(1988) BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
as Self (archive footage)
(1982) Family Ties
as Eddie Dupre
(1972) The Midnight Special
as Self