Brownie McGhee

AKA: Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Walter McGhee, Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee

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1915-11-30

Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.

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.

Crew Roles

Thank You, M'am

Music

Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {14}

Toots Sweet

1987-03-06 7.127

Angel Heart

A down-and-out Brooklyn detective is hired to track down a singer on an odyssey that will take him through the desperate streets of Harlem, the smoke-filled jazz clubs of New Orleans, and the swamps o ...

Genre :Horror, Mystery

Blues Singer

1979-12-14 6.903

The Jerk

After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson sets off on a hilarious misadventure that takes him from rags to riches and back again. The slaphappy ...

Genre :Comedy

Self (archive footage)

2003-10-03 7.3

Red, White and Blues

Director Mike Figgis (Stormy Monday, Leaving Las Vegas, Time Code) joins musicians such as Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Tom Jones, performing and talking about the music of the early six ...

Genre :Documentary, Music

Self

2003-07-08 3.8

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 halcy ...

Genre :Music

Self

1947-01-01 4.5

To Hear Your Banjo Play

A short film about Pete Seeger and the birth of banjo music throughout the Southern United States. ...

Genre :Documentary, Music

1964-08-19 0

American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train

A 16 minute short comprising 2 acts of a 1964 event where an innovative group of musicians performed on a real railroad track. The audience on one side of the tracks and the musicians on the station s ...

Genre :Music

Self

1967-10-23 5.7

Festival

Black and white footage of performances, interviews, and conversations at the Newport Folk Festival, from 1963 to 1966. The headliners are Peter, Paul and Mary, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, and Bob Dylan, ...

Genre :Documentary, Music

Self

1992-03-20 7

Acoustic Routes

The story of seminal guitarist and singer Bert Jansch, from his early days in Edinburgh, Scotland, to becoming the acoustic guitarist that everyone wanted to be. As a teenager, in the early 1960's Ber ...

Genre :Documentary

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

2003-01-01 0

The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1

Taken from the European tours organised for American blues musicians between 1962 and 1969, this release features performances by several popular blues artists, including: T-Bone Walker, John Lee Hook ...

Genre :Documentary, Music

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

2003-01-01 0

The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2

Genre :Music, Documentary

Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)

2004-08-31 10

The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3

Taken from the European tours organised for American blues musicians between 1962 and 1969, this release features performances by several popular blues artists, including: Big Mama Thornton, Roosevelt ...

Genre :Music, Documentary

Self (archive footage)

1988-01-08 0

BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie

Documentary on the life of Woody Guthrie, the travelling songwriter and singer who paved the way for the likes of Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen. ...

Genre :Documentary, Music, TV Movie

Eddie Dupre

1982-09-22 7.254

Family Ties

Former 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew. ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama, Family

Self

1972-08-19 7.833

The Midnight Special

The Midnight Special is an American late-night musical variety series that aired on NBC during the 1970s and early 1980s, created and produced by Burt Sugarman. It premiered as a special on August 19, ...