Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Folk-blues, country blues, Piedmont blues, East Coast blues, blues revival
Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee (November 30, 1915 – February 16, 1996) was an African-American folk music and Piedmont blues singer and guitarist, best known for his collaboration with the harmonica player Sonny Terry.
Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee (1958) with Sonny Terry
Just a Closer Walk with Thee (1960) rec.'57, with Sonny Terry
Midnight Special (1960) with Sonny Terry
At Sugar Hill (1962) with Sonny Terry
Brownie's Blues (1962)
At the 2nd Fret: Recorded Live (1962) with Sonny Terry
Shouts & Blues (1962) with Sonny Terry
Blues Hoot: Live Recording at the Ash Grove (1963) with Lightnin' Hopkins and Sonny Terry
Hometown Blues (1965) with Sonny Terry
A Long Way... from Home (1969) with Sonny Terry
Back to New Orleans (1972) 1959-1960, with Sonny Terry
I Couldn't Believe My Eyes (1973) Sep 24 1969, 1990 Rem, with Sonny Terry and Earl Hooker
Sonny & Brownie (1973) with Sonny Terry
Rainy Day (1989) May 29 1976
The 1958 London Sessions (1990) with Sonny Terry
Drinking in the Blues (1993) with Sonny Terry
Climbin' Up (1994) 1952/1955, with Sonny Terry
The Complete Brownie McGhee (1994) 1940/1941
Going it Alone (1997) with Sonny Terry
Backwater Blues (1999) Dec 29 1961, with Sonny Terry
Lightning Hopkins and the Blues Summit (2001) rec.'60, with Lightnin' Hopkins, Sonny Terry and Big Joe Williams
Key to the Highway (2004) rec.'52, with Sonny Terry
Live at the New Penelope Café (2016) Feb 7 1967, with Sonny Terry
appears on:
American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1965 (1995)
American Folk Blues Festival '70 (1970)
