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Brownie McGhee, cuyo nombre de nacimiento era Walter McGhee (Knoxville, Tennessee, 30 de noviembre de 1915 - Oakland, California, 16 de febrero de 1996), fue un guitarrista y cantante de blues.
Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee (November 30, 1915 – February 16, 1996) was an American folk and Piedmont blues singer and guitarist, best known for his collaboration with the harmonica player Sonny Terry.
In 1944, McGhee had signed with Savoy Records, and the following year with Alert. During World War II, he performed with Woody Guthrie and Terry on the Office of War Information (OWI) radio shows broadcast by the BBC in London, and he also appeared in short wartime films produced by OWI.
Brownie McGhee (born November 30, 1915, Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.—died February 16, 1996, Oakland, California) was an American blues singer, guitarist, pianist, songwriter, and longtime partner of the vocalist and harmonica player Sonny Terry.
16 de feb. de 1996 · Brownie played picnics, carnivals, medicine shows, and worked for a time in the Rabbit Foot Minstrels. He began playing all over the Piedmont area, thumbing rides up and down the highway, living the life of an itinerant Bluesman.
19 de feb. de 1996 · Brownie McGhee, the blues guitarist and singer who brought fingerpicking Piedmont blues to an international audience, died on Friday at Summit Hospital in Oakland, Calif., where he lived. He...
