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Brownie McGhee

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Aliases
Brownie McGhee (Blind Boy Fuller #2)
Brownie McGhee and His Jook Block Busters
Real name
Walter Brown McGhee
Born
November 30, 1915
Died
February 16, 1996
Country
United States
IPI
00018912582 14 works
00018913187 12 works
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Piedmont blues guitarist and singer
Member of
Washboard Band
The Union Boys (1944)
Family
Sticks McGhee Brother
Related labels
Encore [US2]   founder
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
1962 Albert C. Humphrey and The Roots Of Blues
1958 A.J. Croce
1948 (6 artists)
1965 JW-Jones with Charlie Musselwhite
July 1941 John Jackson
1959 Hojas Blues Band
1965 Marc Lelangue Trio
January 1947 (43 artists)
1959 The Bintangs
1958 Dutch Tilders
1969 Del Rey and The Blues Gators
April 1959 (11 artists)
1940 (2 artists)
1946 (4 artists)
Rainy Day Brownie McGhee 1976 Unverified
1952 (3 artists)
1959 Dion
1946 (24 artists)
Spread The News Around Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee 1962 Unverified
1960 (9 artists)
1958 Dave Lindholm
Tryin' To Win Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee 1960 Unverified
1973 Gove Scrivenor
1959 (9 artists)
February 1956 Albert C. Humphrey and The Roots Of Blues
1973 Lyle Lovett

Covers by Brownie McGhee

Title Performer Release date Originally by
1994 Ishman Bracey
1960 Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers
1960 Bessie Smith
1947 Walter Davis
1955 (unknown)
1947 Johnny Temple
1973 Charles Brown & Amos Milburn, Sam Cooke
1955 (unknown)
1952 Pete Johnson and His Boogie Woogie Boys - Vocal Chorus Joe Turner
1960 Dennis Crumpton & Robert Summers
1961 Tampa Red
1969 Fisk University Jubilee Singers
October 1965 St. Louis Jimmy
1955 Leadbelly
1947 Bumble Bee Slim
1965 Roosevelt Sykes
1952 Big Bill
1961 Southern Tones, Ray Charles and His Band
1960 (unknown)
February 1952 (unknown)
1960 Lonnie Johnson
1958 Fiddlin' John Carson
1959 Big Bill
1946 Charles Segar
May 1961 Brownie McGhee
1946 Tampa Red
October 1965 Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
1946 Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
May 1961 Rev. C.D. Montgomery, Dave Cutrell with McGinty's Oklahoma Cow Boy Band
1946 The Honey Dripper
June 1999 Amos Milburn and His Aladdin Chickenshackers
1960 Brownie McGhee
1973 The Impressions
February 1952 (unknown)
Pick a Bale of Cotton Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee July 1960 Unverified
September 1940 Little Son Joe
1962 (unknown)
  1967 Rock Island Colored Booster Quartet PRF, Kelly Pace and Group REC, Lead Belly REL
1973 Randy Newman
October 1965 Mississippi Sheiks
November 1942 Papa Charlie Jackson, Picaninny Jug Band, Blind Boy Fuller
1960 (unknown), (unknown), Louis Armstrong & His Savoy Ballroom Five
1962 Lead Belly
February 1952 Rev. C.D. Montgomery, Dave Cutrell with McGinty's Oklahoma Cow Boy Band
The Midnight Special Chris Barber's Jazz Band with Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee) 1958 Unverified
1962 Thelma La Vizzo
1969 Thelma La Vizzo
1960 (unknown)
1981 Big Bill
1946 Sleepy John Estes, Big Maceo

Songs written by Brownie McGhee

Original songs

Title Written by Originally by Original date Covered by
Better Day Brownie McGhee Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry November 1957 Covered by A.J. Croce
Burnt Child Afraid of Fire Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry 1965 Covered by JW-Jones with Charlie Musselwhite
Death of Blind Boy Fuller Brownie McGhee Brownie McGhee May 22, 1941 Covered by John Jackson
Doctor Brownie's Famous Cure Brownie McGhee Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee 1959 Covered by Hojas Blues Band
Don't Pity Me Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry 1965 Covered by Marc Lelangue Trio
Fighting a Losing Battle Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee October 7, 1959 Covered by The Bintangs
Heart in Sorrow Brownie McGhee Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry November 1957 Covered by Dutch Tilders
Housewarmin' Boogie Brownie McGhee, Sticks McGhee Stick McGhee and His Buddies May 10, 1950 Covered by Carl Sonny Leyland
Life Is a Gamble Brownie McGhee Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry 1969 Covered by Del Rey and The Blues Gators
Living with the Blues Brownie McGhee, Ruth McGhee Brownie McGhee December 22, 1958 Covered by (11 artists)
Me and My Dog Blues Brownie McGhee Brownie McGhee August 6, 1940 Covered by (2 artists)
Pawnshop Blues Blind Boy Fuller, Brownie McGhee Brownie McGhee 1945 Covered by (4 artists)
Rainy Day Brownie McGhee Brownie McGhee 1976 Unverified
Ride and Roll Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry Sonny Terry February 1956 Covered by (4 artists)
So Much Trouble Brownie McGhee Brownie McGhee January 3, 1952 Covered by (3 artists)
Southern Train Brownie McGhee Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee 1959 Covered by Dion
Sportin' Life Blues Brownie McGhee Brownie McGhee 1946 Covered by (24 artists)
Stranger Here Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry 1960 Covered by (9 artists)
That's How I Feel Brownie McGhee Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee 1958 Covered by Dave Lindholm
The Blues Had a Baby and They Named It Rock and Roll (#2) Muddy Waters, Brownie McGhee Muddy Waters October 1976 Covered by (2 artists)
Tryin' To Win Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee 1960 Unverified
Walkin' My Blues Away Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee 1973 Covered by Gove Scrivenor
Walk On Brownie McGhee, Ruth McGhee Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee 1959 Covered by (9 artists)
When It's Love Time Brownie McGhee Brownie McGhee February 1956 Covered by Albert C. Humphrey and The Roots Of Blues

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
A Long Way from Home Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry 1969 BluesWay
At Sugar Hill Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee 1962 Fantasy
At the Bunk House Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry 1965 Smash
Backwater Blues Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee June 1999 Fantasy
Blues in My Soul Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry 1961 Prestige Bluesville
Blues Is a Story Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee 1960 World Pacific
Blues Is My Companion Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee 1959 Verve Records
Blues with Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee 1959 Folkways
Blues with Brownie McGhee Brownie McGhee 1955 Folkways
Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry Sing Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry 1958 Folkways
Brownie's Blues Brownie McGhee 1962 Prestige Bluesville
Brownie & Sonny Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry 1969 Everest Records Archive of Folk & Jazz Music
Down Home Blues Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry 1960 Prestige Bluesville
Folk Songs of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee 1959 Roulette
Get on Board - Negro Folksongs by the Folkmasters Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Coyal McMahan February 1952 Folkways
Home Town Blues Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee October 1965 Mainstream Records
Just a Closer Walk with Thee Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee 1960 Fantasy
Shouts & Blues Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee 1962 Fantasy
Sonny & Brownie Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee 1973 A&M Records
Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee in London Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee 1958 Nixa [Pye Nixa]
The Complete Brownie McGhee Brownie McGhee 1994 Columbia [US]
Traditional Blues Sung by Brownie McGhee Volume One Brownie McGhee 1960 Folkways
Traditional Blues Sung by Brownie McGhee Volume Two Brownie McGhee 1960 Folkways

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