Brownie McGhee

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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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

Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Bad Blood	Brownie McGhee	1947	Alert
Black, Brown and White Blues	Brownie McGhee	1948	Encore [US2]
Death of Blind Boy Fuller	Brownie McGhee	July 1941	OKeh
Diamond Ring	Brownie McGhee	1952	Savoy Records
Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee	"Stick" McGhee and His Buddy	January 1947	Harlem [US1]
I Feel So Good	Brownie McGhee and His Jook Block Busters	1952	Jax [US1]
I'm 10.000 Years Old	Brownie McGhee	1952	Jax [US1]
Key to the Highway	Brownie McGhee	1946	Alert
Let Me Be Your Big Dog	Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry	April 1960	Prestige Bluesville
Living with the Blues	Brownie McGhee	April 1959	Savoy Records
Me and My Dog Blues	Brownie McGhee	1940	OKeh
Mean Ole Frisco	Brownie McGhee	1946	Alert
My Fault	Brownie McGhee	February 1956	Savoy Records
Night Time Is the Right Time	Brownie McGhee	1946	Alert
Pawnshop Blues	Brownie McGhee	1946	Disc
Picking My Tomatoes - Night Rambling Woman	Brownie McGhee - Blind Boy Fuller	September 1940	OKeh
Strange Woman	Brownie McGhee	1947	Alert
The Way I Feel	Brownie McGhee	1947	Disc
Too Nicey Mama	Brownie and Sonny	1960	Prestige Bluesville
Workingman's Blues	Brownie McGhee (Blind Boy Fuller #2)	November 1942	OKeh
Worried Life Blues	Brownie McGhee	1946	Alert

Performances also appear on

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
American Folk Blues Festival 1970	various artists	1981	L+R Records [DE]
American Folk Blues Festival '67	various artists	1967	Fontana
The Folk Music of the Newport Folk Festival - Vol. 2	various artists	May 1961	Folkways

Tributes

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	Get on Board - The Songs of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee	Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder	April 22, 2022	Nonesuch

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