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Brownie McGhee (30 Nov 1915 - 16 Feb 1996)

Male Person - United States

 Also known as (1)

Releases (14)

Official

Album

  1. Traditional Blues sung by Brownie McGhee Vol 1 1951
  2. Brownie's Blues 1962
  3. Blues Is Truth 1996
  4. The Last Great Blues Hero 2000
  5. Facts Of Life 13 Sep 2007

Album - Compilation

  1. The Folkways Years, 1945-1959 1991
  2. The Complete Brownie McGhee 1994
  3. Born for Bad Luck 1994
  4. Back Home Blues 2001
  5. A Black Woman's Man: The Essential Brownie McGhee 2002
  6. Not Guilty Blues

Single

  1. My Fault / When It’s Love Time 1956

Relationships (4)

Collaborator On

  1. Washboard Band

Member Of

  1. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee eponymous, lead vocals, guitar
  2. Union Boys

Siblings

  1. Stick McGhee

Recordings by (286)

  1. Cholly Blues 5:07 (1951)
  2. Hangman's Blues 4:36 (1951)
  3. Long Gone 3:16 (1951)
  4. Freight Train Blues 3:39 (1951)
  5. Black Snake Moan (From Traditional Blues, Vol 1, 1957) 3:35 (1951)
  6. Pine Top's Blues 4:10 (1951)
  7. Jelly Roll Baker 3:51 (1951)
  8. Loving Mama Blues 3:43 (1951)
  9. Backwater Blues 4:25 (1951)
  10. Four Day Creep 4:16 (1951)
  11. My Fault ?:?? (1956)
  12. When It’s Love Time ?:?? (1956)
  13. Jump, Little Children 4:36 (1962)
  14. Lonesome Day 5:25 (1962)
  15. One Thing for Sure 3:20 (1962)
  16. The Killin' Floor 3:41 (1962)
  17. Little Black Engine 3:44 (1962)
  18. I Don't Know the Reason 4:03 (1962)
  19. Trouble in Mind 4:55 (1962)
  20. Everyday I Have the Blues 5:15 (1962)
  21. Door to Success 4:09 (1962)
  22. Rainy Rainy Day 2:57 (1987)
  23. Jump, Little Children (1981) 2:51 (1988)
  24. The Blues Had a Baby 2:54 (1989)
  25. Walk On 3:13 (1989)
  26. Robbie-Doby-Boogie 2:18 (1990)
  27. Good-Bye Now 2:51 (1991)
  28. Crying at the Station 4:09 (1991)
  29. Living With the Blues 2:56 (1991)
  30. 'Fore Day Creep 4:13 (1991)
  31. Me and Sonny 2:51 (1991)
  32. Raise a Ruckus Tonight 2:53 (1991)
  33. Betty and Dupree 4:00 (1991)
  34. Just a Dream 4:22 (1991)
  35. Pawn Shop Blues 3:05 (1991)
  36. Daisy 3:26 (1991)
  37. Rising Sun 2:42 (1991)
  38. Careless Love 3:17 (1991)
  39. Grievin' Hearted Blues 4:00 (1991)
  40. I'm Gonna Tell God How You Treat Me 2:35 (1991)
  41. Can't Help Myself 3:20 (1991)
  42. Pallet on the Floor 3:09 (1991)
  43. Christina 4:22 (1993)
  44. Jealous Of My Woman 2:49 (1994)
  45. Unfair Blues 2:47 (1994)
  46. Barbecue Any Old Time 2:47 (1994)
  47. Sinful Disposition Woman 2:35 (1994)
  48. Deep Sea Diver 2:39 (1994)
  49. It Must Be Love 2:55 (1994)
  50. Studio Chatter 3:39 (1994)
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On Recordings (50)

Performer

  1. U.A.W. - C.I.O. 2:04 Union Boys (1963)

Instruments

  1. Cholly Blues 5:07 Brownie McGhee (1951) guitar
  2. Long Gone 3:16 Brownie McGhee (1951) guitar
  3. Hangman's Blues 4:36 Brownie McGhee (1951) guitar
  4. Dark Road 2:45 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958) guitar
  5. Boogie Baby 2:31 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958) guitar
  6. John Henry 4:05 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958) guitar
  7. Best of Friends 3:13 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958) guitar
  8. Guitar Highway 2:37 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958) guitar
  9. Make a Little Money 3:47 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958) guitar
  10. Better Day 3:04 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958) guitar
  11. Can’t Help Myself 3:19 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958) guitar
  12. If You Lose Your Money 2:44 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958) guitar
  13. Old Jabo 2:13 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958) guitar
  14. Confusion 3:20 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958) guitar
  15. Heart in Sorrow 3:00 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958) guitar
  16. Preachin’ the Blues 2:33 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958) guitar
  17. Hammer Song 2:05 Paul Robeson (1982) guitar
  18. Tall Pretty Woman 3:08 Stick McGhee (1986) guitar
  19. I Feel So Good 2:10 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1990) guitar
  20. Cornbread and Peas 2:44 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1990) guitar
  21. California Blues 2:44 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1990) guitar
  22. Walkin' and Lyin' Down 3:41 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1990) guitar
  23. Water Boy Cry 2:47 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1990) guitar
  24. I Love You Baby 2:13 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1990) guitar
  25. Baby's Gone 2:47 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1990) guitar

Vocals

  1. Long Gone 3:16 Brownie McGhee (1951)
  2. Cholly Blues 5:07 Brownie McGhee (1951)
  3. Hangman's Blues 4:36 Brownie McGhee (1951)
  4. John Henry 4:05 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958)
  5. Dark Road 2:45 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958)
  6. Make a Little Money 3:47 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958)
  7. If You Lose Your Money 2:44 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958)
  8. Heart in Sorrow 3:00 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958)
  9. Can’t Help Myself 3:19 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958)
  10. Guitar Highway 2:37 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958)
  11. Preachin’ the Blues 2:33 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958)
  12. Better Day 3:04 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958)
  13. Confusion 3:20 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958)
  14. Walkin' and Lyin' Down 3:41 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1990) lead vocals
  15. I'm a Stranger 3:16 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1990) lead vocals
  16. Motherless Child 3:09 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1990) lead vocals
  17. Baby's Gone 2:47 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1990) lead vocals
  18. I Have Had My Fun 3:33 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1990) lead vocals
  19. Louise 3:27 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1990) lead vocals
  20. Lose Your Money 3:22 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1990) lead vocals
  21. Hudy Leadbelly 3:46 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1990) lead vocals
  22. Take This Hammer 2:58 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1990) lead vocals
  23. I Done Done 2:26 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1990) lead vocals
  24. I Got Fooled 2:39 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1990) lead vocals

Credited as (52)

  1. Brownie McGhee
  2. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
  3. Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
  4. Lead Belly, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
  5. Sonny Terry, Roosevelt Sykes & Brownie McGhee
  6. Brownie McGhee & Blind Boy Fuller
  7. The Lunenberg Travelers, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie
  8. Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
  9. Brownie McGhee & Sister Ethel Davenport
  10. Sonny Terry feat. Brownie McGhee
  11. Lead Belly, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
  12. Brownie McGhee & Bull City Red
  13. Brownie McGhee feat. Bert Jansch
  14. Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
  15. Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry & Lightnin’ Hopkins
  16. Lightnin’ Hopkins, Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry with Big Joe Williams
  17. Lightnin’ Hopkins, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry & Big Joe Williams
  18. Godfrey Cambridge, Joe Crofford, Brownie McGhee
  19. Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee and Coyal McMahan
  20. Lead Belly feat. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
  21. Sonny Boy Williamson, Sonny Terry, Sleepy John Estes, Brownie McGhee
  22. Champion Jack Dupree With Brownie McGhee
  23. Brownie McGhee with Sonny Terry
  24. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie
  25. Lead Belly & Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
  26. Ottilie Patterson, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee with Chris Barber Band
  27. Brownie Mc Ghee
  28. Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, and J.C. Burris
  29. Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry
  30. Brownie McGhee feat. Sonny Terry
  31. Josh White with Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
  32. Brownie McGhee / Sonny Terry
  33. Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee & Texas Gladden
  34. Sonny Terry, Big Joe Williams, Lightnin’ Hopkins & Brownie McGhee
  35. Ethel Davenport & Brownie McGhee
  36. Brownie McGhee and Stick McGhee
  37. Sister Bessie Griffin & W. Brownie McGhee
  38. Brownie MacGhee
  39. Brownie McGhee & George Washington
  40. Brownie McGhee, George Washington, Jordan Webb & Robert Young
  41. Lightnin’ Hopkins , Sonny Terry , Brownie McGhee & Big Joe Williams
  42. Big Bill Broonzy · Sonny Terry · Brownie McGhee
  43. Ottilie Patterson with Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
  44. Brownie McGhee with The Elmer Lee Thomas Blues Revue
  45. Sonny Terry / Brownie McGhee
  46. Brownie McGhee, Coyal McMahan, Sonny Terry
  47. Brownie McGhee, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Big Joe Williams, Sonny Terry
  48. Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee
  49. Sonny Terry met Brownie McGhee
  50. Lightnin' Hopkins / Brownie McGhee / Sonny Terry
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Works (37)

Wrote

  1. Living With the Blues
  2. 'Fore Day Creep
  3. Pawn Shop Blues
  4. Christina
  5. Rainy Day
  6. Come On (If You're Coming)
  7. Crying at the Station
  8. Fighting a Losing Battle
  9. The Blues Had a Baby and They Named It Rock and Roll, Part 2
  10. When It's Love Time
  11. Solid Road
  12. Walk On
  13. My Last Suit
  14. Evil Hearted Me
  15. the way i feel

Composed

  1. Sporting Life Blues
  2. Born to Live the Blues
  3. Verkkaisemmin kuin aikaisemmin
  4. Can't Help Myself
  5. Daisy
  6. Rising Sun
  7. Face in the Crowd
  8. Real Good Feelin'
  9. Back to New Orleans
  10. Ma vie s’enfuit
  11. So Much Trouble
  12. In the Evening

Lyrics

  1. Real Good Feelin'
  2. Sporting Life Blues
  3. Can't Help Myself
  4. Daisy
  5. Rising Sun
  6. Face in the Crowd
  7. So Much Trouble
  8. In the Evening
  9. Born to Live the Blues
  10. Ma vie s’enfuit

Events (2)

Main Performer At

  1. Montreux Jazz Festival 1973

Guest Performer At

  1. A Prairie Home Companion

Links (19)

Other Databases

  1. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/brownie_mcghee
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82234801
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82234801/
  4. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb138973083
  5. https://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=81525
  6. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w68w3wsg
  7. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108013
  8. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134451317

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/369488

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/322293
  2. https://www.discogs.com/artist/4146688

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000630882

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0569185/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/24787962

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q950313

Stream For Free

  1. https://www.deezer.com/artist/158370

Biographies

  1. http://www.rockabilly.nl/references/messages/brownie_mcghee.htm

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/9d48cb68-cd4d-49fe-b7a8-d31deb678fe8

Social Networking

  1. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Brownie-McGhee/109237292429204