Brownie McGhee was born on November 30, 1915 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA as Walter McGhee
By the late 50s there was a huge demand for folk/blues in the clubs
around the East coast and as their fame as a double act grew and as
record sales climbed steeply, Sonny and Brownie became national
household names. They cut a gospel album in Oakland CA in 1957, then
toured Britain and recorded an album in London the following year, to
great acclaim.(All About Blues Music)
Burnt Child
TV appearances took them into the world mainstream and
they were soon issuing a studio album or live set every few months. They
covered a lot of ground with these recordings; they had learned a lot
of Piedmont Blues as young men and also gave their interpretations of
many other Blues players’ best songs, as well as forays into other
styles.(All About Blues Music)
Gonna Move Across The River
The Festival movement loved them for their wide repertoire of
folk, blues, gospel and protest songs, and they toured the world for the
whole of the 60s as a headline attraction. The sight of the tall man
with a heavy limp leading the small blind man on stage was seen on five
continents.(All About Blues Music)
Stranger Blues
Despite their affable stage act, the two men did not get
along too well personally as the years went by. On the 1973 album ‘Sonny
and Brownie’ with John Mayall and John Hammond Jr.
they banter like old friends, but outside the studio they would barely
talk. It finally came to the point where they would be billed together,
but Sonny would play with another guitarist and then Brownie would do a
solo set. Thus the affair came to a messy end at some indeterminate time
in the late 70s.(All About Blues Music)
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