Brownie McGhee

Brownie McGhee

Born: November 30, 1915
Died: February 16, 1996
in Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee was an American folk music and Piedmont blues singer and guitarist, best known for his collaboration with the harmonica player Sonny Terry.

Movies for Brownie McGhee...

The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
Title: The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
Character: Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
Released: August 31, 2004
Type: Movie
Taken from the European tours organised for American blues musicians between 1962 and 1969, this release features performances by several popular blues artists, including: Big Mama Thornton, Roosevelt Sykes, Buddy Guy, Dr. Isaiah Ross, Big Joe Turner, Skip James, Bukka White, Son House, Hound Dog Taylor and Little Walter, Koko Taylor and Little Walter, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Helen Humes, Earl Hooker, and Muddy Waters.
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Red, White and Blues
Title: Red, White and Blues
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 3, 2003
Type: Movie
Director Mike Figgis (Stormy Monday, Leaving Las Vegas, Time Code) joins musicians such as Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Tom Jones, performing and talking about the music of the early sixties British invasion that reintroduced the blues sound to America.
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Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Red River Blues
Title: Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Red River Blues
Character: Himself
Released: June 12, 2003
Type: Movie
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The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
Title: The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
Character: Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
Taken from the European tours organised for American blues musicians between 1962 and 1969, this release features performances by several popular blues artists, including: T-Bone Walker, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, etc.
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The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2
Title: The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2
Character: Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
Taken from the European tours organised for American blues musicians between 1962 and 1969, this release features performances by several popular blues artists, including: T-Bone Walker, Lightnin' Hopkins, Victory Spivey, T-Bone Walker ...
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Acoustic Routes
Title: Acoustic Routes
Character: Himself
Released: March 20, 1992
Type: Movie
The story of seminal guitarist and singer Bert Jansch, from his early days in Edinburgh, Scotland, to becoming the acoustic guitarist that everyone wanted to be. As a teenager, in the early 1960's Bert sat at the feet of Brownie McGhee at the Howff Folk Club in Edinburgh mesmerised by 'Key to the Highway'. Armed with that raw American Blues influence and a bewildering technique, he fashioned sublime interpretations of traditional and blues music on the acoustic guitar. The result was music that had a profound influence on a generation of musicians including Bob Dylan, Paul Simon and Neil Young, and it still inspires todays' generation of guitarists and singers.
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Angel Heart
Title: Angel Heart
Character: Toots Sweet
Released: March 6, 1987
Type: Movie
Harry Angel, a down-and-out Brooklyn detective, is hired to track down a singer on an odyssey that will take him through the desperate streets of Harlem, the smoke-filled jazz clubs of New Orleans, and the swamps of Louisiana and its seedy underworld of voodoo.
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Title: Family Ties
Character: Eddie Dupre
Released: September 22, 1982
Type: TV
Former 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew.
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The Jerk
Title: The Jerk
Character: Blues Singer
Released: December 14, 1979
Type: Movie
After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson sets off on a hilarious misadventure that takes him from rags to riches and back again. The slaphappy jerk strikes it rich, but life in the fast lane isn't all it's cracked up to be and, in the end, all that really matters to Johnson is his true love.
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Title: The Midnight Special
Character: Self
Released: August 19, 1972
Type: TV
The Midnight Special is an American late-night musical variety series that aired on NBC during the 1970s and early 1980s, created and produced by Burt Sugarman. It premiered as a special on August 19, 1972, then began its run as a regular series on February 2, 1973; its last episode was on May 1, 1981. The ninety-minute program followed the Friday night edition of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. The show typically featured guest hosts, except for a period from July 1975 through March 1976 when singer Helen Reddy served as the regular host. Wolfman Jack served as the announcer and frequent guest host. The series also occasionally aired vintage footage of older acts. As the program neared the end of its run in the early 1980s, it began to frequently use lip-synched performances rather than live. The program also featured occasional comedic performances such as Richard Pryor and Andy Kaufman.
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Festival
Title: Festival
Character: Self
Released: October 23, 1967
Type: Movie
Black and white footage of performances, interviews, and conversations at the Newport Folk Festival, from 1963 to 1966. The headliners are Peter, Paul and Mary, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, and Bob Dylan, who's acoustic and electric. Son House and Mike Bloomfield talk about the blues; John Hurt, Howlin' Wolf, and Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee show its range. The Osborne Brothers perform bluegrass. Donovan, Johnny Cash, Judy Collins, Mimi and Dick Farina, and others less well known also perform. Several talk musical philosophy, and there's a running commentary about the nature and appeal of folk music. The crowd looks clean cut.
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American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train
Title: American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train
Released: August 19, 1964
Type: Movie
A 16 minute short comprising 2 acts of a 1964 event where an innovative group of musicians performed on a real railroad track. The audience on one side of the tracks and the musicians on the station side.
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To Hear Your Banjo Play
Title: To Hear Your Banjo Play
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 1947
Type: Movie
A short film about Pete Seeger and the birth of banjo music throughout the Southern United States.