Brownie McGhee. At Ole Brask Studio in Front Street, New York, 1960

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Brownie McGhee at Ole Brask Studio in Front Street, New York, 1960.

Brownie McGhee (by name Walther 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. McGhee spent much of his youth immersed in music, singing with a local harmony group, the Golden Voice Gospel Quartet, and teaching himself to play guitar. He also played the five-string banjo and ukulele and studied piano.

b. November 30, 1915 in Knoxville, Tennessee.
d. February 16, 1996 in Oakland, California.

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