Brownie McGhee

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1915-11-30 (81 years old)

Deathday

1996-02-16

Place of Birth

Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.

Brownie McGhee

Biography

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.

Acting

1987

Angel Heart

as Toots Sweet

1979

The Jerk

as Blues Singer

2003

Red, White and Blues

as Self (archive footage)

1967

Festival

as Self

1992

2003

2003

2004

The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3

as Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)

1988

BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1977

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