McGEE, SAM
(1894–1975)
McGEE, SAM (b. S. Fleming M., Franklin, Tenn., May 1, 1894–August 21, 1975) McGee was a country guitarist with blues influences who worked for many years with his brother, Kirk (November 4, 1899–October 24, 1983), and as an accompanist for UNCLE DAVE MACON and FIDDLIN' ARTHUR SMITH. McGee came from a musical farming family; his father was a fiddler and the McGee boys were playing music early on in the family band. Both Sam and Kirk could remember the playing of local black musicians as highly…