McGhee, Brownie
(1915–1996)> SINGER
McGhee, Brownie Walter Brown McGhee, 30 November 1915; Knoxville, TN – 16 February 1996; Oakland, CA Brownie McGhee was an East Coast acoustic guitar player and singer, who teamed with harmonica player Sonny Terry during four decades. McGhee’s father, George “Duff” McGhee, was a carpenter during the day and a musician by vocation. There were four other children besides Brownie. McGhee contracted poliomyelitis at the age of four; consequently, his right leg was shorter than the left. He played a…