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Sonny Terry & Brownie Mcghee
Artist Biography For Sonny Terry & Brownie Mcghee
Walter "Brownie" McGhee November 30 1915 - February 16 1996 Was A Folk-Blues Singer And Guitarist Best Known For His Collaborations With The Harmonica Player Sonny Terry October 24 1911 - March 11 1986 . Brownie McGhee Was Born In Kingsport Tennessee And Suffered From Polio As A Child Which Incapacitated His Leg. He Spent Much Of His Youth Immersed In Music Singing With Local Harmony Group The Golden Voices Gospel Quartet And Teaching Himself The Guitar. His Real Success Did Not Come Until His 1942 Relocation To New York City Where He Was Teamed Up With Sonny Terry. The Pairing Was An Overnight Success Recording And Touring Extensively Until The Early 1970s. Saunders Terrell Better Known As Sonny Terry Was A Blues Musician. He Was Born In Greensboro North Carolina On October 24 1911 And Died On March 11 1986 In Mineola New York. He Was Most Widely Known For His Energetic Blues Harmonica Style Which Frequently Included Vocal Whoops And Hollers And Imitations Of Trains And Fox Hunts. The Pair Recorded Numerous Tracks Together. The Duo Became Well-Known Even Among White Audiences As They Joined The Growing Folk Movement Of The 1950s And '60s. This Included Collaborations With Woody Guthrie And Moses Asch Producing Folkways Records Now Smithsonian/Folkways Classic Recordings. Despite Their Fame As "pure" Folk Artists In The 1940s Sonny And Brownie Fronted A Jump Blues Combo With Honking Saxophone That Was Variously Called Brownie McGhee And His Jook House Rockers Or Sonny Terry And His Buckshot Five.
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Biography - Sonny Terry & Brownie Mcghee
Walter "Brownie" McGhee November 30 1915 - February 16 1996 Was A Folk-Blues Singer And Guitarist Best Known For His Collaborations With The Harmonica Player Sonny Terry October 24 1911 - March 11 1986 . Brownie McGhee Was Born In Kingsport Tennessee And Suffered From Polio As A Child Which Incapacitated His Leg. He Spent Much Of His Youth Immersed In Music Singing With Local Harmony Group The Golden Voices Gospel Quartet And Teaching Himself The Guitar. His Real Success Did Not Come Until His 1942 Relocation To New York City Where He Was Teamed Up With Sonny Terry. The Pairing Was An Overnight Success Recording And Touring Extensively Until The Early 1970s. Saunders Terrell Better Known As Sonny Terry Was A Blues Musician. He Was Born In Greensboro North Carolina On October 24 1911 And Died On March 11 1986 In Mineola New York. He Was Most Widely Known For His Energetic Blues Harmonica Style Which Frequently Included Vocal Whoops And Hollers And Imitations Of Trains And Fox Hunts. The Pair Recorded Numerous Tracks Together. The Duo Became Well-Known Even Among White Audiences As They Joined The Growing Folk Movement Of The 1950s And '60s. This Included Collaborations With Woody Guthrie And Moses Asch Producing Folkways Records Now Smithsonian/Folkways Classic Recordings. Despite Their Fame As "pure" Folk Artists In The 1940s Sonny And Brownie Fronted A Jump Blues Combo With Honking Saxophone That Was Variously Called Brownie McGhee And His Jook House Rockers Or Sonny Terry And His Buckshot Five.
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