Walter Brown ("Brownie") McGhee (November 30, 1915 – February 16, 1996) was a Piedmont blues singer and guitarist, best known for his collaborations with the harmonica player Sonny Terry. Read full biography of Brownie McGhee →
Logically, when you talkin' about folk music and blues, you find out it's music of just plain people.
There's a lot of good musicians who are unheard of. Get it down before they pass away.
I don't sit here and dream because I don't care about the future. I wouldn't take nothin' for my past and I've got enough behind... →
My guitar was loud as hell, and I had no sympathy for anybody else.
When I was hitch-hiking, people had to follow me, 'cause I didn't stay long.
I got Sonny up to Harlem, and we started street playin' in New York. We did that for three or four years and survived. We brought it back to the... →
Something is better than nothing. Doin' anything for a man, there's investments involved, there's time and production. It's better to... →
Anywhere I'm wanted, I'll go. I've got to be wanted, though.
I met Sonny after (Blind Boy) Fuller died, and me and Sonny played in the streets like everybody else.
I only write about what I do, what happens to me.
I was playing with steel picks on a steel guitar, and there was no amplification needed.
That's what I liked about hitch-hiking. If a crowd wasn't big enough, I kept walkin.'
When somebody blazes a path to a highway that never end, you should appreciate 'em some.
Walter Brown ("Brownie") McGhee (November 30, 1915 – February 16, 1996) was a Piedmont blues singer and guitarist, best known for his collaborations with the harmonica player Sonny Terry.