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Brownie McGhee Biography

Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee (November 30, 1915 – February 16, 1996) was an African-American folk music and Piedmont blues singer and guitarist, best known for his collaboration with the harmonica player Sonny Terry.

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Logically, when you talkin' about folk music and blues, you find out it's music of just plain people.

Blues Music, Folk, Folks, People, Talkin

Blues is not a dream, blues is truth.

Blues, Dream, Truth

When somebody blazes a path to a highway that never end, you should appreciate 'em some.

Appreciate, Blazes, Ems, Highway, Path

Everybody would grab a guitar and listen to somebody else and call themselves a folk singer. When they didn't know no more songs, they'd run out of them.

Folk, Guitar, Running, Somebody, Song, Songs

I was playing with steel picks on a steel guitar, and there was no amplification needed.

Amplification, Guitar, Playing, Steel

The last thing that the blues needs is another smart-ass white boy with an attitude.

Attitude, Boys, Smart, Thing, White

Anywhere I'm wanted, I'll go. I've got to be wanted, though.

Wanted, Though, Anywhere

When I was hitch-hiking, people had to follow me, 'cause I didn't stay long.

Follow, Hiking, Long, People, Stay

I never had the blues; the blues always had me.

Blues

I only write about what I do, what happens to me.

Happens, Write, Writing

My guitar was loud as hell, and I had no sympathy for anybody else.

Guitar, Hell, Sympathy

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 streets again.

Back, Harlem, New York, Sonny, Ukulele, Years

That's what I liked about hitch-hiking. If a crowd wasn't big enough, I kept walkin. '

Crowds, Enough, Hiking, Kept, Liked

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