Brownie McGhee
Know for: Acting
Born: 1915-11-30
Place of birth: Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
Also know as:
Angel Heart (1987)
A down-and-out Brooklyn detective is hired to track down a singer on an odyssey that will take him through the desperate streets of Harlem, the...
The Jerk (1979)
After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson sets off on a hilarious misadventure that takes him...
Red, White and Blues (2003)
Director Mike Figgis (Stormy Monday, Leaving Las Vegas, Time Code) joins musicians such as Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Tom Jones,...
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974 (2003)
For some 30 years, they embodied "country blues" for folk music audiences around the globe. Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee were once ubiquitous, and...
To Hear Your Banjo Play (1947)
A short film about Pete Seeger and the birth of banjo music throughout the Southern United States.
American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train (1964)
A 16 minute short comprising 2 acts of a 1964 event where an innovative group of musicians performed on a real railroad track. The audience on one...
Festival (1967)
Black and white footage of performances, interviews, and conversations at the Newport Folk Festival, from 1963 to 1966. The headliners are Peter,...
Acoustic Routes (1992)
The story of seminal guitarist and singer Bert Jansch, from his early days in Edinburgh, Scotland, to becoming the acoustic guitarist that everyone...
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1 (2003)
Taken from the European tours organised for American blues musicians between 1962 and 1969, this release features performances by several popular...
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2 (2003)
Taken from the European tours organised for American blues musicians between 1962 and 1969, this release features performances by several popular...
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3 (2004)
Taken from the European tours organised for American blues musicians between 1962 and 1969, this release features performances by several popular...
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie (1988)
Documentary on the life of Woody Guthrie, the travelling songwriter and singer who paved the way for the likes of Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen.
Thank You, M'am (1977)
When a nurse leaves her job to walk home, a young boy tries to grab her pocketbook, but she wrestles him to the ground, gets her pocketbook back, and...