Brownie McGhee
Biography: Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee was an American folk music and Piedmont blues singer and guitarist, best known for his collaboration with the harmonica player Sonny Terry.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 30, 1915
Deathday: February 16, 1996
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Angel Heart
1987-03-06
Angel Heart
Overview: 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 smoke-filled jazz clubs of New Orleans, and the swamps of Louisiana and its seedy underworld of voodoo.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-03-06
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The Jerk
1979-12-14
The Jerk
Overview: 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 from rags to riches and back again. The slaphappy jerk strikes it rich, but life in the fast lane isn't all it's cracked up to be and, in the end, all that really matters to Johnson is his true love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-14
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Red, White and Blues
2003-10-03
Red, White and Blues
Overview: Director Mike Figgis (Stormy Monday, Leaving Las Vegas, Time Code) joins musicians such as Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Tom Jones, performing and talking about the music of the early sixties British invasion that reintroduced the blues sound to America.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-10-03
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Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
2003-07-08
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
Overview: For some 30 years, they embodied "country blues" for folk music audiences around the globe. Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee were once ubiquitous, and as such tended to be taken for granted in the halcyon days of the 1960s blues rediscoveries. But nearly two decades have passed since the perennial team parted, and the 16 performances here remind us of this superb duo's complementary strengths.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-07-08
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To Hear Your Banjo Play
1947-01-01
To Hear Your Banjo Play
Overview: A short film about Pete Seeger and the birth of banjo music throughout the Southern United States.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-01-01
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American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train
1964-08-19
American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train
Overview: 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 side of the tracks and the musicians on the station side.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-08-19
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Festival
1967-10-23
Festival
Overview: Black and white footage of performances, interviews, and conversations at the Newport Folk Festival, from 1963 to 1966. The headliners are Peter, Paul and Mary, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, and Bob Dylan, who's acoustic and electric. Son House and Mike Bloomfield talk about the blues; John Hurt, Howlin' Wolf, and Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee show its range. The Osborne Brothers perform bluegrass. Donovan, Johnny Cash, Judy Collins, Mimi and Dick Farina, and others less well known also perform. Several talk musical philosophy, and there's a running commentary about the nature and appeal of folk music. The crowd looks clean cut.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-10-23
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Acoustic Routes
1992-03-20
Acoustic Routes
Overview: The story of seminal guitarist and singer Bert Jansch, from his early days in Edinburgh, Scotland, to becoming the acoustic guitarist that everyone wanted to be. As a teenager, in the early 1960's Bert sat at the feet of Brownie McGhee at the Howff Folk Club in Edinburgh mesmerised by 'Key to the Highway'. Armed with that raw American Blues influence and a bewildering technique, he fashioned sublime interpretations of traditional and blues music on the acoustic guitar. The result was music that had a profound influence on a generation of musicians including Bob Dylan, Paul Simon and Neil Young, and it still inspires todays' generation of guitarists and singers.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-03-20
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The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
2003-01-01
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
Overview: Taken from the European tours organised for American blues musicians between 1962 and 1969, this release features performances by several popular blues artists, including: T-Bone Walker, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, etc.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2
2003-01-01
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2
Overview: Taken from the European tours organised for American blues musicians between 1962 and 1969, this release features performances by several popular blues artists, including: T-Bone Walker, Lightnin' Hopkins, Victory Spivey, T-Bone Walker ...
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
2004-08-31
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
Overview: Taken from the European tours organised for American blues musicians between 1962 and 1969, this release features performances by several popular blues artists, including: Big Mama Thornton, Roosevelt Sykes, Buddy Guy, Dr. Isaiah Ross, Big Joe Turner, Skip James, Bukka White, Son House, Hound Dog Taylor and Little Walter, Koko Taylor and Little Walter, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Helen Humes, Earl Hooker, and Muddy Waters.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-08-31
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BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
1988-01-08
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-08
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