Brownie McGhee - Born and Livin' With The Blues

[@thomasdervogel2009]

This time will never come back......hope they become famous Like Mozart or Vivaldi for all time

[@Riffgirl]

Oh my goodness, I can’t love this enough 🎶🙌🎶

[@MACGATELEY]

Many many years ago I used to sing folk songs and wishy washy pop songs. I played harmonica usually folk or pop. I started playing harmonica at 7years of age simple pop music etc, then I discovered a singer and harp player, Sonny Terry and Brownie Mc Gee, I also discovered Sonny Boy Williamson 2nd. From then on I was hooked on The Blues and no matter who else I have heard since I still get my inspiration from these guys, what a quirk of fate Sonny and Brownie getting together, had they not ther

[@paulkersey1007]

If this song defines my life, I accept it. I am inspired to play blues music because of Brownie and Sonny. Gents your music will live on forever as long as I'm playing the blues.

[@raymondville]

epitome of the blues right here !

[@mikepaul1216]

I HOPE A BOX SET GETS RELEASED WITH ALL OF BROWNIE McGHEE'S SONGS.

[@triplebuses955]

you like the blues or you do not like it, you do not forget, never !

[@rmmario3396]

I'm here after watching the movie, " Angel Heart" in which Mcghee had a part as Toot Sweet singing in a blues bar. The movie is an old gem I luckily discovered and so is Brownie!

[@cobalius]

weird movie

[@lupitamihita1261]

Oh Brownie, wish I had a pallet to lay on my floor when I hear you singing the Blues.

[@douglasholdenjr.45]

Just got turned on to this guy. I like it!!!!🔥❤️😎👍🎶

[@johnwagner1259]

Love his voice

[@johndelgado5315]

This just the Blues ... a real ... clean ... natural blues ... only kind'a blues they is friends ... and dass it ... plain and simple. You see it in his eyes, hear it in his voice, the wear on his face - pure conviction mind, heart and soul. He not only believes the words ... he done lived every verse.

[@christopherstead4466]

What a legacy these guys left so much for the popsters!

[@1984npk]

Beautiful and timeless

[@nowyatdust8449]

Greatest song in the world!

[@Wildmanfan]

If this song describes my life when I die someday, I'll be alright with that. Thank you Brownie and Sonny for everything and inspiring this Bluesman. I'm 38 and I assure you, your music will live on through my guitar and harmonica play.

[@dennispope8299]

Right on Wildmanfan!

[@jermerygrug3090]

Can't believe you're 44 now mate I'm 15 right now and time already feels like it's flying.

[@sadieferal1808]

It's describing mine before I die

[@sidyable]

He was my Dad's best friend. I knew him well back in the day :)

[@aharris8684]

I've known a few Blues guys. My Grandfather was a musician. I Absolutely loved sitting around these guys.

[@Normie_NFTs]

And that's how it's done! Can just feel the sorrow and the strife.

[@mynamismudd4883]

Thanks for posting this. I always loved these guys. Only got to see them once. Brownie had such a great voice.

[@harmonicagobrasil]

it´s amazing! this real blues feeling.

[@Uxia79]

Theres not another blues like this, master piece.

[@coyotecreekblues6935]

Sony Terry and Brownie McGhee always sounded so good playing together. This song just stays with me for a long time each time I hear it, it seems like I can never get enough.

[@sadieferal1808]

That's why they were Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee

[@arthursmith643]

Now that’s blues

[@lukasvimpolsek303]

A real successful blues man not just a bigheaded without a clue. My Admire

[@henriquefmq]

damn im getting addicted to blues, fkn awesome harmonica and uitar=godness

[@cool20000000000]

thats my fav blues, i love it

[@MrAllen1049]

Gold pure gold

[@MichaeldeLouwere]

Awesome... Great guitar playin' All you blues lovers, go and find the the sessions of Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry and... one of the best blues singers Luke 'Long Gone' Miles.

[@thiger89]

what a master of music!!

[@BobtjeBlues]

Pure blues....! I love it...!

[@coravisser727]

Brilliant pure and honest.

[@Washclothington]

I heard this last night on a cable digital music channel and couldn't get it out of my head. I'm going to look for him on iTunes now. Thanks for the upload.

[@SaphirSouenEstherG]

J'aime, j'aime, j'aime. Je ne m'en lasse pas.

[@stanmccray4361]

merci pour votre commentaire!

[@alesagar07]

Brownie McGhee, cuyo nombre de nacimiento era Walter McGhee, fue un guitarrista y cantante de blues, nacido en Knoxville, Tennessee, el 30 de noviembre de 1915, y fallecido en Oakland, California, el 16 de febrero de 1996.

[@antoncupcea4264]

Thank you, thank you, thank you. You made my day.

[@natsway]

@howlingsandy - Thanks so much for posting, love it!! As far as your comment on Brownie playin both "bass & melody", it's a GREAT talent to perform it like it's second nature, & something I envy! It's a terrific song and one, I'll work on learning!! There's so much great stuff out there to be had, thanks again for making my life a bit richer by making it available to watch!! :)

[@daverenick5830]

Lately I have been listening very closely to this guy from a guitar standpoint, but It's mainly his great expressive voice and the spirit behind it that does it for me. This is more than straight up 12 bar stuff. He has some great changes here.....A7 Bb F C etc....He does the same kind of moves in Rainy Day. The version of that song in the 1989 movie Angel Heart I think is nicer then the more produced single that came out.

[@Dunwyche]

God bless 'em...

[@bacecil5889]

I love this guy -- thanks for uploading!

[@IndependentGeorge76]

yes it's willie dixon... you can hear the emotion is his voice, genuine art. the blues : from the oyster comes the pearl...

[@spoookytooth]

Thank you for uploading this!!

[@Zacshaw42]

Awesome.

[@lailuakikai7054]

Beautiful!

[@redhouselass]

Thanks Lee. This is my favourite song! Last time I heard this was in 1974 at Sunderland Arts Centre with Neil Dalton on guitar and Bill Newton on the harp. Great stuff!! June Page x

[@craigmccauley3972]

Cool oldie blues!

[@peglegnoid6139]

PURE BLUES

[@wvmiller]

Great pick, Nancy. His work with Sonny Terry is remarkable too. So sad these men get lost over the years. I discovered him while in the University many years ago and admired his guitar style so much I HAD to buy a Martin D-18 also.

[@homegrownpa]

A big inspiration for the late great Bert Jansch.

[@pfeifferpack]

Excellent.

[@db-zc9xv]

Saw him several times alone and with Mark Hummel's bands ably backing him up. Maybe my favorite was at the old Freight and Salvage with Berkeley's own Triumph riding harmonica slinger Will Scarlet on harp. Brownie made a simple song meaningful because as he sang; Blues is Truth.

[@JoseGarcia-ev4nm]

Esto es blues puro genial.

[@blahdeblah1975]

omg this rocks.

[@lucienmetz7701]

tout est là !

[@str8ngrrr]

Amen, brother. Amen.

[@SparkynAZ]

If you like Brownie you may like Hans Olsen too He was a big influence on Hans.

[@KlaxRelief]

Perfect

[@kaiquedemenezes5300]

Excelente som

[@Dunwyche]

Indeed sir.....

[@adolfohendrix]

RIP

[@mariopandolfijunior5503]

Anjos e vozes do blues

[@paulkersey1007]

If this song defines me heart, I'm alright with that.

[@gregfinn3800]

real deal blues

[@PurpleAndZeppelin]

padreeee !!!

[@Squaretooth]

...not to mention, Willie Dixon on bass.

[@WindEnergy]

Those huge fingers just never stop moving. If you watched him live, there were all kinds of jazz chords and little fill notes. Browny was genius, though Sonny was flashier. WE

[@niikhb]

damn right

[@howlingsandy]

Yep, this particular concert tour (there were many acts, and WD played with just about all performers) . My prior answer, it seems, was while I was looking at a different video when the reply I wrote to someone was thought to refer to the one I was watching at the time it came to my email, as he's obviously here in this one. I was probably sleep deprived or something :) and rush to answer, so I stand corrected. or sit. correcting. Cheers. SGS (by the way I finally located the barbecue photos)

[@howlingsandy]

i don't see or hear Willie Dixon on this and it would be MOST unusual if he had been. Brownie played his own bass lines and melody same time. I used to sit in on drums at times with them. Learned some harp from Sonny (more from Howlin' Wolf) and I'll post a video story sometime about the Easter Bar B Que at Brownie's place in Oakland that is really funny.

[@RAMLIA1]

♥♥♥

[@LZNico]

yaeh great willie dixon is in there... amazing blues

[@SandumanSandu]

superok.,.

[@neylopes3503]

muito bom mesmo

[@craigfreeman4072]

An episode of Family Ties sent me here

[@arnaldobernardo1]

Grandi

[@howlingsandy]

@natsway Seems my original comment (re: WIllie Dixon) was aimed at a different video but got sent to this, I hadn't noticed YT new "queue" had shifted the window to this video, which I only just saw, Willie Dixon visible near the end of the tape. Still, what I said about Brownie is so. Mike Wilhelm, who sings/plays guitar on this referred vid: "triple dub dot" + kzbin.info/www/bejne/bISUmHqvd5aSbqM studied w/ Brownie for years. I'm playing harp. (4 AM Hyde St Studios SF 1985 budget for only 1-take)

[@shararararararara]

is that willie dixon playing the celo? Is it a celo? Chelo? the big base guitar thing.

[@RobRoss-onlyone]

Ain't that somethin ?!?!?!

[@robhagle]

@howlingsandy Cool story, but who is that stout gentleman at 2:20?

[@dukeofthedamned3303]

any one know what key harmonica sonny terry was using

[@peglegnoid6139]

+Duke OfTheDamned I think he is using the key of A harp. Guitar cords to this song are F# G# A B C# Eflat E Sonny seems to be accenting the major cords mostly.

[@AnalogOpher]

All hail the great Brownie McGhee, prodige of Blind Boy Fuller, greatest blues singer who ever lived, etc.etc., everybody hooray. And as an after tought, where exactly is Brownie's mic？Ok, i just noticed something hanging under his chin. If that's a neck mic then good God it's the greatest fucking neck mic recording of all time.

[@IndependentGeorge76]

Sure looks like Willie Dixon to me around 2:20!

[@cornelrusan]

Yes Willie Dixon!!!

[@angusmglfraser]

finally some real blues, not that blues brothers shit. it sucks how people these days think that rock n roll is the same thing as blues just cause of that goddamn movie

[@IndependentGeorge76]

Sure looks like Willie Dixon to me around 2:20

[@Tubascope]

Yes, and changing the song by "subbing" some chords, would have ruined it.

[@Dunwyche]

Possibly vociferious? .. =)

[@Dunwyche]

lol Elite ..

[@JScipt1]

Sehr nette Mundharmonika vermute mal Sonny....