Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

harmonica, guitar, vocals · Knoxville

Brownie McGhee (guitar, vocals; born in Knoxville in 1915, died in Oakland in 1996) and Sonny Terry (harmonica; born in Greensboro, Georgia, in 1912, died in 1986) played together after McGhee's arrival in New York in 1942, until around 1980. They were among the first folk blues artists to reach a national and international audience.

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Styles

• Blues, spirituals, work songs
• Afro-diasporic roots

Landmark tracks

• Rock Island Line (1971)
• John Henry (1971)
• The Chariot Is Coming (1971)
• Backdoor Sunshine (1971)

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