Brownie McGhee Catalog
1944 (age 29)
Brownie McGhee And Sonny Terry - That's The Stuff / Knockabout Blues (Savoy 5533)
Sonny Terry, harmonica, vocal; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal; Walter Brown, vocal.
NYC, December 12, 1944
| S5760 | That's The Stuff (as Watch Out) |
| S5761 | Knockabout Blues (as Carolina Blues) |
Brownie McGhee And Sonny Terry - Easy Ridin' Buggy / Women Lover Blues (Savoy 5534)
Sonny Terry, harmonica, vocal; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal; Walter Brown, vocal.: same session.
NYC, December 12, 1944
| S5762 | Easy Ridin' Buggy |
| S5763 | Women Lover Blues |
Sonny Terry - Run Away Women / Shake Down (Savoy 5549)
Sonny Terry, harmonica, vocal; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal; Walter Brown, vocal.: same session.
NYC, December 12, 1944
| S5764 | Run Away Women (as Hootin' The Blues) |
| S5765 | Shake Down (as Shake Down Blues) |
1947 (age 32)
Brownie McGhee - Auto Mechanic Blues / Country Boy Boogie (Savoy 5538)
Champion Jack Dupree, piano; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal; Baby Dodds, drums.
NYC, May 28, 1947
| S3428 | Auto Mechanic Blues |
| S3431 | Country Boy Boogie |
Brownie McGhee - I'm Talking About It / Dollar Bill (Savoy 5541)
Champion Jack Dupree, piano; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal; Baby Dodds, drums.: same session.
NYC, May 28, 1947
| S3429 | I'm Talking About It |
| S3430 | Dollar Bill |
Brownie McGhee - First And Fifteenth Stuff / Mabelle (Savoy 5548)
Melvin Merritt, piano; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal; Arthur Herbert, drums.
NYC, August 5, 1947
| S3436 | First And Fifteenth Stuff |
possibly Melvin Merritt, piano; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal; Arthur Herbert, drums.
NYC, October 20, 1947
| S3457 | Mabelle |
Brownie McGhee - Three Woman Blues / Poor Boy Blues (Savoy 5565)
Melvin Merritt, piano; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal; Arthur Herbert, drums.
NYC, August 5, 1947
| S3437 | Three Woman Blues |
possibly Melvin Merritt, piano; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal; Arthur Herbert, drums.
NYC, October 20, 1947
| S3459 | Poor Boy Blues |
Brownie McGhee - Running Away From Love / Wrong Man Blues (Savoy 5559)
Melvin Merritt, piano; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal; Arthur Herbert, drums.
NYC, August 5, 1947
| S3438 | Running Away From Love |
Melvin Merritt, piano; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal; Curly Russell, bass; Arthur Herbert, drums.
NYC, December 19, 1947
| S3508 | Wrong Man Blues |
Brownie McGhee - New Baseball Boogie / Good Thing Gone (Savoy 5561)
Melvin Merritt, piano; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal; Arthur Herbert, drums.
NYC, August 5, 1947
| S3439 | Good Thing Gone |
Pritchard Cheesman, tenor sax; Lannie Scott, piano; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal; Franklin Skeete, bass; Arthur Herbert, drums.
NYC, March 22, 1949
| S36-120 | New Baseball Boogie |
Brownie McGhee - Good Roller Blues / I Know My Baby (Savoy 714)
Melvin Merritt, piano; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal; Curly Russell, bass; Arthur Herbert, drums.
NYC, December 19, 1947
| S3507 | Good Roller Blues |
| S3509 | I Know My Baby |
Brownie McGhee - My Fault / Married Woman Blues (Savoy 5551)
Melvin Merritt, piano; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal; Curly Russell, bass; Arthur Herbert, drums.: same session.
NYC, December 19, 1947
| S3510-2 | Married Woman Blues |
Hal Singer, tenor sax; Lannie Scott, piano; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal; Franklin Skeete, bass; Heywood Jackson, drums.
NYC, spring 1948
| S35-113-1 | My Fault |
1948
Brownie McGhee - Robbie-Doby Boogie / Hard Bed Blues (Savoy 5550)
Hal Singer, tenor sax; Lannie Scott, piano; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal; Franklin Skeete, bass; Heywood Jackson, drums.
NYC, spring 1948
| S35-112-2 | Robbie-Doby Boogie |
| S35-115-1 | Hard Bed Blues |
Brownie McGhee - Tell Me Baby / Bad Nerves (Savoy 872)
Hal Singer, tenor sax; Sonny Terry, harmonica; Tiny Parker, piano; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal; Bob Harris, bass; unknown, drums.
NYC, October 13, 1948
| S23000 | Bad Nerves |
Brownie McGhee - Sweet Baby Blues / Four O'Clock In The Morning (Savoy 899) 1953
Hal Singer, tenor sax; Sonny Terry, harmonica; Tiny Parker, piano; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal; Bob Harris, bass; unknown, drums.: same session.
NYC, October 13, 1948
| S23001 | Sweet Baby Blues |
| S23003 | Four O'Clock In The Morning |
Brownie McGhee - Brownie's New Worried Life Blues / C.C. Baby (Savoy 747) 1950
George Rhodes, piano; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal; Gene Ramey, bass; Arthur Herbert, drums.
NYC, December 20, 1948
| S23014 | Brownie's New Worried Life Blues |
Harry Van Walls, piano; Bill Caples, guitar; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal; Billy Taylor, bass; John Hartsfield, drums.
NYC, May 8, 1950
| S36-145 | C.C. Baby |
Brownie McGhee, Hal Singer - I Was Fooled / Confused (Savoy 5557)
George Rhodes, piano; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal; Gene Ramey, bass; Arthur Herbert, drums.
NYC, December 20, 1948
| S23015 | I Was Fooled |
| S23016 | Confused |
Brownie McGhee - Dreaming And Crying / Wholesale And Retail (Savoy 704)
Freddie Grooms, piano; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal; unknown, bass, drums.
NYC, 1948
| S35-166 | Dreaming And Crying |
| S35-168 | Wholesale And Retail |
1950
Brownie McGhee - True Blues / My Consolation (Savoy 778) 1951
Harry Van Walls, piano; Bill Caples, guitar; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal; Billy Taylor, bass; John Hartsfield, drums.
NYC, May 8, 1950
| S36-142 | True Blues |
| S36-143-1 | My Consolation |
1952
Brownie McGhee - Heart In Sorrow / Operator Long Distance (Par Presentation PAR 1301) 1952
Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal.
NYC, January 3, 1952
| 285 | Heart In Sorrow |
| 286 | Operator Long Distance |
Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry - Back Country Blues (Savoy MG 14019) 1958
Sticks McGhee, guitar; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal.
NYC, January 3, 1952
| SBM5516 | Dissatisfied Blues |
| SBM5517 | Diamond Ring |
| SBM5518 | The Way I Feel |
| SBM5519 | So Much Trouble |
Sonny Terry, harmonica; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal; unknown, bass, drums.
NYC, March 3, 1952
| SBM5100 | Bottom Blues |
| SBM5101 | Tell Me Baby |
| SBM5102 | Sittin' Pretty |
| SBM5103 | Gone, Baby, Gone |
Sonny Terry, harmonica; Ernie Hayes, piano; Mickey Baker, guitar; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal; Leonard Gaskin, bass; Gene Brooks, drums.
NYC, October 3, 1955
| SBM6754 | When It's Love Time |
| SBM6755 | I'd Love To Love You |
| SBM6756 | Love's A Disease |
| SBM6757 | My Fault |
** also released on Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Climbin' Up, Savoy Jazz SJL 1137 in 1984.
Brownie McGhee - A Letter To Lightnin' Hopkins / Smiling And Crying Blues (Jax 302)
Sonny Terry, harmonica; Bob Gaddy, piano; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal; Bob Harris, bass; George Woods, drums.
NYC, 1952
| J497 | A Letter To Lightnin' Hopkins |
| J498 | Smiling And Crying Blues |
Brownie McGhee - Meet You In The Morning / Brownie's Blues (Jax 307)
Sonny Terry, harmonica; Bob Gaddy, piano; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal; Bob Harris, bass; George Woods, drums.: same session.
NYC, 1952
| 4009JA | Meet You In The Morning |
| 4014JA | Brownie's Blues |
Brownie McGhee - I Feel So Good / Key To The Highway (Jax 304)
Sonny Terry, harmonica; Bob Gaddy, piano; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal; Bob Harris, bass; George Woods, drums.: same session.
NYC, 1952
| 4010JA | I Feel So Good |
| 4011JA | Key To The Highway |
Brownie McGhee - Strangers Blues / Dissatisfied Woman (Jax 310)
Sonny Terry, harmonica; Bob Gaddy, piano; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal; Bob Harris, bass; George Woods, drums.: same session.
NYC, 1952
| 4016JA | Strangers Blues |
| 4031JA | Dissatisfied Woman |
Brownie McGhee - New Bad Blood / Pawnshop Blues (Jax 322)
Sonny Terry, harmonica; Bob Gaddy, piano; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal; Bob Harris, bass; George Woods, drums.: same session.
NYC, 1952
| 4020JA | New Bad Blood |
| 4032JA | Pawnshop Blues |
Brownie McGhee - I'm 10,000 Years Old / Cherry Red (Jax 312)
Al King, tenor sax; Bob Gaddy, piano; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal; Bob Harris, bass; George Woods, drums.
NYC, 1952
| 4055J | I'm 10,000 Years Old |
| 4056J | Cherry Red |
1955 (age 40)
Brownie McGhee - I'd Love To Love You / Anna Mae (Savoy 1177)
Sonny Terry, harmonica; Ernie Hayes, piano; Mickey Baker, guitar; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal; Leonard Gaskin, bass; Gene Brooks, drums.
NYC, October 3, 1955
| SBM6758 | Anna Mae |
Brownie McGhee - Blues (Folkways FP 30-2) 1955
Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal.
NYC, 1955
| Careless Love | |
| Good Morning Blues | |
| Sporting Life | |
| Me And Sonny | |
| Pawnshop Blues | |
| Move To Kansas City | |
| Betty And Dupree |
** also released on Folkways FA 2030 in 1955.
1957
Brownie McGhee And Sonny Terry Sing (Folkways FA 2327) 1958
Sonny Terry, harmonica, vocal; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal; accompanied by Gene Moore, drums.
NYC, November, 1957
| Better Day | |
| Confusion | |
| Dark Road | |
| John Henry | |
| Make A Little Money | |
| Old Jabo | |
| If You Lose Your Money | |
| Guitar Highway | |
| Heart In Sorrow | |
| Preachin' The Blues | |
| Can't Help Myself | |
| Best Of Friends | |
| Boogie Baby |
** also released on Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry - Guitar Highway, Verve Folkways FV/FVS-9019 in 1966.
1958
Various Artists - Livin' With The Blues (Savoy MG 16000) 1963
Ernie Hayes, piano; Roy Gaines, Carl Lynch, Brownie McGhee, guitar; Al Lucas, bass; Bobby Donaldson, drums.
NYC, December 22, 1958
| SBM70332 | Livin' With The Blues |
Brownie McGhee - Livin' With The Blues / Be My Friend (Savoy 1564)
Ernie Hayes, piano; Roy Gaines, Carl Lynch, Brownie McGhee, guitar; Al Lucas, bass; Bobby Donaldson, drums.: same session.
NYC, December 22, 1958
| SBM70333 | Be My Friend |
1959
Brownie McGhee And Sonny Terry - Down Home Blues (Bluesville BVLP 1002) 1960
Sonny Terry, harmonica, vocal; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, December, 1959
| Let Me Be Your Big Dog | |
| Pawn Shop | |
| You Don't Know | |
| Betty And Dupree's Blues | |
| Back To New Orleans | |
| Stranger Here | |
| Fox Hunt | |
| I'm Prison Bound | |
| Louise, Louise | |
| Baby, How Long | |
| Freight Train |
** also released on Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Down Home Blues, Prestige Folklore Folklore 14013 in 1964.
** part of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Back To New Orleans, Fantasy F-24708 in 1972, FCD-24708-2 in 1989.
1960
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Brownie & Sonny Sing And Play (Society (E) SOC 1015) 1965
Sonny Terry, harmonica, vocal; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal.
Los Angeles, CA, July, 1960
| 100857 | Drinking In The Blues |
| 100858 | Po' Boy |
same personnel.
"The Ash Grove", Los Angeles, CA, July, 1963
| 100855 | Just Rode In Your Town |
| 100856 | Sun's Gonna' Shine |
Lightnin' Hopkins, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry - Blues Hoot: Live Recording At The Ash Grove (Horizon WP-1617) 1963
Sonny Terry, harmonica, vocal; Lightnin' Hopkins, Brownie McGhee, Big Joe Williams, guitar, vocal.
Los Angeles, CA, July, 1960
| 100859 | Everybody's Blues |
| 100862 | Brand New Car |
| 100864 | Great Gospel Blues |
Sonny Terry, harmonica, vocal; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal.
"The Ash Grove", Los Angeles, CA, July, 1963
| 100852 | Walk On |
| 100853 | Blues For The Lowlands |
| 100854 | Gonna' Lay My Body Down |
** also released on Lightnin' Hopkins/Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Coffee House Blues, Vee-Jay VJLP 1138 in 1964, VJLPS 1138 in 1964. and on Lightnin' Hopkins, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee - Lightnin', Sonny & Brownie, Society (E) SOC 1009 in 1965.
Big Joe Williams, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Lightnin' Hopkins - Big Joe, Sonny, Brownie, Lightnin' (Society (E) SOC 1020) 1966
Sonny Terry, harmonica, vocal; Lightnin' Hopkins, Brownie McGhee, Big Joe Williams, guitar, vocal.
Los Angeles, CA, July, 1960
| 100860 | Razor Sharp Blues |
| 100861 | Chain Gang Blues |
| 100863 | I've Been Scorned |
Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry - Blues & Folk (Bluesville BVLP 1005) 1960
Sonny Terry, harmonica, vocal; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, August 22, 1960
| Sonny's Squall | |
| Red River Blues | |
| Gone Gal | |
| Blues Before Sunrise | |
| Sweet Lovin' Kind | |
| Midnight Special | |
| Take This Hammer Whup | |
| Too Nicey Mama | |
| Meet Me Down The Bottom | |
| Tryin' To Win |
** part of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Midnight Special, Fantasy F-24721 in 1977, FCD-24721-2 in 1989.
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Blues All Around My Head (Bluesville BVLP 1020) 1961
Sonny Terry, harmonica, vocal; Brownie McGhee, guitar, vocal.: same session.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, August 22, 1960
| Blues All Around My Head | |
| East Coast Blues | |
| Muddy Water | |
| Beggin' And Cryin' | |
| My Plan | |
| Trying To Destroy Me | |
| Everything I Had Is Gone | |
| Jealous Man | |
| Understand Me | |
| Blues Of Happiness |
** part of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Midnight Special, Fantasy F-24721 in 1977, FCD-24721-2 in 1989.
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Blues In My Soul (Bluesville BVLP 1033) 1961
Roy Haynes, drums; Sonny Terry, vocal, harmonica; Brownie McGhee, vocal, guitar.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, September, 1960
| I Got A Woman | |
| Hold Me In Your Arms | |
| The C.C. & O. Blues | |
| The Devil's Gonna Get You | |
| Don't You Lie To Me | |
| That's Why I'm Walking | |
| Wrong Track | |
| Blue Feeling | |
| House Lady | |
| I Know Better |
** part of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Back To New Orleans, Fantasy F-24708 in 1972, FCD-24708-2 in 1989.
Brownie McGhee - Brownie's Blues (Bluesville BVLP 1042) 1962
Sonny Terry, harmonica; Bennie Foster, guitar; Brownie McGhee, vocal, guitar.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, October 6, 1960
| 2584 | Little Black Engine |
| 2585 | I Don't Know The Reason |
| 2586 | Trouble In Mind |
| 2587 | Everyday I Have The Blues |
| 2589 | Door To Success |
| 2590 | Jump, Little Children |
| 2591 | Lonesome Day |
| 2592 | One Thing For Sure |
| 2593 | The Killin' Floor |
** also released on Original Blues Classics OBC-505 in 1984, OBCCD-505-2 in 1990.
1962
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry At The 2nd Fret (Bluesville BVLP 1058) 1962
Sonny Terry, vocal, mouth harp; Brownie McGhee, vocal, guitar.
"2nd Fret", Philadelphia, PA, April, 1962
| Evil Hearted Me | |
| Sick Man | |
| Barking Bull Dog | |
| Spread The News Around | |
| Backwater Blues | |
| Custard Pie | |
| Wholesale Dealin' Papa | |
| Motorcycle Blues | |
| Hand In Hand | |
| I Woke Up One Morning And I Could Hardly See |
** also released on Prestige PRST 7803 in 1970; Original Blues Classics OBCCD-561-2 in 1993.
Others
Brownie McGhee And Sonny Terry - Down Home Blues (Sharp SMG-2003) 1961
Sonny Terry, harmonica; Brownie McGhee, vocal, guitar.
originally released 1961
| My Other Home | |
| You Gotta Love Me Baby | |
| Weeping Willow | |
| Feed Me Baby | |
| Bad Nerves | |
| Don't Mistreat Me | |
| Four O'Clock Blues | |
| Sweet Baby Blues | |
| True Blues | |
| My Consolation | |
| New Sportin' Life | |
| You Started It Baby |
** also released on Savoy MG 12218 in 1973.