Brownie McGhee
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.
Angel Heart
as Toots SweetA down-and-out Brooklyn detective is hired to track down a singer on an odyssey that will take...
Movie pageThe Jerk
as Blues SingerAfter discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin...
Movie pageBlack and white footage of performances, interviews, and conversations at the Newport Folk...
Movie pageRed, White and Blues
as Self (archive footage)Director Mike Figgis (Stormy Monday, Leaving Las Vegas, Time Code) joins musicians such as Van...
Movie pageBrownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
as SelfFor some 30 years, they embodied "country blues" for folk music audiences around the globe....
Movie pageAcoustic Routes
as SelfThe story of seminal guitarist and singer Bert Jansch, from his early days in Edinburgh,...
Movie pageTo Hear Your Banjo Play
as SelfA short film about Pete Seeger and the birth of banjo music throughout the Southern United States.
Movie pageThe American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
as Sonny Terry & Brownie McGheeTaken from the European tours organised for American blues musicians between 1962 and 1969, this...
Movie pageThe American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
as Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)Taken from the European tours organised for American blues musicians between 1962 and 1969, this...
Movie pageThe American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2
as Sonny Terry & Brownie McGheeTaken from the European tours organised for American blues musicians between 1962 and 1969, this...
Movie pageFamily Ties
as Eddie DupreFormer 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex,...
TV Show pageThe Midnight Special
as SelfThe Midnight Special is an American late-night musical variety series that aired on NBC during...
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