Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee (November 30, 1915 – February 16, 1996) was an American folk and Piedmont blues singer and guitarist, best known for his collaboration with the harmonica player Sonny Terry. == Life and career == McGhee was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, and grew up in Kingsport, Tennessee. At about the age of four he contracted polio, which severely limited use of his right leg. His brother Granville "Stick" McGhee, who also later became a musician and composed the... [more on Wikipedia]