Brownie McGhee, born in 1915, remembered “Red River Blues” being the first blues song he ever heard his father play. Here he is in 1948 with his musical partner Sonny Terry on harmonica performing the song in footage from the Library of Congress. | Dust-to-Digital

25K views · 1.4K reactions | Brownie McGhee, who learned his craft from Blind Boy Fuller, passed away on February 16th 1996. https://www.allaboutbluesmusic.com/sonny-terry-brownie-mcghee/ Brownie was a spectacular guitar picker who teamed up with blind harp wizard Sonny Terry and they shared a long partnership that helped to define Folk/Blues. | All About Blues Music | Facebook

Woody Guthrie with Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Balad Of John Henry (1947) 🇺🇸 🎞️ To Hear Your Banjo Play. Pete Seeger plays his banjo and narrates the story. John Steinbeck about Woody Guthrie - "Woody is just Woody. Thousands of people do not know he has any other name. He is just a voice and a guitar. He sings the songs of a people and I suspect that he is, in a way, that people.” ✓ To Hear Your Banjo Play - Released in 1946, To Hear Your Banjo Play is an engaging 16-minute introduction t