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Interview with Brownie McGhee [Tape #001]
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Begins abruptly. Background noise and hiss as on original tape.
Title
Interview with Brownie McGhee [Tape #001]
Collection Guide (External)
Created Date
January 1st, 1990
Description
Side A description: Silence [00:00]
Les Paul and Mary Ford [00:07]
First time in Chicago [02:36]
Father as a songwriter and musician [03:00]
Father leaves for work [04:02]
Brownie goes to Kingsport, Tennessee and begins selling liquor [05:20]
Recuperation after polio operation [05:50]
Father shoots wife [06:01]
Father released from prison and return home [07:50]
Learns to play father's guitar in hospital [08:20]
Aunt prohibition against stringed instruments, believes they are the "devil's music" [09:10]
Secretly making his own banjo [10:05] Side B description: Silence [00:00]
Love of music from mother [00:29]
Dealing with handicap as a child [01:07]
Learning hobbies from mother [01:40]
Learning to play guitar, 1936 [02:23]
Father fighting with women [02:58]
Return to Kingsport, Tennessee [03:34]
Mother's affair [04:25]
Mother beats father with brick [04:55]
Father's life [06:00]
Discharge from hospital, meeting his father's girlfriend Mattie [07:15]
Hustling and playing music, 1938 [09:44]
Breakup with Mattie [10:42]
Playing music and selling liquor [13:00]
Les Paul and Mary Ford [00:07]
First time in Chicago [02:36]
Father as a songwriter and musician [03:00]
Father leaves for work [04:02]
Brownie goes to Kingsport, Tennessee and begins selling liquor [05:20]
Recuperation after polio operation [05:50]
Father shoots wife [06:01]
Father released from prison and return home [07:50]
Learns to play father's guitar in hospital [08:20]
Aunt prohibition against stringed instruments, believes they are the "devil's music" [09:10]
Secretly making his own banjo [10:05] Side B description: Silence [00:00]
Love of music from mother [00:29]
Dealing with handicap as a child [01:07]
Learning hobbies from mother [01:40]
Learning to play guitar, 1936 [02:23]
Father fighting with women [02:58]
Return to Kingsport, Tennessee [03:34]
Mother's affair [04:25]
Mother beats father with brick [04:55]
Father's life [06:00]
Discharge from hospital, meeting his father's girlfriend Mattie [07:15]
Hustling and playing music, 1938 [09:44]
Breakup with Mattie [10:42]
Playing music and selling liquor [13:00]
Creators and Contributors
Genre
Media Type
Format
Audio cassette
Extent
1
Tape
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Country of Creation
United States
Contributing Organization
Contributing Organization Contact Information
Email: aamlo@oaklandlibrary.org
Phone: (510) 637-0198
Phone: (510) 637-0198
Organization Websites
Link to Internet Archive
Duration
00:24:52