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	Stick McGhee - Biography - AOL Music
		He may have not been as prolific or celebrated as his brother Brownie, but guitarist Stick McGhee cut some great boozy blues and R&B from 1947 to 1960 -- including the immortal "Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee" (a tune that Jerry Lee Lewis, for one, picked up on early in life and has revived often since).
		Young Granville McGhee earned his nickname by pushing his polio-stricken older brother Brownie through the streets of Kingsport, TN, on a cart that he propelled with a stick.
		McGhee was inspired to pen "Drinkin' Wine" while in Army boot camp during World War II; it was apparently a ribald military chant that the McGhees cleaned up for public consumption later on.
	music.aol.com /artist/stick-mcghee/104069/biography (255 words)

	Stick McGhee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Granville "Stick" McGhee (March 23, 1917 – August 15, 1961) was an American guitarist (Brownie McGhee's younger brother) best known for "Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee", one of the earliest prototypical rock and roll songs, which Jerry Lee Lewis memorably covered.
		A remake in 1949 (as Stick McGhee and His Buddies) became a huge RandB hit.
		'Stick' McGhee died of lung cancer in 1961.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stick_McGhee (205 words)

	sticksm
		The lifelong nickname "Stick" or "Sticks" had nothing to do with him playing drums, but was a throwback to the time as a child pushing his brother around in a wagon with a stick.
		Recording as Sticks MsGhee and His Orchestra, he was joined at the session by Al King on sax, Van Walls on piano, Brownie McGhee on guitar, Tom Barney on bass, and Ernest Hayward on drums.
		Sticks McGhee became ill shortly afterward and passed away from cancer in August of 1961.
	home.earthlink.net /~jaymar41/sticksm.html (854 words)

	McGHEE, Brownie : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Often worked with his brother late '40s: Granville H. 'Stick' McGhee (b 23 March '18, Knoxville; d of cancer 15 Aug. '61, NYC) got his nickname using a stick to push his brother around on a cart as a child.
		Stick's 'Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee, Drinkin' Wine' '49 was the first big hit on the Atlantic label, no. 3 R&B, followed up with no. 2 'Tennessee Waltz Blues' '51.
		Stick recorded for King, Savoy, Prestige '50s; but Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee were a world-famous duo (see Terry's entry).
	www.musicweb-international.com /encyclopaedia/m/M39.HTM (181 words)

	CMT.com : Brownie McGhee : Biography
		Brownie McGhee's death in 1996 represents an enormous and irreplaceable loss to the blues field.
		Brownie's younger brother, Granville McGhee, was also a talented guitarist who later hit big with the romping "Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee"; he earned his nickname, "Stick," by pushing his crippled sibling around in a small cart propelled by a stick.
		One of McGhee's final concert appearances came at the 1995 Chicago Blues Festival; his voice was a tad less robust than usual, but no less moving, and his rich, full-bodied acoustic guitar work cut through the cool evening air with alacrity.
	www.cmt.com /artists/az/mcghee_brownie/bio.jhtml (677 words)

	Stick McGhee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Stick McGhee got his nickname during the years when he was pushing his handicapped older brother, future blues legend Brownie McGhee, in a wagon with a stick.
		It was nowhere to be found, so he took Stick and Brownie back into the studio to record it again, which was fortunate because the 1949 version adopted the new "rocking" rhythm, which was coming into vogue that year.
		Note, this artist is often called "Sticks" by mistake, but according to Atlantic Records labels and many other sources, it is "Stick." The reason for the mistake is that many drummers are called "sticks" as a nick name, so they assume it was his name too, but Stick McGhee was not even a drummer.
	www.hoyhoy.com /stick.htm (299 words)

	UNC-TV ONLINE: Piedmont Blues:
		McGhee and Terry moved to New York to continue their recording and performing, and McGhee opened a School of Blues in Harlem, where he gave guitar lessons.
		Their records were quite in-demand, and McGhee continued performing both with Terry and with his brother, Granville "Stick" McGhee.
		McGhee retired after Terry's death in 1986, but in the early 90s he founded the Blues Is Truth Foundation to continue a blues tradition in the country.
	www.unctv.org /piedmontblues/bmcghee.html (345 words)

	Brownie McGhee
		McGhee was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Nov 30th, 1915.
		McGhee's records were initially successful, and ARC had lost interest in Buddy Moss, who looked like the coming thing before.
		McGhee and Terry weren't whole heartedly accepted by the folk/blues revival crowd of the 60's.
	www.schematicheaven.com /deltabluesland/artists/brownie_mcghee.htm (856 words)

	Tri-Cities, Tennessee Personal News and Media Center
		Walter "Brownie" McGhee was born in Knoxville, TN on Nov. 30, 1915 and shortly after his father Duff (a renowned blues guitarist on the local curcuit) moved the family to Kingsport.
		Stick McGhee (sometimes referred to as Sticks in error on some albums) was an early electric bluesman who played Boogie Woogie music which developed into early Rock n Roll, actually alot of the early rock n' rollers like Jerry Lee Lewis did cover versions of his songs.
		Stick died from lung cancer at the young age of 44 on August 15, 1961 in The Bronx, New York, NY.
	www.timesnews.net /community_article.php?id=1120 (525 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		He recorded a few tunes with Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry in the early forties that were released for Solo Records on the tunes “Once I Had A Girl” and “Black Woman Blues”.
		Meanwhile Dupree was drafted into military service as a cook in the Navy and had the misfortune to be captured by the Japanese and held as a POW for close to two years.
		In the combo for these sessions was Sonny Terry on harmonica, Stick McGhee on guitar, Bob Harris on bass, and Willie Jones on drums.
	home.earthlink.net /~v1tiger/dupree.html (2218 words)

	That's the Stuff
		The discography is very extensively annotated, first with a substantial introduction, and then as the discography proceeds, with detailed observations about the sessions, about the various participants, about the record labels, and so on.
		Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry, whether individually or combined, made vast numbers of records - there are sessions here in France, Germany, Denmark, the UK, Canada, as well as dozens on both coasts of the USA and places in between.
		Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry, while probably among the most famous names of all blues singers, particularly to people over the age of 40, are among the least respected among the majority of those who would describe themselves as blues fans.
	www.mustrad.org.uk /reviews/stuff.htm (1059 words)

	Brownie McGhee Born 1915 (Knoxville, TN.) - Died 1996 (Oakland, CA.)
		Throughout the immediate postwar era, he cut electric blues and RandB on the New York scene, even enjoying a huge RandB hit in 1948 with "My Fault" for Savoy (Hal "Cornbread" Singer handled tenor sax duties on the 78).
		He contracted polio at the age of four, which left him with a serious limp and plenty of time away from school to practice the guitar chords that he'd learned from his father, Duff McGhee.
		Their plethora of late-'50s/early-'60s albums for Folkways, Choice, World Pacific, Bluesville, and Fantasy presented the duo in acoustic folk trappings only, their Piedmont-style musical interplay a constant (if gradually more predictable) delight.
	www.sc.edu /csam/csamaudioarchive_brownie_mcghee.htm (676 words)

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		McGhee was inspired to pen "Drinkin' Wine" while in Army bootcamp during World War II; it was apparently a ribald military chant that the McGhees cleaned up for public consumption later on.
		Sticks McGhee's first recorded version of the tune for J. Mayo Williams's Harlem logo made little impression in 1947, but a rollicking 1949 remake for Atlantic (as Stick McGhee & his Buddies) proved a massive R&B hit (# 2, also # 26 pop), with brother Brownie chiming in on guitar and harmony vocal.
		The tune has attracted countless covers over the years - everyone from Jerry Lee Lewis (twice) and Johnny Burnette to Wynonie Harris and Larry Dale has taken a sip from this particular wine flask.
	www.geocities.com /shakin_stacks/sticksmcghee.txt (164 words)

	Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee by Jerry Lee Lewis Songfacts
		In the mid 1960's, Smash/Mercury released an album by Jerry in stereo, Memphis Beat I believe, that had a version of this song on it.
		Stick first recorded it in 1946 on Harlem, then again in 1949 for Atlantic - at which point Decca re-released his original version.
		The Atlantic release (as by Stick McGhee and his Buddies) became a hit with rock and rollers, and was the version I heard growing up in Pittsburgh and the one on my 78 jukebox at home.
	www.songfacts.com /detail.php?id=1592 (284 words)

	East Coast Piedmont Blues - Sonny Terry
		Not too long after that, Terry met his next partner, Brownie McGhee, who would become his guitarist for the remainder of his career.
		Terry and McGhee had a prolific recording career and often traveled out of New York for shows.
		The constant association that touring demanded eventually proved to be too much for Terry and McGhee, and they stopped playing together.
	facstaff.unca.edu /sinclair/piedmontblues/terry.html (494 words)

	Pops the Blues Man's BLOG » ON THIS DAY IN THE BLUES…
		STICK(S) MCGHEE - 1917 KNOXVILLE, TN Stick McGhee got his nickname during the years when he was pushing his handicapped older brother, future blues legend Brownie McGhee, in a wagon with a stick.
		Stick (his real name was Granville McGhee) served in the Army during WWII, during which time he often pulled out his guitar to play.
		This is the only place you will ever hear it, unless you have the 78.
	www.popsthebluesman.com /index.php?p=80 (347 words)

	TIME.com: Ahmet's Atlantic: Shake, Rattle and Roll -- Page 1
		In the Army, Stick had heard a bawdy barracks song, which he euphemized into "Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-o-Dee"; the "spo-dee-o- dee" was originally "muthafucka," a phrase that today even Eminem might shy from putting in a song title.
		Stick's rendition is a vigorous cocktail of the corny old (a guitar intro that sounds like the vamp of a '20s ukulele, the singer's occasional cries of Alexander Graham Bell's "Hoy hoy") and the modern — it's early clues to Chuck Berry's chugging rhythm and Fats Domino's intonations.
		McGhee's "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show" is even more Dominesque, and a nice jammy listen.
	www.time.com /time/sampler/article/0,8599,169279,00.html (2248 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Artist Bio
		Only a handful of blues harmonica players wielded as much of a lasting influence on the genre as did the sightless Terry (Buster Brown, for one, copied the whoop and all), who recorded some fine urban blues as a bandleader in addition to serving as guitarist Brownie McGhee's longtime duet partner.
		Terry had met McGhee in 1939, and upon the death of Fuller, they joined forces, playing together on a 1941 McGhee date for OKeh and settling in New York as a duo in 1942.
		There were sides for Asch and Savoy in 1944 before three fine sessions for Capitol in 1947 (the first two featuring Stick McGhee rather than Brownie on guitar) and another in 1950.
	music.barnesandnoble.com /search/artistbio.asp?CTR=65093 (451 words)

	The BluesHarp Page:Legends:Sonny Terry
		Terry had met Brownie McGhee in 1939, and upon the death of Fuller, they joined forces, playing together on a 1941 McGhee date for Okeh and settling in New York as a duo in 1942, There they broke into the folk scene, working alongside Leadbelly, Josh White, and Woody Guthrie.
		While Brownie McGhee was incredibly prolific in the studio during the mid-'40s, Terry was somewhat less so as a leader (perhaps most of his time was occupied by his prominent role in Finian's Rainbow on Broadway for approximately two years beginning in 1946).
		In New York he played with Brownie and Sticks McGhee, and also worked with such folk-blues giants as Leadbelly and Woody Guthrie.
	www.bluesharp.ca /legends/sonny.html (717 words)

	Wine Spodee-O-Dee, Drinkin' Wine \| MetaFilter
		February 1, 2006 3:17 AM Spodee (among other spellings) is a Pacific Northwest party drink, a mixture of alcohol and fruit, frequently made in a trash can and left to marinate a day or two before the party.
		McGhee apparently used "spodee-o-dee" as a nonsense word to replace the original lyric: "motherfucker." The song was covered later by many many artists, including Jerry Lee Lewis, Lightnin' Hopkins, Hank Williams III, and even Squeeze.
		Stick, of course, is Brownie McGhee's little brother.
	www.metafilter.com /mefi/48767 (2888 words)

	BROWNIE MCGHEE
		(a Jack Dupree record with McGhee prominent in accompaniment) should not be missed.
		this is a pseudonym for Stick McGhee - Pete Welding's notes drop a strong hint to that effect.
		At this session, Terry and McGhee recut a number of the songs they'd done for the little New York labels in their
	www.oafb.net /once210.html (1610 words)

	SONNY TERRY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		While Brownie McGhee was incredibly prolific in the studio during the
		ing Stick McGhee rather than Brownie on guitar) and another in 1950.
		Sonny Terry, Stick McGhee and J.C. Burris,' an exhaustive
	www.oafb.net /once168.html (407 words)

	Spodi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Depending on the strength of the original alcohol, the consumed pieces of fruit have similar alcohol content of a mixed drink.
		The name "spodi" is likely to be related to the term used in the classic RandB song, "Drinkin' Wine Spodee-O-Dee", which was a 1949 hit by Stick McGhee, and was later covered by many artists including Jerry Lee Lewis.
		Interestingly, another McGhee song is the thematically similar "Jungle Juice".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spodi (537 words)

	The Folkways Years, 1944-1963, MP3 Album Music Download at eMusic
		While he's best known as guitarist Brownie McGhee's longtime partner, harmonica ace and vocalist Sonny Terry made many excellent recordings as a solo act, and also recorded with Blind Boy Fuller and others.
		The 17 songs on this anthology include Terry playing with McGhee's brother Sticks, Pete Seeger, and others, as well as several featuring Terry's biting harmonica and wry leads relating stories of failure, triumph, and resiliency, backed by McGhee's flickering but always audible guitar.
		The title is a bit misleading, since the earliest date for any session is 1946 (one number), and most are done between 1955 and 1959.
	www.emusic.com /album/10864/10864487.html (265 words)

	Brownie McGhee : Brownie McGhee & His Buddies, 1945-55: Let's Have a Ball - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
		Brownie McGhee : Brownie McGhee & His Buddies, 1945-55: Let's Have a Ball
		brownie mcghee & his buddies, 1945-55: let's have a ball - album credits
		brownie mcghee & his buddies, 1945-55: let's have a ball - similar albums
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,207102,00.html (169 words)

	That's The Stuff - Sonny & Brownie Discography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This 210 page spiral bound book is a comprehensive examination of the recordings of popular and important bluesmen Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry plus the recordings of Brownie's brother Stick and Sonny's nephew J.C. Burris.
		Every known session, from December 15, 1937 to May 6, 1995 is documented with dates, personnel, original issue numbers and, issue
		The book includes an 8,000 word introductory essay by Chris and is an essential guidebook for the exploration and (re-)evaluation of the recording careers of Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee by someone who really knows his "stuff"
	www.rootsandrhythm.com /roots/thats_the_stuff.htm (162 words)

	Atlantic Records
		I can see they are going places, and i'm sure they are going to make it big this year'' Blessed with god-given musical talent, the duo have made a name for themselves as the 'new originals' by incorporating guitars and drums into their style of music.
		Atlantic's first releases were jazz oriented jump blues though the labels first big hit was "Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee" by Stick McGhee.
		In the late Forties Atlantic went to New Orleans to look for talent and had some sessions with Professor Longhair, which convinced them to incorporate the New Orleans sound into their recordings.
	www.angelfire.com /music6/onlytruesound.net/about.htm (2483 words)

	dustbury.com: The electric, eclectic Turk
		Eventually the younger Ertegun wanted to get into the business for himself, and after a false start, he, dental student Herb Abramson, and dentist Dr Vahdi Sabit incorporated as Atlantic Records in the fall of 1947.
		With a strike by the musicians' union looming, the nascent label recorded dozens of sides, though nothing clicked until Stick McGhee's remake of his "Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee" in the spring of 1949.
		But I'll stick with my (poorly stated) point: Led Zeppelin wasn't really a singles band, but they sure sold lots of albums.
	www.dustbury.com /backlog/2006/12/the_electric_eclecti.html (933 words)

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