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Granville "Stick" Henely McGhee (March 23 1917 – August 15 1961) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 guitarist
Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
 best known for his blues
Blues

Blues is a music genre based on the use of the blues chord progressions and the blue notes. Though several blues musical form s exist, the 12-bar blues chord progressions are the most frequently encountered....
 song
Song

A song is a musical musical composition which contains vocal parts that are performed, 'sung,' and feature words , commonly accompanied by musical instruments ....
 "Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee", one of the earliest prototypical rock and roll songs, and which was covered
Cover version

In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition of a previously recorded, commercially released song.In its current use, it can sometimes have a pejorative meaning — implying that the original recording should be regarded as the definitive version, usually in the sense of an "authentic" rendition, and all...
 by Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis

Jerry Lee Lewis is an American rock and roll and country music singer, songwriter and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 and his pioneering contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame....
 and Mike Bloomfield
Mike Bloomfield

Michael Bernard Bloomfield , an United States musician, guitarist, and composer, born in Chicago, Illinois, became one of the first popular music superstars of the 1960s to earn his reputation entirely on his instrumental prowess....
's Electric Flag (as "Wine"). The song lent its name to the alcoholic fruit drink "spodi
Spodi

A spodi is an alcoholic fruit beverage or the parties where such are consumed. Legend says it originated on sailing ships which may be true, as alcohol would preserve the fruit and fruit prevents scurvy....
"; the spo-dee-o-dee was a scat
Scat

Scat may refer to:Digestive waste* Feces, a waste product produced in the digestive tract* Coprophilia, a sexual fetish involving feces...
 substitute for the original motherfucker
Motherfucker

Motherfucker is a common insult and profanity in North American English and in other varieties of the English language and is considered offensive and inappropriate....
.

arned his nickname
Nickname

A nickname is a descriptive name given in place of or in addition to the official name of a person, place or thing. Another class of nickname is the familiar or truncated form of the proper name, such as Bob, Bobby, Rob, Robbie, and Bert for Robert, more properly called a short name....
 'Stick', from pushing his polio
Poliomyelitis

Poliomyelitis, often called polio or infantile paralysis, is an acute virus infectious disease spread from person to person, primarily via the fecal-oral route....
-stricken older brother Brownie
Brownie McGhee

Walter Brown McGhee was a folk music-blues singer and guitarist, best known for his collaborations with the harmonica player Sonny Terry....
 through the streets of Kingsport, on a cart that he propelled with a stick
Stick

A stick generally refers to a long, slender piece of wood, usually a branch from a tree without the leaves that may be refined.Stick may refer to:...
.

McGhee grew up in Kingsport
Kingsport, Tennessee

Kingsport is a city in Hawkins County, Tennessee and Sullivan County, Tennessee counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The majority of the city lies in Sullivan County....
, Tennessee
Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the United States....
 and first recorded
Sound recording and reproduction

Sound recording and reproduction is the electrical or mechanics inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects....
 "Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee" - which his future record label
Record label

In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of recorded sound and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the Record producer, manufacturing, distribution , marketing and promotion, and enforcement of copyright protec...
, Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records is an United States record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm & blues, rock and roll, and jazz. Long one of the most important American independent labels, Atlantic now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group, which consolidated Atlantic Records and the Elektra Entertainment Group into one...
, said he adapted from a drinking song he heard in the Army
United States Army

The United States Army is the branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for Army operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S....
 - in 1947 to little fanfare.






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Granville "Stick" Henely McGhee (March 23 1917 – August 15 1961) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 guitarist
Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
 best known for his blues
Blues

Blues is a music genre based on the use of the blues chord progressions and the blue notes. Though several blues musical form s exist, the 12-bar blues chord progressions are the most frequently encountered....
 song
Song

A song is a musical musical composition which contains vocal parts that are performed, 'sung,' and feature words , commonly accompanied by musical instruments ....
 "Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee", one of the earliest prototypical rock and roll songs, and which was covered
Cover version

In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition of a previously recorded, commercially released song.In its current use, it can sometimes have a pejorative meaning — implying that the original recording should be regarded as the definitive version, usually in the sense of an "authentic" rendition, and all...
 by Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis

Jerry Lee Lewis is an American rock and roll and country music singer, songwriter and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 and his pioneering contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame....
 and Mike Bloomfield
Mike Bloomfield

Michael Bernard Bloomfield , an United States musician, guitarist, and composer, born in Chicago, Illinois, became one of the first popular music superstars of the 1960s to earn his reputation entirely on his instrumental prowess....
's Electric Flag (as "Wine"). The song lent its name to the alcoholic fruit drink "spodi
Spodi

A spodi is an alcoholic fruit beverage or the parties where such are consumed. Legend says it originated on sailing ships which may be true, as alcohol would preserve the fruit and fruit prevents scurvy....
"; the spo-dee-o-dee was a scat
Scat

Scat may refer to:Digestive waste* Feces, a waste product produced in the digestive tract* Coprophilia, a sexual fetish involving feces...
 substitute for the original motherfucker
Motherfucker

Motherfucker is a common insult and profanity in North American English and in other varieties of the English language and is considered offensive and inappropriate....
.

Career

He earned his nickname
Nickname

A nickname is a descriptive name given in place of or in addition to the official name of a person, place or thing. Another class of nickname is the familiar or truncated form of the proper name, such as Bob, Bobby, Rob, Robbie, and Bert for Robert, more properly called a short name....
 'Stick', from pushing his polio
Poliomyelitis

Poliomyelitis, often called polio or infantile paralysis, is an acute virus infectious disease spread from person to person, primarily via the fecal-oral route....
-stricken older brother Brownie
Brownie McGhee

Walter Brown McGhee was a folk music-blues singer and guitarist, best known for his collaborations with the harmonica player Sonny Terry....
 through the streets of Kingsport, on a cart that he propelled with a stick
Stick

A stick generally refers to a long, slender piece of wood, usually a branch from a tree without the leaves that may be refined.Stick may refer to:...
.

McGhee grew up in Kingsport
Kingsport, Tennessee

Kingsport is a city in Hawkins County, Tennessee and Sullivan County, Tennessee counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The majority of the city lies in Sullivan County....
, Tennessee
Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the United States....
 and first recorded
Sound recording and reproduction

Sound recording and reproduction is the electrical or mechanics inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects....
 "Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee" - which his future record label
Record label

In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of recorded sound and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the Record producer, manufacturing, distribution , marketing and promotion, and enforcement of copyright protec...
, Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records is an United States record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm & blues, rock and roll, and jazz. Long one of the most important American independent labels, Atlantic now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group, which consolidated Atlantic Records and the Elektra Entertainment Group into one...
, said he adapted from a drinking song he heard in the Army
United States Army

The United States Army is the branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for Army operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S....
 - in 1947 to little fanfare. The track was credited as being written
Songwriter

File:Beethoven.jpgA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer....
 by McGhee and J. Mayo Williams. A re-make in 1949 (as Stick McGhee and his Buddies) became a R&B
Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues is the name given to a wide-ranging genre of popular music first created by African Americans in the late 1940s and early 1950s....
 hit
Hit record

A Hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a Single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay , Nightclub, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" one of the popular chart listings....
.

His crisp guitar
Guitar

The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
 work may be heard on on some of Sonny Terry
Sonny Terry

Saunders Terrell, better known as Sonny Terry was a Blindness blues musician. He was most widely known for his energetic blues harmonica style, which frequently included human voice whoops and hollers, and imitations of trains and fox hunts....
's 1947 Capitol
Capitol Records

Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood, California and New York City as part of Capitol Music Group....
 sessions.

1951's "Tennessee Waltz Blues" was another hit, as were several following singles
Single (music)

In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
, including "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show", "Jungle Juice", "Double Crossin' Liquor", "Six to Eight" and "Head Happy with Wine".

'Stick' McGhee died of lung cancer
Lung cancer

Lung cancer is a disease of uncontrolled cell growth in tissue of the lung. This growth may lead to metastasis, which is the invasion of adjacent tissue and infiltration beyond the lungs....
 in 1961 in New York
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
, and he was interred at the Long Island National Cemetery
Long Island National Cemetery

Long Island National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in Suffolk County, New York. It is within the CDPS of Wyandanch, New York, in the Babylon , New York, and Melville, New York in the Huntington, New York....
.

See also

  • List of polio survivors
  • List of current Atlantic Records artists
    List of current Atlantic Records artists

    This is a list of artists who record for Atlantic Records, or its subsidiary labels....
  • List of people from Tennessee
    List of people from Tennessee

    The following is a list of prominent people who were born in the U.S. state of Tennessee, live in Tennessee, or for whom Tennessee is a significant part of their identity:...


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