Blind Boy Fuller - Conqueror 9281 (1937-1938)

Blind Boy Fuller g, v / Sonny Terry hca.

Recorded in New York on December 15, 1937.

Blind Boy Fuller g, v / Sonny Terry hca / unknown kazoo / Bull City Red wbd.

Recorded in Columbia, SC on October 29, 1938.

Brownie McGhee - Okeh 6698 (1941) / Alert 401 (1946)

Here we have Sticks' older brother, Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee.

He was influenced greatly by Blind Boy Fuller and when Fuller passed away in 1941, was encouraged to take on the name Blind Boy Fuller #2. He also teamed up with Blind Boy's harmonica player, Sonny Terry.

McGhee g, v / ?Jordan Webb harmonica / wb.

Recorded in 1941.

McGhee g, v / Sonny Terry harmonica / Pops Foster sb.

Recorded in 1946.

Blind Boy Fuller - Conqueror 8720 (1936)

Here we have Tarheel born Fulton Allen, better known as Blind Boy Fuller.

He would learn his Piedmont blues guitar stylings from listening to Blind Blake on the phonograph and Gary Davis in person.

Seems that there are a couple of stories on how he lost his eyesight. One has it that he had ulcers behind his eyes and another that he had chemicals thrown in his eyes by an ex-girlfriend.

He died in 1941 at 33 due to kidney failure.