Sticks McGhee

Sticks McGhee

Sticks McGhee

Share

Top Songs

1
Thumbnail Image
Head Happy with Wine
2
Thumbnail Image
Wine Blues (Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee)
3
Thumbnail Image
My Baby's Gone
4
Thumbnail Image
My Baby Gone Home
5
Thumbnail Image
Drink of Wine, Mop Mop

Similar Artists

  • Rufus Gore
  • Led Zeppelin

About

Sticks McGhee

Biography

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 apparentl...
Advertise With Us
Music, radio and podcasts, all free. Listen online or download the iHeart App.

Connect

© 2025 iHeartMedia, Inc.