Chanteur Country US né Jamieson Brown, le 12 juin 1952 à Kirksville
(Indiana).
A singer
and demon guitarist whose raucous blend of country and rock & roll helped make
him a successful crossover act, Junior Brown was born in 1952 and raised in the
backwoods of Kirksville, IN. He first learned to play the piano from his father,
and was exposed to country through radio and TV, becoming a fan of
Ernest Tubb's music and television
program. He became a professional musician at the tail end of the '60s, while
still in his teens.
After honing his guitar skills in relative anonymity throughout the '70s, Brown
became an instructor at the Hank Thompson School of Country Music, an affiliate
of Rogers State College in Oklahoma. There, while teaching under the auspices of
steel guitar legend Leon McAuliffe, a onetime member of
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Brown
met "the lovely Miss Tanya Rae," a student whom he would later marry in 1988 and
who eventually joined his band as a rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist. At
the same time, a dream prompted him to set about creating an instrument fusing a
six-string guitar with its steel counterpart. Contacting guitar maker Michael
Stevens in 1985, he developed the "guit-steel," a double-necked guitar combining
the standard instrument with the steel. (A decade later, the two men reunited to
update the "guit-steel," and Brown's cherry axe, "Big Red," was born.)
After moving to Austin, TX, Brown and his group became the house band at the
city's Continental Club, where strong word-of-mouth eventually earned them a
record deal. He made his long-awaited album debut in 1993 with 12 Shades of
Brown, which featured a tribute to his biggest influence, "My Baby Don't
Dance to Nothing but Ernest Tubb." It also showcased his often-stunning
instrumental work, and blended Western swing, honky tonk, and electrified
Bakersfield country. Guit With It followed later in the year, and like
its predecessor, was met with considerable critical acclaim. After a five-song
stopgap EP, 1995's Junior High, Brown returned in 1996 with Semi-Crazy,
which continued in the vein established on his previous recordings. The Long
Walk Back followed two years later, and displayed a bit more rockabilly
flavor. Brown issued his fifth album, Mixed Bag, in 2001. His next
record, 2004's Down Home Chrome, found him on a new label (Telarc) but with the
same tried and true sound. Curb released a twelve-song Greatest Hits collection
in June of 2005, followed by Telarc's Live at the Continental Club: The Austin
Experience later that September.
Talents : Singer, Songwriter, Guit-Steel, Guitar, Steel Guitar, Piano
Style musical : Texas Swing
HIGHWAY
PATROL
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Années en activité :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles
| 06/1995 | CD CURB 76953 (US) | . |
Highway Patrol
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| 07/1995 | CD EP CURB 77783 (US) |
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JUNIOR HIGH -
Highway Patrol
/ That's Easy For
You To Say / My Wife Thinks You're Dead / Lovely Hula Hands / Sugar Foot Rag |
| 05/1996 | CD CURB 76953 (US) | . | My Wife Thinks You're Dead |
| 07/1996 | CD CURB 76995 (US) | . | Venom Wearin' Denim |
Albums
| 08/1993 | CD CURB D2-77622 (US) |
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GUIT WITH IT - Doin' What Comes Easy To A Fool / Highway Patrol / So Close Yet So Far Away / Sugar Foot Rag / My Wife Thinks You're Dead / You Didn't Have To Go All Theway / Party Lights / Names And Addresses / Still Life With Rose / Holding Pattern / Guit-Steel Blues / The Gal From Oklahoma |
| 09/1993 | CD CURB D2-77635 (US) |
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12 SHADES Of BROWN - My Baby Don't Dance to Nothing But Ernest Tubb / Baby Let The Bad Times Be / Freeborn Man / They Don't Choose To Live That Way / Too Many Nights In A Roadhouse / Hillbilly Hula Gal / A Way To Survive / Broke Down South Of Dallas / What's Left Just Won't Go Right / Moan All Night Long / Coconut Island / Don't Sell The Farm |
| 05/1996 | CD CURB D2-77843 (US) |
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SEMI-CRAZY - Gotta Get up Every Morning / Darlin' I'll Do Anything You Say / Hung It Up / I Want to Hear It From You / Semi-Crazy (Junior Brown & Red SIMPSON) / Hong Kong Blues / Venom Wearin' Denim / Parole Board / Joe The Singing Janitor / Surf Medley |
| 09/1998 | CD CURB D2-77897 (US) |
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LONG WALK BACK - Long Walk Back To San Antone / The Better Half / Read 'Em And Weep / Rock-A-Hula Baby / Lookin' For Love / Peelin' Taters / Freedom Machine / Just A Little Love / Keepin' Up With You / I'm All Fired Up / Stupid Blues |
| 07/2001 | CD CURB D2-78719 (US) |
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MIXED BAG - Guitar Man / Ain't Gonna Work Today / Riverboat Shuffle / Our First Bluebonnet Spring / Cagey Bea / Runnin' With The Wind / Catfish And Collard Greens / Little Town Square / Hard Livin' Hard / Kansas City Blues / Grow Up America / The Chase |
| 08/2004 | CD TELARC 83612 (US) |
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DOWN HOME CHROME - Little Rivi-Airhead / It Hurts When I Do That / Where Has All The Money Gone? / The Bridge Washed Out / Hill Country Hot Rod Man / Jimmy Jones / Let's Go Back / Two Rons Don't Make It Right / You Inspire Me / Are You Just Cuttin' Up? / Foxey Lady / Monkey Wrench Blues |
| 06/2005 | CD CURB 78799 (US) |
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GREATEST HITS - Highway Patrol / My Wife Thinks You're Dead / Sugar Foot Rag / My Baby Don't Dance To Nothin' But Ernest Tubb / Freeborn Man / Too Many Nights In A Roadhouse / Broke Down South Of Dallas / Semi-Crazy (with Red SIMPSON) / Venom Wearin' Denim / Joe The Singing Janitor / Freedom Machine / Long Walk Back To San Antone |
| 09/2005 | CD TELARC 83637 (US) |
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THE AUSTIN EXPERIENCE - LIVE AT THE CONTINENTAL CLUB - Broke Down South Of Dallas / Party Lights / My Wife Thinks You're Dead / Hillbilly Hula Gal / I Hung It Up / Juan Charasquado / Highway Patrol / Gotta Get Up Every Morning (Just To Say Goodnight To You) / Lifeguard Larry / Long Walk Back To San Antone / I Want To Live And Love Always / Rock And Roll Guitar Medley : Lullaby Of The Leaves - Apache - Secret Agent |
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