Artists:Greg Brown
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Greg Brown's deep, rich voice and heartfelt lyrics are popular with Whole Wheat Radio listeners. While he was growing up, Greg's mother played electric guitar, his grandfather played banjo, and his father was a holy roller preacher in the Hacklebarney section of Iowa, where the Gospel and music are a way of life. Brown's first professional singing job came at age 18 in New York City, running hootenannies (folksinger get-togethers) at the legendary Gerdes Folk City. After a year, Brown moved west to Los Angeles and Las Vegas, where he was a ghostwriter for Buck Ram, founder of the Platters. Tired of the fast-paced life, Brown traveled with a band for a few years, and even quit playing for a while before he moved back to Iowa and began writing songs and playing in midwestern clubs and coffeehouses.
Brown's songwriting has been lauded by many, and his songs have been performed by Willie Nelson, Carlos Santana, Michael Johnson, Shawn Colvin, and Mary Chapin Carpenter. He has recorded more than a dozen albums, including his 1986 release, Songs of Innocence and of Experience, when he put aside his own songwriting to set poems of William Blake to music. One Big Town, recorded in 1989, earned Brown 3-1/2 stars in Rolling Stone, chart-topping status in AAA and The Gavin Report's Americana rankings and Brown's first indie award from the National Association of Independent Record Distributors (NAIRD). The Poet Game, his 1994 CD, received another indie award from NAIRD. His critically acclaimed 1996 release, Further In, was a finalist for the same award. Rolling Stone's 4-star review of Further In called Brown "a wickedly sharp observer of the human condition." 1997's Slant 6 Mind earned Brown his second Grammy nomination. His latest CD, One Night, is a re-release of a 1983 live performance originally on Minneapolis' Coffeehouse Extemporé Records.
"I just kinda follow the muse when it comes to writing. "I see songs as a painter sees, some songs are dark, some are purple, some are yellow and purple."
—Greg Brown in a 2005 interview for Aspen Times Weekly.
Married to Iris Dement, some of Brown's children are grown. He and Dement recently adopted a 6-year-old girl from Russia. "I feel kind of like Grandpa-dad," he joked, but continued, "Anytime you can help a little child out of a rough situation and give help in the world, that's a good thing.".
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| Greg Brown on Wikipedia |
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- Spotlighted: Sunday, September 18th 2005
- Songs on WWR: 69
- Total plays: 2330
- Total requests: 1562
- Total listens: 56035
- CDBaby referrals: 3
- CDBaby sales: Milk Of The Moon (Sold 1 copies)
The Live One (Sold 2 copies)
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