Junior Brown

With his unique voice, more unique songwriting, and even more unique double-necked Guit-Steel guitar, there has absolutely never been ANYONE like Junior Brown. He's the American Original.

Early Life

Born in 1952 in Cottonwood, Arizona, Junior Brown showed an affinity for music at an early age when the family moved to a rural area of Indiana near Kirksville. In the following years, Junior began to experience Country music and remembers it as growing up out of the ground like the crops—it was everywhere; coming out of cars, houses, gas stations and stores like the soundtrack of a story. However, Country music programs on TV hadn’t really come along much until the late fifties.

Discovering Music

Discovering a guitar in his grandparents' attic, he spent the next several years woodshedding with records and the radio. Junior was also able to tap into music he couldn't hear at home, which older, college-aged kids were listening to. This was possible due to his father's employment at small campuses throughout the next decade as the family moved twice again.

Early Performances

As a young boy, he experienced the thrill of performing before live audiences at parties, school functions, even singing and playing guitar for five thousand Boy Scouts at an Andrews Air Force Base jamboree. While still a teenager, he got the chance to sit in with Rock and Roll pioneer, Bo Diddley. Armed with this broad spectrum of influences, he began to develop a storehouse of musical chops.

Secret Love for Country Music

Early on, Junior realized he had to keep his interest in Country music a secret; it was like a secret friend he carried around, being careful not to tell anyone (especially girls) about his love for it because he thought they would laugh at him. It wasn't until the late 1960s that Junior Brown would proudly explore the passion for the music he had loved since his early childhood in Indiana.

Honkytonks and Professionalism

With many prominent figures as his inspiration (Country legends, some who he would work with years later), he spent his nights in small clubs across the southwest. "I played more nights in honkytonks during the Seventies and Eighties than most musicians will see in a lifetime... I did so many years of that, night after night, four sets a night, fifteen-minute breaks; I mean after that, you've gotta get good or you gotta get out." The early 1970s California Country dance club scene was particularly competitive, but he learned professionalism and stage demeanor, which has served him well to this day.

Musical Versatility

More recently, however, Junior has shown himself to be equally adept at a wide variety of American music styles beyond Country. These include Rock and Roll, Blues, Hawaiian, Bluegrass, and Western Swing.

Event Details

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