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Mel Brown (October 7, 1939 – March 20, 2009) was an American-born blues guitarist and singer.[1] Bobby Bland ,[1]
Brown was born in Jackson, Mississippi , United States, and was presented with his first guitar as a teenager while recovering from a bout of meningitis . By 1955, after performing backing duties for both Sonny Boy Williamson II and Jimmy Beasley , Brown had a two year long stint backing Johnny Otis . This led to work with Etta James , where he swapped his Gibson Les Paul for an ES-175 to give him a richer and fuller tone to his guitar work, that set him apart from his contemporaries.[1]
The stress of constant touring led him to Los Angeles , California , to resume work with Otis, spending an extended residency at the Club Sands. Further session duties saw Brown back Bobby Darin and Bill Cosby among others, as well as performing on T-Bone Walker 's Funky Town ABC Records producer Bob Thiele offered Brown the chance to record his own material, and Brown released Chicken Fat [1] jazz and soul jazz through his association with Bob Thiele, including a prominent role with the Oliver Nelson Big Band and appearing on Live from Los Angeles Impulse! ).[2]
One of Brown's most celebrated tracks is the 11+ minute guitar solo, "Eighteen Pounds of Unclean Chitlings", which features on I'd Rather Suck My Thumb [3] [4] [5] BluesWay Records collection released in 1973.
For many years in the 1980s and 1990s, Brown was a prominent member of the house band at Antone's Night Club in Austin, Texas .[1]
Brown was nominated for a Juno Award in both 2001 and 2002 .
Brown died aged 69, on March 20, 2009, in Kitchener, Ontario , of complications from emphysema .[6] [7]
A documentary film , Love Lost & Found: The Story of Mel Brown directed by Sean Jasmins for Blue Fusion Productions was granted a theatrical release in 2014.[8]
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References [ edit ]
^ "I'd Rather Suck My Thumb - Mel Brown | Credits" . AllMusic . Retrieved 2016-09-25 .
^ "Mel Brown - I'd Rather Suck My Thumb (Vinyl, LP, Album)" . Discogs.com . 1970. Retrieved 2016-09-25 .
^ "Mel Brown - Eighteen Pounds Of Unclean Chitlings (Vinyl)" . Discogs.com . 1970. Retrieved 2016-09-25 .
^ "Consummate bluesman" is gone Archived 2009-03-22 at the Wayback Machine , Terry Pender, Waterloo Record , March 21, 2009
^ "Delta bluesman Mel Brown dies in adopted hometown of Kitchener, Ont." , CBC News website, March 22, 2009
^ "Love Lost & Found: The Story of Mel Brown" . Lovelostandfoundmovie.com . 2014-06-05. Retrieved 2016-09-25 .
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