Greg Brown
Music / Singing - Performance
Friday, July 27, 2012
8:00 PM-11:00 PM
Bull Run Restaurant
Sawtelle Room
215 Great Rd
Shirley, MA 01464
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A Grammy nominated singer songwriter, Greg is without a doubt the most important talent in his genre today. His rich baritone voice cuts to the core of his masterfully written songs. He's a captivating performer and storyteller who will draw you in and hold you spellbound for hours.
Greg Brown'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 also 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 three and a half stars in Rolling Stone, chart-topping status in AAA and The Gavin Report's Americana rankings and Brown's first Indie Award from NAIRD (National Association of Independent Record Distributors). 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 four-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 Extempore Records.
For more info: www.gregbrown.org
To listen: www.gregbrown.org/gbsound.html
Cost: $32 advance; $36 day of show plus ticket fee.
Suggested Audiences:
College, Adult
Website: http://tickets.bullrunrestaurant.com/
E-mail:
bullrun@nyc.rr.com
Phone: 978-425-4311
Last Modified: June 15, 2012 at 1:32 PM
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Greg Brown
Music / Singing - Performance
Friday, July 27, 2012
8:00 PM-11:00 PM
Bull Run Restaurant
Sawtelle Room
215 Great Rd
Shirley, MA 01464
Google Maps - MapQuest
A Grammy nominated singer songwriter, Greg is without a doubt the most important talent in his genre today. His rich baritone voice cuts to the core of his masterfully written songs. He's a captivating performer and storyteller who will draw you in and hold you spellbound for hours.
Greg Brown'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 also 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 three and a half stars in Rolling Stone, chart-topping status in AAA and The Gavin Report's Americana rankings and Brown's first Indie Award from NAIRD (National Association of Independent Record Distributors). 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 four-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 Extempore Records.
For more info: www.gregbrown.org
To listen: www.gregbrown.org/gbsound.html
Cost: $32 advance; $36 day of show plus ticket fee.
Suggested Audiences: College, Adult
Website: http://tickets.bullrunrestaurant.com/
E-mail: bullrun@nyc.rr.com
Phone: 978-425-4311
Last Modified: June 15, 2012 at 1:32 PM
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