Mel Brown (guitarist)

For the jazz drummer from Portland, Oregon, see Mel Brown (drummer).
Mel Brown
Background information
Born (1939-10-07)October 7, 1939
Died March 20, 2009(2009-03-20) (aged 69)
Kitchener, Ontario Canada
Genres Blues rock, blues, R&B
Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter
Instruments Vocals, Guitar
Labels ABC
Impulse!
Electro-Fi
Associated acts Bobby "Blue" Bland, The Olympics, Etta James, Albert Collins
Website Official website

Mel Brown (October 7, 1939 – March 20, 2009) was an American-born blues guitarist.

Brown was nominated for a Juno Award in both 2001 and 2002. Brown, a long-time smoker, died aged 69, on March 20, 2009, in Kitchener, Ontario, of complications from emphysema.[1][2]

One of his most celebrated tracks is the 11+ minute guitar solo "Eighteen Pounds of Unclean Chitluns", which is on his "I'd Rather Suck My Thumb" LP, and was reissued as the lead track (and title) on a Blueway collection released sometime after the Impulse albums. In 1969-1970, it got quite a bit of airplay on the San Francisco FM rock station, KSAN.

A documentary film, titled "Love Lost & Found: The Story of Mel Brown" directed by Sean Jasmins for Blue Fusion Productions is slated for theatrical release in 2014.

Discography

As leader

As sideman

References

  1. ↑ "Consummate bluesman" is gone, Terry Pender, Waterloo Record, March 21, 2009
  2. ↑ "Delta bluesman Mel Brown dies in adopted hometown of Kitchener, Ont.", CBC News website, March 22, 2009

External links

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