Mel Brown (guitarist)

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

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

Brown was nominated for a Juno Award in both 2001 and 2002.

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.

Brown 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 I'd Rather Suck My Thumb (1970),[3][4][5] and was reissued as the lead track (and title) on a BluesWay Records collection released in 1973.

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.[6]

Discography

As leader

  • 1967: Chicken Fat (Impulse!)
  • 1968: The Wizard (Impulse!)
  • 1969: Blues for We (Impulse!)
  • 1969: I'd Rather Suck My Thumb (Impulse!)
  • 1971: Mel Brown's Fifth (Impulse!)
  • 1973: Big Foot Country Girl (Impulse!)
  • 1973: Eighteen Pounds of Unclean Chitlins and Other Greasy Blues Specialties (BluesWay)
  • 1998: Can’t Stop Blowin' (Electro-Fi) Snooky Pryor with special guest Mel Brown
  • 1999: Neck Bones & Caviar (Electro-Fi) Mel Brown
  • 2000: Double Shot! (Electro-Fi) Snooky Pryor and Mel Brown
  • 2001: Homewreckin’ Done Live (Electro-Fi) Mel Brown and The Homewreckers
  • 2006: Blues – A Beautiful Thing (Electro-Fi) Mel Brown and The Homewreckers
  • 2006: Mel Brown – The DVD (Electro-Fi)

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
  3. ↑ "I'd Rather Suck My Thumb - Mel Brown | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  4. ↑ "Mel Brown - I'd Rather Suck My Thumb (Vinyl, LP, Album)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  5. ↑ "Mel Brown - Eighteen Pounds Of Unclean Chitlings (Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  6. ↑ "Love Lost & Found: The Story of Mel Brown". Lovelostandfoundmovie.com. 2014-06-05. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
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