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Role
  
Guitarist

Name
  
Mel Brown

Website
  
Official website

Instruments
  
Vocals, Guitar


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Born
  
October 7, 1939 (
1939-10-07
)

Labels
  
ABC Impulse! Electro-Fi

Associated acts
  
Bobby "Blue" Bland, The Olympics, Etta James, Albert Collins

Died
  
March 20, 2009, Kitchener, Canada

Genres
  
Blues rock, Blues, Rhythm and blues

Albums
  
Chicken Fat, The Wizard, Double Shot!, I'd Rather Suck My Thumb, Blues for We

Occupation(s)
  
Musician, songwriter

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

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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.

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), 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.

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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

  • Clifford Coulter – East Side San Jose (Impulse!, 1970)
  • Clifford Coulter – Do It Now! (Impulse!, 1971)
  • B.B. King… L.A. Midnight – Guitar
  • B.B. King and Bobby Blue Bland – Together for the First Time – Guitar
  • Albert Collins – Cold Snap – Guitar
  • James Cotton – Mighty Long Time – Piano
  • Lightnin' Hopkins – It’s a Sin To Be Rich – Guitar, Organ, Electric Piano
  • John Lee Hooker – Endless Boogie – Acoustic Guitar
  • John Lee Hooker Never Get Out of The Blues Alive – Guitar and Bass
  • Jimmy McGriff – Dream Team – Guitar
  • Doug Sahm – Juke Box Music – Keyboards
  • Earl Hooker – Simply The Best – Guitar
  • Charles Brown – Legend – Guitar
  • T-Bone Walker – Funky Town – Guitar
  • Monica Dupont – Monica Dupont Vintage – Guitar
  • Little Bobby and The Jumpstarts – Tickets in the Glovebox – Piano, Guitar
  • Harmonica Shah – Listen At Me Good – Guitar

    • References

    Mel Brown (guitarist) Wikipedia
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