Junior remains a master in 2021 !!! What a musician above all else ! Well maybe a entertainer too !!! A real legend, God bless him and his family! Much respect Sir ….
Let's not overlook Junior's wife keepin up with those guys back there. She's keepin right up with the rhythm while those guys are runnin and rippin away with each other. She ain't too bad herself.
@@horsluva0758 Johnny Winter was an excellent blues guitarist. He had a brother (both of whom were straight up albinos) that achieved some fame; Edgar Winter.. I'm not positive but I think they were twins. I do know they were both albinos or are not sure on their lifespan either.
By the late '80s, Brown, by then living in Austin, was also beginning to attract attention because of his Guit-steel, a unique and original hybrid of six-string electric and lap steel, whose double necks were fused into a single body. That mutant instrument first came to Brown in 1980 (appropriately, in a dream) and was finally built by Austin luthier Michael Stevens in 1985.
For his expansive character, *Junior Brown* reminds me of guitarist *Roy Clark* . Greetings. th-cam.com/video/UkcdJTcayPU/w-d-xo.html *GUITAR BOOGIE* Surf Version in the style of *Arthur Smith*
By the late '80s, Brown, by then living in Austin, was also beginning to attract attention because of his Guit-steel, a unique and original hybrid of six-string electric and lap steel, whose double necks were fused into a single body. That mutant instrument first came to Brown in 1980 (appropriately, in a dream) and was finally built by Austin luthier Michael Stevens in 1985. Junior Brown's Dual Purpose Junior is Borned 1954 GROWING up in Annapolis, Guit-steel innovator and string virtuoso Junior Brown came of age in a region rife with trailblazing country and rock guitarists -- Roy Clark, Link Wray, Roy Buchanan, Danny Gatton. Too bad he was too young to appreciate them. "My dad was a teacher and he moved around quite a bit," Brown says from his current Oklahoma home. "We lived in Annapolis from '58 to '65, then we moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico." By then, Brown had picked up his first guitar, at age 7. "I found one in my grandparents' attic, a real old guitar, didn't have all the strings," he recalls. "The first one I got was a Christmas present, a Sears Silvertone Acoustic." Guitar was Junior Brown's second instrument. His father, Samuel Emmons Brown Jr., a musicologist and professor at St. John's College, steered Junior (then Jamieson) to piano at age 4, but Brown never took to that instrument, partly because he couldn't take it with him when he disappeared into his room for hours at a time. There, he explored folk, blues and early country recordings from the record collection of John Gottlieb, one of his father's students. Gottlieb, an inspired amateur, would be Junior Brown's first and only instructor -- an informal one, at that. "There was a few of us young kids, and we'd wake him up after a long binge and he'd show us a few chords," Brown says fondly. "After that, I was self-taught." As for the Capital region as a hotbed for guitar icons, Brown says he was "too young to see it as any kind of a scene. But every time someone had an electric guitar, it was a really big deal back then. You'd go over to someone's house to see their dad's electric guitar, or maybe their big brother might have one. It was a very special thing." That Brown would become a very special player was not immediately evident. In Santa Fe, he put together his first band, Harmonious Discord, at age 13 and played the teen club circuit, following the mid-'60s shift from surf music to psychedelic rock in his next band, Humble Harvey. Dropping out of high school (in his junior year), Brown started playing honky-tonk in local (and later regional) bars, working as a sideman for numerous acts, occasionally singing, never writing. Not surprisingly, Brown has conflicted memories of that era. On the one hand, he was in music. "It was the only thing I really enjoyed," he says. "I looked up to the guys who could make a living at it. You don't think about the life, you just do what you have to do for people. There never was any choice to it." On the other hand, he was in music. "I was very bitter for many years because I didn't do anything but play in club bands," Brown adds. "I thought, 'I'm going to spend the rest of my life doing this in bars, playing for people who don't appreciate the music, learning songs that I don't particularly like.' It was dismal in the early '80s: Clubs started drying up and people got their entertainment elsewhere and a million bands showed up to undercut you. It didn't matter how good you were, they just treated you like a jukebox. "It was a very tough time. That's when I started supplementing my income by teaching a little bit. Thank God I was able to put a band together and get the original songs out there, which led to a record deal. I've been playing for first-rate audiences ever since then." In the early '80s, Brown was building a reputation as a string whiz on both electric guitar and steel, "though I didn't get really serious about steel until 1972," he says. He landed a job at the Hank Thompson School of Country Music at Rogers State University in Calremore, Okla., where he worked with Leon McAuliffe, the great steel player with Bob Wills's Texas Playboys. Better yet, he took on a guitar student who in 1988 became Mrs. Brown; Tanya Rae remains his rhythm guitarist, business manager and inspiration. "I never could get a group together until I met Tanya Rae and really got serious about it," Brown says.
Tanya Rae and Junior were at the Southgate house and brought down the house!!! I thought that the guitar was a gimmick until he started to play. He is as fine of a performer as I have ever seen. Hopefully I will get the opportunity to see him again now that we are getting back to live shows...
I got to see Junior Brown at the Gypsie tea room near Dallas while visiting my friend in Texas over 25 years ago and I had never heard of him, he’s one of a kind.
Let's say that country music is very varied: sometimes it is very popular, and sometimes a little less. Greetings. th-cam.com/video/uWPW1wxHnWA/w-d-xo.html *DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS* Country Guitar in the style of *Duane Eddy*
Never been a big fan of country. As I've grown older. I appreciate it all except opera. Junior Brown has had a big impact on that. His ability to play guitar I strive to play. Junior Brown you are amazing.
I know this is an older video but I saw Junior Brown about 5 to 6 years ago in Maine and I saw Ricky Skaggs about 12 to 15 years ago in Concord NH. Both were great acts!
I first heard Junior on the radio and didn't realize it was him hitting all those licks, I was really impressed. When i did realize it was only him doing it by himself i was blown away! Then i saw him on tv and saw what he was playing i was in total awe. Never seen anyone like him and don't think i ever will again. Great man and greater music!!!!
When I was in High School in the late 90's the video for Junior Brown's Highway Patrol was on CMT and TNN everyday, what seemed like every hour or so. My Wife Thinks You're Dead was also in high rotation I believe. Even back then I was amazed by this guy's abilities, but I kinda thought he was some sort of novelty act who played joke music. I was just a teenager then, so basically an idiot. I know better now...I think.
Only recently discovered this guy and omg he is superb and that's an understatement! He plays like he has 10 fingers on each hand one of the best pickers ever done with his hybrid right hand reminds me of Danny Gatton another great picker and so much more junior brown is one of the best guitarists I've seen! Very talented it's quite obvious he has been playing a long time he has mad skills great tone so the question is why isn't this guy well known? Never hear any of his music on the radio he's a modern day srv only better got to see this guy live!
Austin had this, SRV and much more on a daily basis. 7 days a week. We were very lucky; dang I miss it! Bound to be some of that scene left but much has been priced out of existence. Just another money-grubbing town, now. Junior had a residency at the Continental Club. Played every week for a number of years. Currently has a weekly utube live show.
that's a terrific 13-minute surf rock jam and Medley at the end! The version of Sugarfoot Rag here is actually a little tamer than usual, probably because he's playing with Ricky Skaggs, but on the recorded version or in his own live shows he usually sprinkles Hendrix licks and quotes liberally throughout.
i see mark collie and all i cna think about is the seagal film FIRE DOWN BELOW.. and brent mason being up there is awesome.. what a picker..just mad skills. what a lineup period... guitar heaven..
Crowds go nuts for his show all ways standing ovations I'm tired after listening to just a few songs how he does it again and again I wish I had a jar of his sand on hand
I am so glad I saw JB at Jim Porter's in Louisville back in 2012. His show, as always, was just superb. This guy is amazing. Thanks for sharing this video.
+David McCarthy Yeah, I wonder how many people know that's is wife. She's pretty. Probably does most of the cooking too when she can, cuz she wants to.
I always knew that was his wife....I still think Junior Brown must spend most of his time with the guitar, She is a great looking woman, they never show her much.
I'm 66 and listened to a lot of country, but had never heard of Jr Brown. Damn it man!!
YOU NEED TO GET AND HEAR SOME GOOD STUFF . I'AM 60 AND KNEW HIM FOR YEARS. GOD BLESS.
Hey that’s Harry Stinson on the snare- Marty Stuart’s Superlative drummer. JB and artists here absolute gold!
Good catch--I was rackin my brain trying to remember his name!
The Hendrix of country music
The most talented picker i've ever heard !!! No one holds a candle to JR BROWN !!!!
Billy strings could
The Jimi Hendrix of Country! This music is so lively and full of good energy. I love it!
Junior remains a master in 2021 !!! What a musician above all else ! Well maybe a entertainer too !!! A real legend, God bless him and his family! Much respect Sir ….
Let's not overlook Junior's wife keepin up with those guys back there. She's keepin right up with the rhythm while those guys are runnin and rippin away with each other. She ain't too bad herself.
Mrs J.B Lookslike a Class act. Beautiful!!!!
Still playing with finesse and grace in 2023!
Oh heck yeahhhhh...I love Junior Brown
Now THIS is Country and Western 💪🤠
Junior Brown is one of the most under rated guitarists ever!
He's freakin' AWESOME!!!! He's not "commercialized" sad but true. Same thing happened to Johnny Winter.
I looked up his net worth. 126 million dollars. He must not be that under rated.
Junior does play a great gitar.
@@horsluva0758 Johnny Winter was an excellent blues guitarist. He had a brother (both of whom were straight up albinos) that achieved some fame; Edgar Winter.. I'm not positive but I think they were twins. I do know they were both albinos or are not sure on their lifespan either.
@@bigblocklawyer Junior Brown's been in the business a long time. Maybe he just knows how to live frugally. I heard he's very down-to-earth.
A brilliant musician and performer deserves more recognition and exposure!! Pure genius 👍
By the late '80s, Brown, by then living in Austin, was also beginning to attract attention because of his Guit-steel, a unique and original hybrid of six-string electric and lap steel, whose double necks were fused into a single body. That mutant instrument first came to Brown in 1980 (appropriately, in a dream) and was finally built by Austin luthier Michael Stevens in 1985.
Most of us trudge though life. This man was born to play great music.
Rickey said exactly what I ment,Juniors talents were so versatile his audience couldn't keep up
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As a hard rock, metal and progressive guitarist of 31 years I can say with confidence that JB scares the shit out of me! Fanstastic guitarist.
I would say he can pretty much play any style there is.
He's no doubt a country shredder
For his expansive character, *Junior Brown* reminds me of guitarist *Roy Clark* . Greetings. th-cam.com/video/UkcdJTcayPU/w-d-xo.html *GUITAR BOOGIE* Surf Version in the style of *Arthur Smith*
@@Metemi He should play in the style of Kirk Hammett, lol! th-cam.com/video/PkK-JguD2AU/w-d-xo.html
@@FrancescoAlcozer Roy Clark is one of the best stringed-instrument players of all time! So is Ricky Skaggs!
Junior Brown is way underrated as a guitarist, singer and performer! AWESOME!!!!
Amen!!! Seen Jr 3 Times @ Billy Bobs Texas in Cowtown (Ft. Worth TX) over tha years. Totally AWESOME & UNIQUE!!!! ❤
Can we add Jr. Brown as one of the naturals...that makes it sound soooo good.🎶 For the ages.
Junior plays guitar like real man awesome
By the late '80s, Brown, by then living in Austin, was also beginning to attract attention because of his Guit-steel, a unique and original hybrid of six-string electric and lap steel, whose double necks were fused into a single body. That mutant instrument first came to Brown in 1980 (appropriately, in a dream) and was finally built by Austin luthier Michael Stevens in 1985.
Junior Brown's Dual Purpose
Junior is Borned 1954 GROWING up in Annapolis, Guit-steel innovator and string virtuoso Junior Brown came of age in a region rife with trailblazing country and rock guitarists -- Roy Clark, Link Wray, Roy Buchanan, Danny Gatton.
Too bad he was too young to appreciate them.
"My dad was a teacher and he moved around quite a bit," Brown says from his current Oklahoma home. "We lived in Annapolis from '58 to '65, then we moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico."
By then, Brown had picked up his first guitar, at age 7. "I found one in my grandparents' attic, a real old guitar, didn't have all the strings," he recalls. "The first one I got was a Christmas present, a Sears Silvertone Acoustic."
Guitar was Junior Brown's second instrument. His father, Samuel Emmons Brown Jr., a musicologist and professor at St. John's College, steered Junior (then Jamieson) to piano at age 4, but Brown never took to that instrument, partly because he couldn't take it with him when he disappeared into his room for hours at a time. There, he explored folk, blues and early country recordings from the record collection of John Gottlieb, one of his father's students. Gottlieb, an inspired amateur, would be Junior Brown's first and only instructor -- an informal one, at that.
"There was a few of us young kids, and we'd wake him up after a long binge and he'd show us a few chords," Brown says fondly. "After that, I was self-taught."
As for the Capital region as a hotbed for guitar icons, Brown says he was "too young to see it as any kind of a scene. But every time someone had an electric guitar, it was a really big deal back then. You'd go over to someone's house to see their dad's electric guitar, or maybe their big brother might have one. It was a very special thing."
That Brown would become a very special player was not immediately evident. In Santa Fe, he put together his first band, Harmonious Discord, at age 13 and played the teen club circuit, following the mid-'60s shift from surf music to psychedelic rock in his next band, Humble Harvey. Dropping out of high school (in his junior year), Brown started playing honky-tonk in local (and later regional) bars, working as a sideman for numerous acts, occasionally singing, never writing.
Not surprisingly, Brown has conflicted memories of that era. On the one hand, he was in music. "It was the only thing I really enjoyed," he says. "I looked up to the guys who could make a living at it. You don't think about the life, you just do what you have to do for people. There never was any choice to it."
On the other hand, he was in music.
"I was very bitter for many years because I didn't do anything but play in club bands," Brown adds. "I thought, 'I'm going to spend the rest of my life doing this in bars, playing for people who don't appreciate the music, learning songs that I don't particularly like.' It was dismal in the early '80s: Clubs started drying up and people got their entertainment elsewhere and a million bands showed up to undercut you. It didn't matter how good you were, they just treated you like a jukebox.
"It was a very tough time. That's when I started supplementing my income by teaching a little bit. Thank God I was able to put a band together and get the original songs out there, which led to a record deal. I've been playing for first-rate audiences ever since then."
In the early '80s, Brown was building a reputation as a string whiz on both electric guitar and steel, "though I didn't get really serious about steel until 1972," he says. He landed a job at the Hank Thompson School of Country Music at Rogers State University in Calremore, Okla., where he worked with Leon McAuliffe, the great steel player with Bob Wills's Texas Playboys.
Better yet, he took on a guitar student who in 1988 became Mrs. Brown; Tanya Rae remains his rhythm guitarist, business manager and inspiration. "I never could get a group together until I met Tanya Rae and really got serious about it," Brown says.
Thank you so much for the excellent bio on Junior - very enlightening! Every fan of his should read this. Makes me appreciate him even more...🎵🎸💛
Tanya Rae and Junior were at the Southgate house and brought down the house!!! I thought that the guitar was a gimmick until he started to play. He is as fine of a performer as I have ever seen. Hopefully I will get the opportunity to see him again now that we are getting back to live shows...
Love!.... It!!! Junior is just a legend!!
Junior plays things no one ever thought of! I saw him live years ago. Still one of the greatest guitarist I’ve ever seen.
Junior Brown - what a player!
His surf medley still sends chills up my spine even after listening 1000+ times!
No doubt! Some of his very best work!
Me too, it was awesome
Junior is so under rated.
I got to see Junior Brown at the Gypsie tea room near Dallas while visiting my friend in Texas over 25 years ago and I had never heard of him, he’s one of a kind.
He sure can pick those Ventures tunes, great guitar picker.
I am not much of "country music" fan but Junior Brown is such a damn fine guitar player... the dude can play! =)
He's one of the best!
Let's say that country music is very varied: sometimes it is very popular, and sometimes a little less. Greetings. th-cam.com/video/uWPW1wxHnWA/w-d-xo.html *DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS* Country Guitar in the style of *Duane Eddy*
The surf medley does it for me. Wow! Notice how his fingers never leave his hands! Amazing!
Some of the best guitar picking, your ever going to hear and see WOW!!!
Never been a big fan of country. As I've grown older. I appreciate it all except opera. Junior Brown has had a big impact on that. His ability to play guitar I strive to play. Junior Brown you are amazing.
Incredibly under appreciated. This is music.
I know this is an older video but I saw Junior Brown about 5 to 6 years ago in Maine and I saw Ricky Skaggs about 12 to 15 years ago in Concord NH. Both were great acts!
I first heard Junior on the radio and didn't realize it was him hitting all those licks, I was really impressed. When i did realize it was only him doing it by himself i was blown away! Then i saw him on tv and saw what he was playing i was in total awe. Never seen anyone like him and don't think i ever will again. Great man and greater music!!!!
Tanya Rae Brown - what all great rhythm guitarists should be. Never misses a beat!!
Nope, she's totally AWESOME!!!
And she is having just as much fun as Junior is!
I just came on here to congratulate her! 😂
She's a keeper. They seem to be having a good time doing what they're doing.
the mans left hand must a total callous..pure talent...
When I was in High School in the late 90's the video for Junior Brown's Highway Patrol was on CMT and TNN everyday, what seemed like every hour or so. My Wife Thinks You're Dead was also in high rotation I believe. Even back then I was amazed by this guy's abilities, but I kinda thought he was some sort of novelty act who played joke music. I was just a teenager then, so basically an idiot. I know better now...I think.
The whole ensemble is awesome!
Outstanding! super clean, super fast. A true joy to watch and listen to. thanks Junior.
Only recently discovered this guy and omg he is superb and that's an understatement! He plays like he has 10 fingers on each hand one of the best pickers ever done with his hybrid right hand reminds me of Danny Gatton another great picker and so much more junior brown is one of the best guitarists I've seen! Very talented it's quite obvious he has been playing a long time he has mad skills great tone so the question is why isn't this guy well known? Never hear any of his music on the radio he's a modern day srv only better got to see this guy live!
He's been doing SXSW for 20 years now. But does mostly country, so he isn't well known in Europe (yet).
Austin had this, SRV and much more on a daily basis. 7 days a week. We were very lucky; dang I miss it! Bound to be some of that scene left but much has been priced out of existence. Just another money-grubbing town, now. Junior had a residency at the Continental Club. Played every week for a number of years. Currently has a weekly utube live show.
Surf legend!
I once opened for him...my 'claim to fame!'
that's a terrific 13-minute surf rock jam and Medley at the end! The version of Sugarfoot Rag here is actually a little tamer than usual, probably because he's playing with Ricky Skaggs, but on the recorded version or in his own live shows he usually sprinkles Hendrix licks and quotes liberally throughout.
i see mark collie and all i cna think about is the seagal film FIRE DOWN BELOW.. and brent mason being up there is awesome.. what a picker..just mad skills. what a lineup period... guitar heaven..
Crowds go nuts for his show all ways standing ovations I'm tired after listening to just a few songs how he does it again and again I wish I had a jar of his sand on hand
Junior Brown es actualmente el mejor guitarrista, pese a no tener la fama de otros artistas.........
Awesome guitar player....one of the best....made some great albums....
Damn, I'd love to see him live!
This show is one of the best of I've ever seen!!!!
King of the GUIT-STEEL!
Love Junior Brown! Ricky Skaggs and Mark Collie, super!
Not a lot of people know mark collie
@@blaisemacpherson7637 The drummer's a star too, with Marty Stewart
I am so glad I saw JB at Jim Porter's in Louisville back in 2012. His show, as always, was just superb. This guy is amazing. Thanks for sharing this video.
I've heard Junior Brown before but never knew who he was. Wow!
I would love to see Junior and Larry Collins. That would be a dream team for sure.
There's only one Junior Brown! As Grandpa Jones would say on Hee Haw "Amazing!". Karl
I can see how they both get along musically..they would just wear eacother out and have a blast doing it.
His wife Tanya,keeps impeccable time.
Monster guitarist... Always something new to go after no matter how long you've played.
I definitely have to see this guy live one day!
You better hurry--he can't last forever!
Just Boss Guitar!
The SRV of country music!
What a talent. My God.
I so wish I was there that night!!!!
junior Brown, pick for me! Why isn't he the best known act in the country? Love that guitsteel.
Jr Brown is the shite. He has gotta be one of the best I have ever heard.
He is in concert in Kansas City Missouri March 20 2021.
Ricky Skaggs and Junior Brown: It doesn't get any better than that!
I've never seen this before, and it's so great! Thanks for posting this!
Handsome Harry on drums!!!
He can make a whole kit out of one snare drum!
Looove that song
Man he is the best what a guitarist the best
J.B. is always a thrill to watch and listen to. Thanks for the thrill ride. Recommending you to all my friends!!!!!
Craig Naylor by far my favorite contemporary C & W performer, and one hell of an awesome guitarist!
Yeah baby ! That's music ! 😉👍
More tricky licks than Jeff Beck...now that would be an interesting duo!
Hell yeah !
Rock de excelente qualidade , ouvindo de Recife - Brasil
open.spotify.com/album/2UTsJlhOfoAgAo0HVDWvkp?si=hI6ux4QKRI-92X8cRUsVOw
He's AMAZING!!!
You know it Junior Brown your kicking man with the surf 🏄 🌊🏄♀️ jams JT from California
Love the guy! great music!
Junior Brown is awesome. Watching talent like that is fun.
Amazing Jr
Wow...Junior and more ...Thank You :)
MERCI !!!!!!!!!!!
He outpages Jimmie Paige. Great to see his wife perform with him.
Wasn't expecting brent mason to be in this so much incredible music played here
Amazing compilation!! Truly Awesome!!
Great player !!!
Amazing!! Love JB 😍
Unreal!!!!!!
Underrated Genius!!!
Don't get any better!
Jimmy is insanely fast on them thar strings! Wow!!!!!
Even the drummer is a star here--he had a big career with Marty Stewart, why can't I think of his name? He's superlative!
Harry
Totally Awesome!!!
They can danm sure sing and play
Badass
Ahhhhhhhh... music.
he's right
Two geniuses.....
Skaggs and JBrown
DAMN, I ALWAYS LOVED THIS MUSIC! JUNIOR BROWN MUST SLEEP WITH THAT GUITAR !! THANKS FOR THE UPLOAD-
Well, considering that beautiful, talented woman on his left is his wife, I think I'd leave the guitar out of the bedroom...lol
+David McCarthy Yeah, I wonder how many people know that's is wife. She's pretty. Probably does most of the cooking too when she can, cuz she wants to.
I always knew that was his wife....I still think Junior Brown must spend most of his time with the guitar, She is a great looking woman, they never show her much.
@@WOODR52 check out his YT channel. They do live streams twice a week and feature dialogue between JB and that very talented lady.
Rock de muito boa qualidade !
open.spotify.com/album/2UTsJlhOfoAgAo0HVDWvkp?si=hI6ux4QKRI-92X8cRUsVOw