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
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar
Labels	ABC Impulse! Electro-Fi

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.

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.

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

• 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

External links

• Biography @ Electrofi.com
• Facebook page for Documentary Film Love Lost & Found: The Story of Mel Brown
• Jimmie Vaughan Remembers Mel Brown