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Junior Brown (born 1953 ) is an American Country Guitarist and singer from Kirksville, Indiana . He first learned to play Piano from his father "before I could talk". His music career began in the 1960s, and he worked through that decade and the next developing his astonishing guitar skills. By the mid-80s he was teaching guitar at the Hank Thompson School of Country Music at Rogers State University , in Claremore, Oklahoma . In 1985 he invented a double-necked guitar with Michael Stevens (see 1985 In Music ). He called it a " Guit-steel ". He actually plays this guitar standing behind it while it rests in a small podium / music stand. The top neck is a traditional 6 string " Fender Telecaster " style neck while the lower neck is basically a full on Steel Guitar for slide playing. There is a pocket in the body of the guitar to take the slide while not is use. Brown quickly became a local success in Austin, Texas as the house band at the Continental Club. His debut album was 1993 's '' 12 Shades Of Brown ''; it was followed by '' Guit With It '' later that year ( 1993 In Music ). Both albums cemented his reputation as one of the more critically acclaimed country singers of the 1990s. In 1995 ( 1995 In Music ), Brown made a comeback bid with '' Semi Crazy '', followed by 1997 's ( 1997 In Music ) '' The Long Walk Back ''. In 1996 , Brown was featured on the Beach Boys ' now out-of-print album " Stars And Stripes Vol. 1 " performing a cover of their 1962 hit "409". The song features Brown playing guitar and singing lead with the Beach Boys singing harmonies and backing vocals. Although Junior Brown is a wizard guitar player in traditional country guitar styles and also country and hawaiin steel guitar styles, not many of his performances will finish without some amazing blues playing and also a healthy swag of surf instrumentals. EXTERNAL LINK Official Junior Brown web site |
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