GABRIEL BROWN
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Gabriel Brown (1910–1972) was an American Piedmont blues singer and guitarist
Brown was born in Florida, and graduated from the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College. In 1934, Brown performed at the first National Folk Festival in St. Louis, Missouri. He was musically discovered by folklorist Zora Neale Hurston. She enlisted Alan Lomax who, in June 1935, recorded Brown for the Library of Congress.
Similar to Ralph Willis, Alec Seward and Brownie McGhee, Brown then relocated from the Southern United States to New York City.Hurston gave Brown a part in her light opera, Polk County. In 1935 Brown started a four-year tenure with the Federal Arts Theatre, initially under Orson Welles' direction. By the late 1930s, Brown appeared as a singer on Cincinnati radio, and took part in the show, St. Louis Woman. He found employment with the civil service, working for the Army Signal Corps in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Brown had Joe Davis as his record producer on his first full recording session in 1943, and the twosome worked together until Brown's final sessions in 1952.
However, in 1945 Brown sang, "I can't have no luck at all, the jinx is on me."
Several of Brown's recordings were not released during his lifetime, and some of those that were issued were not always promoted tastefully, or accurately. In the late 1940s, various tracks were licensed to Coral Records. Eventually Davis worked in A&R for MGM Records, and Brown followed him to that label, where he was promoted as a pop singer. Later compilation albums were released on record labels such as Flyright.
Brown's death from drowning in Florida in 1972, occurred following a boating accident.
Gabriel Brown (1910-1972) era un americà Piedmont blues cantant i guitarrista
Brown va néixer a Florida i es va graduar de la universitat de Florida d'Agricultura i Mecànica. El 1934, Brown va actuar al Festival Folklòric Nacional primer a St Louis, Missouri. Va ser descobert musicalment per folklorista Zora Neale Hurston. Ella va allistar Alan Lomax que, al juny de 1935, registrada Brown per a la Biblioteca del Congrés.
Igual que Ralph Willis, Alec Seward i Brownie McGhee, Brown i després es va traslladar des del sud dels Estats Units a Nova York City.Hurston Brown va donar un paper en la seva òpera lleugera, Polk County. El 1935, Brown va començar una tinença de quatre anys amb el Teatre de les Arts Federal, inicialment sota la direcció d'Orson Welles. A finals de 1930, Brown va aparèixer com a cantant a Cincinnati ràdio, i va participar en l'espectacle, St Louis Woman. Va trobar ocupació en l'administració pública, treballant per al Cos de Senyals de l'Exèrcit a Asbury Park, Nova Jersey. Brown va tenir Joe Davis com el seu productor de discos en la seva primera sessió de gravació complet el 1943, i la parella van treballar junts fins sessions finals de Brown el 1952.
No obstant això, el 1945 Brown va cantar: "No puc tenir cap sort en absolut, la mala sort està en mi."
Diverses de les gravacions de Brown no van ser posats en llibertat durant la seva vida, i alguns dels que van ser emesos no van ser promoguts sempre amb bon gust, o amb precisió. A finals de 1940, diverses pistes van ser autoritzades als expedients de Coral. Finalment, Davis va treballar en A & R per al segell MGM, i Brown el va seguir a aquesta etiqueta, on es va promoure com un cantant pop. Posteriorment àlbums recopilatoris van ser posats en segells com Flyright.
La mort de Brown d'ofegar a Florida el 1972, es va produir després d'un accident de navegació.
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