LEONARD " LOWDOWN " BROWN
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How an unlikely connection brought a Music Maker Artist to a national audience.
By Tess Stogner.
When Music Maker Artist Liaison and Producer, Ardie Dean called up Leonard “Lowdown” Brown on a Thursday, asking if he’d be interested in working on a project for Disney, Leonard was stunned. There was one catch, Ardie told Leonard: the project needed to be completed within no more than three days.
Without wasting any time, Leonard accepted the challenge. He hopped into his car and journeyed 12 hours nonstop from his hometown of Houston, Texas to Huntsville, Alabama to meet Ardie at Bobcat Jackson’s music studio, Smoke Rise Sound, and get to work. On his arrival, the trio immediately began laying down guitar and vocals on the tracks. “He (Leonard) was so prepared, it went like clockwork,” says Jackson. “That’s what I love about working with Ardie: over the years he has just spoiled me rotten with over-the-top spectacular music.”
The project’s composer, Joe Trapanese, had sent Ardie a track titled, “America Hymn” with a note: “I wrote this piece for the piano that the producers liked, but I wonder what it might sound like for guitar and voice.” The lyrics are inspired by the original poem, “America the Beautiful,” written by Katharine Lee Bates in 1893. Bates was an established poet, educator, and fierce advocate for equality. Ardie and Leonard chose a stanza not sung by Ray Charles in his beautiful 1972 version for their rendition.
“We wanted something different and unexpected,” explains Brown. “If you knew the song and you were singing along, you might think, ‘Whoa, wait a minute. He’s singing the wrong words!’ It’s an eye-opener.” The stripped-back song packs a punch; Brown’s soulful voice rings out, summoning the power in Bates’ poetry:
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee,
Till souls wax fair as earth and air
And music-hearted sea!
“America Hymn’ became chill-bump city with overwhelming power in 78 seconds
and we finished in TWO days–one day ahead of schedule!” says Dean.
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