Busker Brown
We are two songwriters/musicians who play a variety of instruments in a wide range of styles we think of as "New World" music - rock, jazz, blues, folk, bluegrass, zydeco, tex mex, and more
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
Visit our web site at www.buskerbrown.com, although you won't learn much more there.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Street corners, dives, country clubs. Working in Detroit in the 70's and beyond we both have had a chance to work with various members of the funk brothers and Motown alums like Pistol Allen, Benny Benjamin, Angelo Carlisi, Hubie Crawford, and Jerome Spearman
Your musical influences
Beethoven, Bach, Brahms, Buckwheat Zydeco, Jerry Douglas, Asleep at the Wheel, Gene Harris, Miles, Monk, Moody, Mingus, Bill Evans, Union Station, Bill Monroe, Basie, Duke, Gershwin, Terrible Ted, The Band, Dylan, Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, Elvis, Chet Atkins, The Smothers Brothers, Pete (The Witch) Zangara, Danny Ascenzo
What equipment do you use?
Yamaha U3 Upright grand, Kurzweil, Yamaha and Roland synths, Boss and Roland drum machines, various acoustic drum kits, acoustic guitars, dobros, electric guitars, accordions, and more
