Description
Release Date: 09/08/23
Leonard 'Lowdown' Brown is an electric guitar-slinging blues legend.
Leonard 'Lowdown' Brown is an electric guitar-slinging blues legend. His virtuosic fingerwork and formidable voice seem effortless, evidence of his raw talent and over four decades of dedication to his craft.
Born in 1953 into a family with five brothers and four sisters, Leonard grew up with music all around him. Like many Black families during the Great Migration, Leonard's mother and father journeyed from their home in Arkansas to Gary, Indiana to raise their family and find more economic opportunity. Music was one way they remained connected to their southern roots. At the age of six, Leonard's father gave him his first guitar and he hasn't stopped playing since.
When Brown moved to Houston for work in 1980, he found his community through music. Leonard quickly became a mainstay of Houston's music culture and was dubbed as 'Lowdown' by the organizers of Benson and Hedges Houston Blues Festival in 1988-and the catchy name has stuck for a reason.
'...There are really no weaknesses to Blues is Calling Me, and those who love traditional blues will be particularly enthusiastic about this album and will only regret not knowing of Leonard 'Lowdown' Brown sooner.'
Blues Blast Magazine
Posted on June 17, 2023 by Anita Schlank
Media
| Label: Music Maker |
| Genre: Blues |
| Run Time: 33:21 mins |