Finally! Got to see Junior Brown live last night!

Todd Weger · Post by **Todd Weger** » 15 Nov 2002 10:17 am

Well, it's been almost a decade since I heard him on an NPR show at the release of Guit With It and 12 Shades Of Brown, but I FINALLY got to go see Junior Brown last night here in St. Pete, FLA.

I'm still stunned at what I heard/saw. The closest way for me to describe it was like driving a high-powered sports car on a winding mountain road at a 100 mph, with no guard-rails. You know you could drive off the cliff at any minute, but you don't. Instead, you just get pure adrenaline rush! What a ride!

His transition between guitar and steel was virtually seamless, and while I was impressed with both, it was the steel playing that really got me. It would have been impressive enough if he had just been playing steel. But to go back and forth so (seemingly) efforlessly, and then play that well... wow.

Anyway, I understand some don't care for what he does, and that's fine. But I like it!

TJW

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Todd James Weger/RD/RTD
1956 Fender Stringmaster T-8 (C6, E13, B11); 1960 Fender Stringmaster D-8 (C6, E13); Melobar SLS lapsteel (open D); Chandler RH-4 Koa semi-hollow lapsteel (open G); Regal resonator (open D or G)

Andy Zynda · Post by **Andy Zynda** » 15 Nov 2002 12:59 pm

Todd, you have my envy once again. I know one of the promoters of the annual Bluesfest up here in wisconsin, and I think I can get him to book Junior (whom I've NEVER SEEN DAMMIT!) if he thinks Junior will "fit", even loosely, at a Bluesfest.
But YOU just got to see him!! (grrr... lucky bugger)
What do you think Todd? Fit or NoFit??

(By the way, I finally built a magnetizer and re-magged my T8 magnets.
WOW, like night and day. Lots of power and snarl now. Sounds just like Speedy West recordings. (When I'm not hitting clunkers..)
-andy-

Zayit · Post by **Zayit** » 15 Nov 2002 4:43 pm

Andy Z- Junior is playing Oshkosh this week. Check out his web site. I drove 5 hours last November to see him in Minot N. Dakota & it was WORTH it!

Gary Morrison · Post by **Gary Morrison** » 16 Nov 2002 7:03 am

Todd, I like him too! I heard Junior Brown a while back in Colo. Springs, CO and it was an experience I will never forget. Although I am not into all of the styles of music that he does, my jaw was 'on the floor' after one steel riff he did. Junior Brown is without a doubt ONE INCREDIBLE INSTRUMENTALIST!

Todd Weger · Post by **Todd Weger** » 16 Nov 2002 10:17 am

Hey Andy -- check http://www.juniorbrown.com

He's coming to Osh Kosh Thursday, Nov. 21, and will be in Milwaukee the next night. You're up around Stevens Point, aren't you? It's obviously close to O.K., but it's worth the drive, even if you have to go down to Milwaukee.

GO SEE HIM!

Oh yes -- personally, I think he'd still fit at the blues fest. Yeah, some of his stuff is country, but his stuff defies description, and he crosses styles so much, he would blow them away. Plus, he plays a couple out-n-out straight ahead 12-bars during the show. There are always going to be people who don't get him, but their loss, IMHO.

Take care,
TJ

Andy Zynda · Post by **Andy Zynda** » 18 Nov 2002 7:44 am

DammiT! I'm on call this week, and Oshkosh is too far for a work week night.

dammit....
to hell...
-andy-

Zayit · Post by **Zayit** » 18 Nov 2002 8:54 am

Andy, Andy, Andy!

Get yer priorities in order bud! You can ALWAYS get another "day job". Seeing Junior perform is a life-altering, once-in-a-lifetime thing!

Junior is so far 'outta the box', he's in outer space!

Paul Warnik · Post by **Paul Warnik** » 18 Nov 2002 12:47 pm

Zayit-Seeing Junior is not always a "once in a lifetime thing" I have seen him play in concert at least a half a dozen times and he has been to my home several times also-He is going to be passing through my area this weekend while between gigs in Wisconsin and Indiana-and he is going to take final delivery of his new Guit-Steel which you will hopefully see him playing at a show nearby you soon!