Chris Brown (Canadian musician)
| Chris Brown | |
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 Chris Brown performing in 2007 with the Rheostatics at Massey Hall in Toronto, Ontario | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Hugh Christopher Brown |
| Origin | Virginia, USA |
| Genres | Folk rock, alternative rock |
| Occupation(s) | musician, singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | guitar, keyboard instruments, trombone |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Associated acts |
Bourbon Tabernacle Choir Chris Brown and Kate Fenner Barenaked Ladies |
| Website | www.chrisbrownmusic.com |
Hugh Christopher "Chris" Brown is a Canadian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
Career
Brown was one of the primary singers and songwriters for the alternative rock band Bourbon Tabernacle Choir in the 1980s and 1990s. When that band broke up, he continued performing as a duo with his Bourbon bandmate Kate Fenner. Brown has accompanied dozens of notable musicians on stage, including a six-month stint as a member of Barenaked Ladies in 1998 filling in for Kevin Hearn while Hearn battled leukemia.
Brown released a solo album, Burden of Belief, in 2003. He performs this material both solo and with Tony Scherr, Anton Fier, and Teddy Kumpel as Chris Brown and the Citizens' Band. The group's album Oblivion was released in 2007.
Also in 2007, musical contributions from Brown were included on Salamandre, the soundtrack for architectural designer Eric Clough's Mystery on Fifth Avenue apartment renovation project. Along with Fenner, he composed original music: four melodies of inspiration through four centuries of music, including renaissance, classical, Victorian, a Vetentian waltz, jazz, ragtime, blues, folk, and funk.[1]
Chris currently lives in Wolfe Island where he tours solo and performs with local musicians in a band called Open Hearts Society.
Discography
Chris Brown
- Burden of Belief – 2003
Chris Brown and the Citizens' Band
- Oblivion – 2007
Chris Brown and Kate Fenner
- Other People's Heavens – 1997
- Geronimo – 1999
- Great Lakes Bootleg – 2000
- O Witness – 2001
- Songs – 2003
- Go On – 2004
Bourbon Tabernacle Choir
- First Taste of Bourbon – 1987
- If Hell Had a Houseband – 1989
- Sister Anthony – 1990
- Superior Cackling Hen – 1992
- Shy Folk – 1995
- Simply the Best 1985–1995 – 2000
Contributions to other artists' albums
- Ani DiFranco – Out of Range
- Ashley MacIsaac – Hi™ How Are You Today?
- Barenaked Ladies – Gordon, Born on a Pirate Ship
- Big Sugar – Five Hundred Pounds
- Crash Test Dummies – I Don't Care That You Don't Mind, Jingle All the Way, Puss 'n' Boots, Songs of the Unforgiven
- Christian Doscher – Go Where You're Loved
- DJ Logic – The Zen of Logic
- Hermine Deurloo – Crazy Clock
- Jason Collett – Idols of Exile
- Rosanna Goodman – My Old Man ("Yellow Coat" and, with Kate Fenner, "The Ballad of Penny Evans")
- Jesse Harris and the Ferdinandos – The Secret Sun
- Kate Fenner – Horses and Burning Cars
- Teddy Kumpel – Songs in Tomato Sauce
- Luther Wright and the Wrongs – Rebuild the Wall, Guitar Pickin' Martyrs
- Natasha Alexandra (NLX) – Behind Your Back
- Po' Girl – Vagabond Lullabies
- Propagandhi – Potemkin City Limits
- Rheostatics – Whale Music, Introducing Happiness
- The Tragically Hip – Music @ Work
- Tom Jones – Burning Down The House
- Tony Scherr – Come Around, Twist in the Wind
- Rod Alonzo – Cyclists (co-producer, arranger, keyboards)
Compilations
- GASCD
- We Want Peace On Earth
- Bridge to Music – Indie Sounds From Brooklyn's Underground
- My Old Man: A Tribute to Steve Goodman
References
- ↑ 212box (2007). Klinsky Residence and "In These Rooms of Wood and Stone" Answer Book. 212box. pp. 46–47.
External links
- Chris Brown's official website
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