Danny Joe Brown - Danny Joe Brown Band
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Artist: Danny Joe BrownEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-01-27
Music Label: Wounded Bird Records
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Free Music Review: Rest in Peace, Danny...you shall be missed.
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Original MOLLY HATCHET Singer DANNY JOE BROWN Dead At 53 - Mar. 12, 2005
The southern rock family was dealt a huge blow on March 10 with the passing of original MOLLY HATCHET singer Danny Joe Brown. He had only just been released from hospital, after treatment for pneumonia and other ailments, but died upon his return home. He was 53 years old.
Although earlier, established acts initially disputed the fact that MOLLY HATCHET was a southern rock band, it's fair to say that the Jacksonville, Florida group was the first to take the spirit of the genre and kick its butt with an infusion of classic heavy metal. The formula worked and the band's presence soon rose to that of international platinum status. European fans in particular appreciated the band's heavy use of guitar riffing and distinctive Frank Frazetta album covers.
Named after a 17th century axe murderess, Abigail "Hatchet Molly" from Salem, MOLLY HATCHET's self-titled Tom Werman-produced debut album was released in September 1978. It had been intended for MOLLY HATCHET's debut to be produced by LYNYRD SKYNYRD frontman Ronnie Van Zant, but his untimely death in a 1977 plane crash put paid to these plans. The record would eventually earn platinum status for one million U.S. sales, as did the follow-up Top-20 album, "Flirting With Disaster", released a year later.
Brown was forced out of the band due to diabetes, but made his comeback on 1983's "No Guts...No Glory" and 1984's "The Deed Is Done". MOLLY HATCHET briefly disbanded after Epic issued the storming "Double Trouble Live" set in 1986, due to Brown's diabetes disabling him once again. MOLLY HATCHET reformed with Brown in 1988 and recorded the "Lightning Strikes Twice" set for new label Capitol. However, in later years Phil McCormack took over the vocal reigns as Brown's illness advanced.
MOLLY HATCHET's latest release was a 2004 set of re-recorded 25th anniversary tracks. The band is still constantly on the road in the U.S. and Europe.
Visitation is 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at Panciera Memorial Home, 4200 Hollywood Blvd., in Hollywood. Services are 11:30 p.m. Tuesday at Cooper City Church of God, 9191 Stirling Rd., Cooper City, with burial at Lauderdale Memorial Park in Fort Lauderdale.
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One of the most puzzling moves in the history of Southern rock occurred when vocalist Danny Joe Brown left Molly Hatchet after the huge success of 1979's Flirtin' With Disaster, one of the genre's definitive albums. He released one solo album on Epic, 1981's Danny Joe Brown and the Danny Joe Brown Band. It only scraped the bottom of the charts, and he wisely rejoined Molly Hatchet by 1982. This album is of interest to Southern rock fans because it should come as no surprise that it sounds like Molly Hatchet. It was finally reissued on CD in 2004 by Wounded Bird. Like Molly Hatchet, Brown's band also featured a three-guitar attack, courtesy of Bobby Ingram, Steve Wheeler, and Kenny McVay. A couple of extra musical touches support Brown's throaty growl: slide guitar riffing by Ingram and Wheeler, keyboard accents by John Galvin and harmony vocals that certainly must have been encouraged by producer/engineer Glyn Johns, a legend who'd worked with the Rolling Stones, the Who, the Eagles and Eric Clapton. The best tracks are "Sundance," "Nobody Walks on Me," "The Alamo," "Run for Your Life," and, in particular, "Edge of Sundown," a mythical guitar-driven epic springing directly from the loins of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird" and the Outlaws' "Green Grass & High Tides." But that's not a bad thing. "Edge of Sundown" also plays an important role in Molly Hatchet's convoluted history. Ingram and Galvin would go on to join and lead Molly Hatchet itself (keeping the band alive long after Brown retired due to poor health) and an acoustic version of "Edge of Sundown" is featured on the underrated 2001 album Kingdom of XII. Danny Joe Brown and the Danny Joe Brown Band doesn't contain any earthshaking surprises, but it will reliably please Southern rock fans. ~ Bret Adams, All Music GuideClassic Rock Music CDs
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