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| | Telarc International: Junior Brown |
 | | But Junior, whose father taught at a liberal arts college, was also able to tap into what was playing on campuses during that same period — Mississippi John Hurt, Lightnin’ Hopkins, John Lee Hooker and other country blues artists whose collective reemergence had fueled the folk movement of the early ‘60s. |
 | | In the early ‘90s, Junior and his bandincluding his wife, Tanya Rae, whom he’d married in 1988 and enlisted into his band as rhythm guitarist and backing vocalistrelocated to the fertile Austin, Texas, music scene and landed a gig as the house band at the city’s Continental Club. |
 | | The Austin Experience, Junior’s followup to Down Home Chrome, is a richly layered set that showcases the combination of clever songwriting, mind-bending fretwork and rich vocals that have become his trademark in the live setting. |
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