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	American Masters . James Brown \| PBS
		The record sold millions of copies, establishing James Brown as one of the leading fl performers of the period.
		And when he yelled out the name of a musician, that person was expected to improvise perfectly on the spot.
		James Brown was due to perform in Boston, Massachusetts.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/americanmasters/database/brown_j.html (1294 words)

	Willie Brown (musician) at AllExperts
		Willie Brown (August 6, 1900 - December 30, 1952) was an American Delta Blues guitarist and singer.
		Brown is heard with Patton on the Paramount label sessions of 1930, playing "M & O Blues," and "Future Blues." Apart from playing with Son House and Charlie Patton it has also been said that played with artists such as Luke Thomson and Thomas "Clubfoot" Coles.
		Willie Brown can be heard on a field recording done by Alan Lomax for the Archive of American Folksong by the Library of Congress in 1941, "Make Me a Pallet on the Floor," though, as before, there is some question in the community of scholars as to whether this was the same Willie Brown.
	en.allexperts.com /e/w/wi/willie_brown_(musician).htm (374 words)

	Robert Johnson - Bio
		To Willie Brown, he was the little boy to whom he showed the rudiments of guitar--how to make chords, when to change, how to play anything he wanted.
		Willie Brown, a musician of some renown and abilities, lived in Robinsonville in those days, and he tried to help and show Robert all he could.
		Upon becoming a professional musician, his respectability, in the eyes of those who had to put in many hours' work in the heat of the sun every day, was replaced by a mild contempt.
	www.deltahaze.com /johnson/bio.html (6214 words)

	James Brown Finds Bridge, Crosses It \| Medialoper
		James Brown Finds Bridge, Crosses It You are going to read a ton of stuff over the couple of weeks about what kind of titanic presence James Brown was in 20th Century Music.
		James Brown was one of the first American artists to understand — and more importantly, harness — the power of the mass media to brand himself in the public mind.
		I would argue that while James Brown was a ground-breaking musician — and make no mistake, he was as important as Miles or Marley or Dylan or The Beatles — “James Brown” is an all-time icon: a bigger-than-life figure who will now be bigger-than-death.
	www.medialoper.com /hot-topics/music/james-brown-finds-bridge-crosses-it (1498 words)

	Upcoming.org: Search Undiscovered Events
		Brown is a high-energy, high-spirited powerhouse with soaring vocal talent and a favorite in the Denver-area club circuit.
		Since 1954, Saltzman has not used fls or browns in his compositions, rather he applies various shades of greens, blues, and reds in order to create works that display characteristics of post-Impressionism....
		Her arrangements and lyrics are a fusion of her understanding and love for many different forms of music, such as hard funk, soulful groove and driving vocals.
	upcoming.org /search/?q=Brown&set=undiscovered&quick_date=next_weekend (1235 words)

	DVD Authority - Printable DVD Review of Crossroads (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The years have flown past Brown since his days as a blues man, but when he was in his prime, few could light up a stage like the man Willie Brown.
		Brown agrees to lend a hand, but only if he can leave the home and join Martone on his quest.
		Brown has plans of his own however, as he wants to return to a place called The Crossroads, where he made a deal with the devil himself.
	www.dvdauthority.com /print_friendly.asp?reviewid=3986 (751 words)

	Robert Johnson (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A blues musician named Son House came to MS in June 1930, and Johnson was greatly affected by his talent.
		He soon began playing guitar with Son and Willie Brown, another Blues artist of the time, but Johnson was not a natural.
		By the time he returned, Son House and Willie Brown were astonished by the speed and level of his musical development.
	www2.nemcc.edu /mspeople/robert_johnson.htm (874 words)

	Bad Dog Blues Radio
		He and Brown played all over the Delta as well as Arkansas and Tennessee for the rest of the 1930s.
		He was still tight with Brown when Alan Lomax knocked on his door in 1941 to record him for the Library of Congress on a tip from Muddy Waters.
		One of the first musicians to hang out with Son is Joe Beard, now an internationally known blues artist who still lives in Rochester, who knew him before he was rediscovered.
	www.baddogblues.com /archives/2.04/essential.htm (2192 words)

	Willie Brown Interview -- page 7 / 8 -- Academy of Achievement (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Willie Brown: Trying to sell the idea of public service in some capacity to the young.
		Willie Brown: The biggest challenges we're facing is how to deal with poverty in the world.
		Willie Brown: There are lots of things that I want to do personally that I haven't done.
	www.bonus.com /contour/academy_of_achievement/http@@/www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/bro0int-7 (1059 words)

	Listen to Bad Dog Blues
		Leading the charge before Eddie "Son" House, Robert Johnson, Willie Brown, and many others, he first recorded in 1929 for the Paramount label, and was, in fact responsible for bringing some of those in his "orbit" to the record-buying public at a later date.
		Willie Brown's chaotic and powerful "M and O Blues" and "Future Blues," both from a 1930 Paramount session are here, as is his Library Of Congress recording of "Make Me A Pallet On The Floor," from 1941.
		Speculation on Brown is still a matter of discussion as to whether he was an influence on Patton or the other way around.
	www.baddogblues.com /archives/1.02/reviews.htm (3506 words)

	CONSILIENCE PRODUCTIONS \| Robert Johnson \| Music Label, Political Blog, Environmental Issues, Economics
		Branded with a burning desire to become great blues musician, he was instructed to take his guitar to a crossroad near Dockery's plantation at midnight.
		What is known is that after a year or so under Zinneman's tutelage, Johnson returned with an encyclopedic knowledge of his instrument, an ability to sing and play in a multiplicity of styles, and a very carefully worked-out approach to song construction, keeping his original lyrics with him in a personal digest.
		As an itinerant musician, playing at country suppers as well as on the street, his audience demanded someone who could play and sing everything from blues pieces to the pop and hillbilly tunes of the day.
	www.cslproductions.com /music/cdpicks-musicians/johnson.shtml (1702 words)

	In 2003, we do this all over again
		Those vying to inherit Willie Brown's mantle were at the mayor's party in the acoustic hell of Longshoremen's Hall.
		This was vintage Willie Brown, talking compassion for those without a place to live, taunting his critics, and promising true greatness and cleaner streets for San Francisco in the next four years.
		Brown said he would ultimately win, but challenged his opponent in a runoff election to a knock-down, drag-out series of substantive debates in all 11 supervisorial districts of San Francisco.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/examiner/archive/1999/11/03/NEWS12127.dtl (1116 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Willie
		Turn back the clock: Willie Mays played a vital role on '73 mets; despite his age, future Hall of Famer helped young New York club capture the 1973 National League pennant.
		New Willie Nelson Retrospective Songs Offers 20 of His Greatest On One CD; For The First Time A Willie Collection Spans His Career From 1961-2002.
		Congratulations, Willie Brown: The election of a new mayor in San
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Willie&StartAt=11 (851 words)

	Willie Brown Musician Music - Favorite Songs - Lyrics From (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Willie Brown does his song "Future Blues" on the album Son House and The Great...
		Willie Brown August 6 1900 - December 30 1952 was an American Delta Blues...
		Willie Brown, a musician of some renown and abilities, lived in Robinsonville in...
	www.lyricsfrom.com /artists/w/Willie-Brown-Musician.html (1272 words)

	Robert Johnson of Hazelhurst
		In 1930, Patton brought him, guitarist Willie Brown, and pianist Louise Johnson to Grafton, Wisconsin, for a recording session with Paramount Records.
		House continued playing with Willie Brown during the 1930s and developed a relationship with a young Robert Johnson after moving to Robinsonville, Mississippi.
		House, Willie Brown, Fiddlin’ Joe Martin, and Leroy Williams were recorded by folklorist Alan Lomax near Lake Cormorant, Mississippi, in 1941 for the Library of Congress.
	www.nathanielturner.com /robertjohnson.htm (2582 words)

	Willie Brown Profile -- Academy of Achievement (Site not responding. Last check: )
		When Willie Brown was growing up in the 1940s, the African-Americans of rural East Texas lived in poverty.
		In the summer of 1951, 17 year-old Willie Brown left the world he knew and boarded a train for San Francisco with all his worldly belongings packed in a single cardboard suitcase.
		Willie Brown's genius for political strategy has made him a legend among political insiders, while his fiery oratory, flamboyant lifestyle and exuberant personality have made him a favorite with the voters of San Francisco for over 30 years.
	www.bonus.com /contour/academy_of_achievement/http@@/www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/bro0pro-1 (403 words)

	Amazon.com: Crossroads: Video: Ralph Macchio,Joe Seneca,Jami Gertz,Joe Morton,Robert Judd,Steve Vai,Dennis ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Willie Brown (Joe Seneca) is likewise a convincing link to the blues past, but Hill's central casting choice--Ralph (The Karate Kid) Macchio--sacrifices all for marquee value, a Hobson's choice that casts a shadow of unintended parody across the film.
		Joe Seneca as Willie Brown, Jami Gertz as Frances, Joe Morton as Scratch's Assistant, Robert Judd as Scratch, Steve Vai as Jack Butler, Dennis Lipscomb as Lloyd, Harry Carey Jr.
		As they walk and hitchhike their way across the rural southern landscape, Willie begins to teach Eugene the essentials that must be experienced firsthand by anyone aspiring to be a true bluesman, such as; the hardships of life on the road and the loss of first love (love interest played by Jami Gertz).
	www.amazon.com /Crossroads-Ralph-Macchio/dp/630280082X (2109 words)

	DVD Review - Crossroads (Site not responding. Last check: )
		He digs deep into the history of Blues and learns that Willie Brown (Joe Seneca) a famous old-school harpist is living in a retirement home in Harlem.
		To learn the Blues from the master who’s played with infamous guitarist Robert Johnson, he decides to break Willie out of the retirement home and together they make their way to Mississippi, Willie’s home state where he has some unfinished business to take care of at the Crossroads.
		But Willie takes care of things, his way, and over time Eugene is learning and understand the real soul of the music he so loves and his play begins to reflect that.
	www.dvdreview.com /fullreviews/crossroads.shtml (734 words)

	TBH, Dixon-Hooker
		What distinguished Willie Dixon from most other Delta bluesmen of his day was his ability to read, write, compose, and arrange music -- talents that were to destine him for legendary status among the bluesmakers.
		Dixon was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1915 and was influenced as a child by his mother -- a writer of religious poetry -- and the local gospel scene.
		Howlin' Wolf was born near West Point, Mississippi, in 1910 and was influenced at an early age by Charley Patton, Willie Brown, and Sonny Boy Williamson 2.
	thebluehighway.com /tbh3.html (963 words)

	Crossroads (1986) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Eugene thinks Willie has the last song written by (real life) legendary Bluesman Robert Johnson, that was never recorded (the story is loosely tied to the life of Johnson).
		The script may be a little thin for some (Jami Gertz's character is a little weak, and she resorts to overacting too often), but Joe Seneca carries the movie with weathered grace as Eugene's fatigued hero who hopes of correcting his shady past in order to save his future.
		Willie Brown's description of the South is never fully realized on screen, even it's bleakness is absent of any vivid cinematography, but this is overall a great film.
	us.imdb.com /title/tt0090888 (686 words)

	Robert Johnson conference (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Influenced by Blues musician Son Hall in 1930, he took the latter path and followed Hall as well as Willie Brown to a career in music.
		Hall and Brown were astonished when they heard the maturity of Johnson's musical abilities later in his career.
		The Johnson conference marks the third time that CWRU and the Rock Hall are collaborating to bring musicians, music scholars, and journalists together to talk about some of the country's great musicians.
	www.cwru.edu /pubaff/univcomm/rockconf.htm (458 words)

	Jazz/Jerry Jazz Musician/The Ralph Ellison Project at Jerry Jazz Musician
		Brian Greene is the winner of the Jerry Jazz Musician Short Fiction contest.
		He was friendly with and mentored many of today's most influential critics and musicians.
		It is a worthwhile endeavor to reach back and discover the rich world he wrote of, and to understand the basis for his philosophy surrounding music and its connection to American traditions, rituals and literature.
	www.jerryjazzmusician.com /mainHTML.cfm?page=ellison.html (738 words)

	TruthForce! \| Genius at Work
		There's San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown and jazz musician Herbie Hancock, who teamed up with Strickland to replicate his Pittsburgh program in San Francisco - an undertaking that Strickland hopes will be the first of 100 "franchises" that he plans to set up nationwide over the next 30 years.
		In fact, Strickland reports, he has just teamed up with San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown and musician Herbie Hancock to build a project in a poor neighborhood on the shores of the San Francisco Bay.
		Although the musicians were just coming to play another gig, they inevitably left impressed by Strickland's community.
	www.truthforce.info /?q=node/view/1833 (4360 words)

	Central Iowa Blues Society
		His mother and new step-father, Dusty Willis, looked after him until he was eighteen.
		Robert would become the object of ridicule from House, Patton and Brown when they were drunk and feeling mean.
		House and Brown were playing there, and let Robert sit in on a bet.
	www.cibs.org /legends/delta4.htm (588 words)

	Trail of the Hellhound: Joe Willie Wilkins
		The young Wilkins's first instrument was the harmonica, but soon he had learned the rudiments of guitar from his father, Richard "Hacksaw" Harney, Willie Brown, and others, as well as accordion from Walter "Pat" Rhodes and fiddle from Fiddlin' Sam Harris.
		By the late 1930s, Wilkins was a well-known musician in the Delta, often teaming up with Sonny Boy Williamson, Robert Jr.
		For the rest of the decade, Wilkins broadcast his innovative guitar stylings daily in the company of Williamson, Willie Love, Robert Nighthawk, Elmore James, Memphis Slim, Houston Stackhouse, Howlin' Wolf, and practically every other significant Delta blues musician of the time.
	www.cr.nps.gov /delta/blues/people/joewillie_wilkins.htm (479 words)

	Blues Musicians (Site not responding. Last check: )
		He was one of the first artists to spread the Blues overseas, in addition to being a major force and mentor to many fellow Blues Musicians stateside.
		The finest musicians performed behind her, helping to create an exceptional body of work before her tragic death.
		A contemporary of Charley Patton and Willie Brown, his pioneering Delta Blues sound directly influenced such musicians as Robert Johnson, Howlin' Wolf, and most importantly, Muddy Waters, who cited House as his biggest inspiration.
	www.bluesforpeace.com /50-blues-musicians-1.htm (1201 words)

	Tim Lothar Petersen - acoustic blues
		The other three are 'High Sheriff Blues' by Charley Patton, 'Bound To Go' by Leadbelly and 'M and O Blues' by Willie Brown.
		En blandning av originalmaterial och sånger av mästarna Charlie Patton, Willie Brown och Leadbelly.
		The result is amazing because Petersen only uses a guitar, a dobro and his voice, regularly adding some echo to the latter, which brings him right in line with the country, blues and hillbilly tradition of Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Ry Cooder and Skip James.
	www.timlothar.com /reviews.htm (2432 words)

	Dishonoring Martin Luther King by Honoring Willie Brown Today : Indybay
		Look at the Black people in the city, their population is less their conditions in Bayview, Hunters Point is less than third world after eight years of Willie Brown as Mayor.
		Willie Brown's name should never come up in the same vein as Martin Luther King.
		Webb, a blues musician who lives in the Fillmore District, once known as the Harlem of the West, still remembers all the fun he had at the skating ring, the late-night talent shows at Ellis Theater and all the shops and jazz clubs along Fillmore Street that gave fl people a sense of community.
	www.indybay.org /newsitems/2004/01/19/16681611.php?show_comments=1 (1706 words)

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