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WM “(I l)( I (IHRONICUE - Wednesday Mart h 15.1008 ° I5 I If ‘#7 a" ' V A ‘ ”I” 77W Th (1 th . d. d i 9 fly e mus1c 1e ‘ Re 'on mourns bluesman Mel Brown who brou ht the delta downtown l gt g : BVMAILsMAi.i.W»\Ri) the late 1980s and early 1990s. It knows you. though _ N. ‘ g ‘ ’ " ‘g’ , a“. ‘ 7 Vilnrirlit'tilrirtfliflcifii was there that local fillies fans dis» you don't know f ‘ a ' ' g 1 covered America's loss was ('ana» them_ . ' . k f ' a . 7' I ‘he man who brought the da's gain, as Brown settled into a ”One time. I ‘ > ”a i W " ' *1: l sound of the Mississippi house ontktmeron Street In down~ went to the (Ion ' 7‘ "' 5‘ {a . l Delta lo\\'aterlooregion.legr town Kitchener. cordia Club for i at”: y ’ Xv” " y '_ " _ ‘ endary bluesmari Mel Brown, died In his illustrious career. Brown Oktoberfest a that ‘\ :nmryvypâ€" 47‘ ' k . _ I? ‘ last week. was a nightmare. :3 ‘ ‘ ’4 .as ‘ «â€" c " ‘ “Lus l ’ With his Wife and musical part- man! I couldn't sit “Wm-E ~ 7‘ ‘ w, l net Miss Angel at his nowhere withotii ». /q . , l 1* side. 697y'earrold ll) people coming 3,1, -\".t . - 1 _ Brown sut ' . tip to me. f". ‘ . 5 . ‘fi. '. g i cumbed to com 4 . “It's just crazy »if . » -,) >- g. Q‘ I; . 5’ l plications from , V. ‘ V yoti spit on the l‘ ' _ ‘ "l ‘ emphysema last ’ C y. t' sidewalk. they have l " . t . Friday, after haying ‘{ to write about it. g' A?” . s. left an indelible 5 “I don't care to 5- "1' ‘. 1’ y a l mark on the local w“ i a be any bigger than l e a ‘ , -u ;' music scene for the i g _- I am, I don't want I if " . ' > y (it ; past 20 years. ‘ K. 1 to be so famous . ’5‘”; '> ‘1 ‘5; Many local fans If ‘ N \ ‘ that l can't go out ' ,5" g! ~‘~‘~ ‘ " 1. I have long»wondered i “ i 1 in public any- -' t. 3 "f 3 '73 why Brown, a \ where," Brown " t, “ ' l ’ L g . renowned guitarist ‘. \ . added ' f" ,l . a who had collaborated : V. . Despite his ’3' ' _ 1‘; . I 3‘ with greats like litta ‘- 1_ , . ’4‘, .3 A‘.‘ desire for privacy. ‘ " g . ‘-’ r I lames and BB King ‘\ ‘ a 3).g‘7;'?\’>' . """ f” " L Brown never " i \_ : ; x 1 among others. decided i} i ' ’ ‘ .33?» ‘ rebuked a fan lookA 5 I ~ - f f g to put down roots in the “:3- ‘_ »~ ‘ ‘ v ‘ ing for an autoâ€" a ’4 l } f I V‘ "J i area. .1 K- " a \ g1” . graph or a chat. ‘1 “ ‘ Brown attempted to ‘ " w? .' ‘4 ; .. . .1 “I'm basically an Blues legend Mel Brown was the driving force behind a blues revival in the area, and was 1 answer that question 50v. ‘ '5’ ' ‘ " $1 " evenâ€"headed man." an inspiration for the Kitchener Blues Festival and other events. He passed away at the age l era] years ago. in an inter " g? . he said. of 69 last week after a long battle with emphysema. , view on his website Mel- '3‘ “E v e r y b o d y m'm(°ww”““"m”mw l BrovvnBluescom recorded and interprets you different. I don't get years old" ofiguard. 1 “That's the most asked performed with a long list of upset with people~ nothing really Over the six decades since “I never thought about that â€" question." muttered Brown. “I can‘t musicians that included John lee bothers me. I talk with just about Brown first learned to play piano that's a good question." he said. “If give a reason as to why l like it Hooker. Buddy Guy, Snooky Pryor. everybody. It's just hard to remem- and guitar from his father. blues~ my music could touch sortiebody's l here, Stevie Ray Vaughan. Sonny and bet the names. though." man and folk poet John Henry bean and bring you closer to love. “It was like a calling of the gods. Cher. David Bowie, Waylon len~ And there were a lot of names “Bubba” Brown. Mel Brown was then that would be it. People need a I guess you could say, I don't nings and Willie Nelson. and places in Brown's colourful still performing regularly at local to take time to think about what i wanna say it's the greatest city in "We'd be here all day ifl told past. given that he played music venues like The Boathouse. along love is and how they can insert l the world or nothin’ a but it's spirr you everybody I‘ve played with." and performed since his childhood with the annual Kitchener Blues their love into life." I itually motivated " Brown once said, in Jackson. Miss. home of the Festival. Countless local blues fans will I Pop the Gator, a popular night» “I never considered myselfa big Delta Blues. '3 And his adopted hometown attest that over the past 20 years club in Kitchener became synony- star." Brown replied when asked "I don't remember when I didn't loved Mel Brown. Mel Brown inserted love into their ‘ rnous with Mel Brown as be hosted about fan adulation. play music." 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