12 Shades of Brown

12 Shades of Brown

12 Shades of Brown

ASIN: B000000D77

Track Listings
 
1. My Baby Don't Dance to Nothing But Ernest Tubb
2. Baby Let the Bad Times Be
3. Freeborn Man
4. They Don't Choose to Live That Way
5. Too Many Nights in a Roadhouse
6. Hillbilly Hula Gal
7. Way to Survive
8. Broke Down South of Dallas
9. What's Left Just Won't Go Right
10. Moan All Night Long
11. Coconut Island
12. Don't Sell the Farm

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
With his long, tall drink of bourbon voice--owing more than a little to idol Ernest Tubb--and his guit-steel, a weird contraption that fuses a lap steel with a telecaster, the idea for which reportedly came to him in a dream--Brown has become one of the most successful of the alternative country honky tonk heroes. His work is in the fashionable retro style, but his wild, Hendrix-meets-Cooder guitar gives it a rough and loud rock & roll edge. Brown's debut is his freshest, loosest album featuring the borderline novelty numbers "My Baby Don't Dance to Nothing But Ernest Tubb" and "Hillbilly Hula Gal," as well as material in a bluesier mood. --Roy Francis Kasten

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12 Shades of Brown
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Great Drivin' music CD...Brown's second and second best still!
  • Truckin' Music
  • Junior Brown 12 shades
  • You gotta hear this!
  • A True Masterpiece
 12 Shades of Brown
Junior Brown
Manufacturer: Curb Special Markets
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000000D76
Release Date: 1993-09-07

Tracks:

  1. My Baby Don't Dance To Nothing But Ernest Tubb
  2. Baby Let The Bad Times Be
  3. Freeborn Man
  4. They Don't Choose To Live That Way
  5. Too Many Nights In A Roadhouse
  6. Hillbilly Hula Gal
  7. A Way To Survive
  8. Broke Down South Of Dallas
  9. What's Left Just Won't Go Right
  10. Moan All Night Long
  11. Coconut Island
  12. Don't Sell The Farm

Amazon.com

With his long, tall drink of bourbon voice--owing more than a little to idol Ernest Tubb--and his guit-steel, a weird contraption that fuses a lap steel with a telecaster, the idea for which reportedly came to him in a dream--Brown has become one of the most successful of the alternative country honky tonk heroes. His work is in the fashionable retro style, but his wild, Hendrix-meets-Cooder guitar gives it a rough and loud rock & roll edge. Brown's debut is his freshest, loosest album featuring the borderline novelty numbers "My Baby Don't Dance to Nothing But Ernest Tubb" and "Hillbilly Hula Gal," as well as material in a bluesier mood. --Roy Francis Kasten

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Great Drivin' music CD...Brown's second and second best still!.......2006-03-24

Junior Brown has turned on New Agers, hippies,
Country fans and even the Anti-Country crowd!
Now that's appeal. He's done a few guest shots
on shows awhile back and had some lipton tea
commercials, too! The boy has just got it!

5 out of 5 stars Truckin' Music.......2005-08-20

I am a truck driver and first heard Junior Brown on Sirius satellite radio in late 2004. My God, what truck drivin' music!!! I cant wait to get my hands on more of his sounds.

5 out of 5 stars Junior Brown 12 shades.......2004-11-22

I bought this cd at Amazon.I'd seen Junior on Austin City Limits.I've thoroughly enjoyed this cd,I crank it up on several of the songs when listening in my car.The studio work is good,with good clean sound.On the first track,Junior sounds amazingly like Ernest Tubb,complete with Billy Bird sounding guitar.On Broke Down South of Dallas,he sounds like Dave Dudley.You can in fact hear a lot of influence from the country stars you love in this cd.For a few:Ray Price,Hank Williams,Hank Thompson,Al Dexter,Spade Cooley,Pee Wee King maybe.I can tell Junior grew up listening to the same thing I did(I was listening to stuff from before my time,I aint all that old!)There's a song where he plays 3 finger banjo on the electric guitar(Free Born Man)It's Hot...However,there are a couple of acoustic sermons on there that are not that great.All in all,its a great album.

5 out of 5 stars You gotta hear this!.......2003-09-13

Junior Brown is like no other singer, he is just himself. An absolutely refreshing mix from Ernest Tubb to traditional Texas shuffle with a bit of Hawaiian and Rockabilly...Sounds confusing, but trust me, you will love this record! Junior is also a master picker on Guitar and Steel, he plays his famous Guit-Steel and sings up a storm. This guy is definitely a highlight in today's monotone recording world.

5 out of 5 stars A True Masterpiece.......2003-09-08

Being a big fan of Junior Brown, I own all five of his current albums, but although I like all of them, it's not hard for me to say that this is his best. So many of its songs are so superb. With that said, it's important to mention the general style of the album. Not having been exposed to much "old-time" country until this album, when I first got it (my first Junior album), I wasn't too sure about it. But every time I listened, I began to like it more and more.

Basically, it's old-time country, but with a twist (which I discovered after purchasing and listening to an Ernest Tubb CD). I've heard people say it's country with the spirit of rock 'n' roll, and I have to agree with that. Really, I see three styles total on the album. Real old-time country ("Freeborn Man", "They Don't Choose to Live That Way", "Too Many Nights In a Roadhouse", "A Way to Survive", and "Moan All Night Long"), older-but-not-as-old country ("My Baby Don't Dance To Nothing But Ernest Tubb", "Baby Let the Bad Times Be", "Broke Down South of Dallas", "What's Left Just Won't Go Right", and "Don't Sell the Farm"), and Hawaiian influenced country ("Hillbilly Hula Gal" and "Coconut Island"). Those are really sub-styles though, as the album is actually very focused compared with some of his other albums. It's old-time country with the spirit of rock 'n' roll, and it's that simple. And in clarification of what I meant by Hawaiian influenced ... it's not actually Hawaiian, but a Hawaiian steel guitar sound is evident in many parts of the two songs that I said are Hawaiian influenced. Those two songs are also at least tropical in their titles and lyrics. Other than that though, they're good ol' country just like the rest of the album.

As I said earlier, many of the songs on this album are really superb. Country was always meant to be serious at times, silly at times, and often a mix of the two, and that's evident on this album. With songs such as "My Baby Don't Dance To Nothing But Ernest Tubb" and "Hillbilly Hula Gal", unless you impose a 'well it's just too silly for me' barrier, you won't be able to help but smile at the pure listening fun those songs bring, as they are really just pure fun for all their silliness, and they examplify perfectly what I meant when I said country was meant to be silly at times.

With songs such as "They Don't Choose to Live That Way" and "Don't Sell the Farm", if you allow yourself to, you can really feel the emotions that Junior is trying to convey through the music and lyrics, and those songs are exactly what I meant by saying country was meant to be serious at times.

With songs in between (which is most of them), you just get a good listening experience, with excellent songs. All of the songs are just good, regardless of whether they're silly, serious, or in between. All of them are just superb, but you'll have to listen to them to know exactly what I mean.

This is my favorite Junior album, and I really do feel it's a masterpiece. I listen to all twelve tracks, and whenever I make CD-R compilations of Junior's music for my family, friends and aquaintences, I find it difficult to leave off whatever songs from this album that I can't fit. For anyone who likes country music, I highly recommend this album. Even if you've never heard old-time country, or else aren't real fond of it, there's a good chance you'll like this if you give it a few listens. Start with such classics as "My Baby Don't Dance to Nothing But Ernest Tubb" and "Baby Let the Bad Times Be", and go from there.

Happy listening, and if you like this, then be sure to check out Junior's other albums.
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    Manufacturer: Albany Records
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    4. Sketches In Color: Black & White
    5. Sketches In Color: Bright Orange
    6. Sketches In Color: Grey
    7. Sketches In Color: Pink
    8. Sketches In Color: Crimson
    9. At Home Alone: Dialogue With The Self
    10. At Home Alone: Opening Petals
    11. At Home Alone: Dreams Of Glory
    12. At Home Alone: In The Birdcage
    13. At Home Alone: A Faded Old Photograph
    14. At Home Alone: Pop-Time
    15. At Home Alone: Herman The Brown Mouse
    16. At Home Alone: A Small Oriental Vase
    17. At Home Alone: Steps In The Attic
    18. At Home Alone: Shadows On The Wall
    19. At Home Alone: Deep Down The Soul
    20. At Home Alone: Dancing Next Door
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    22. Three Israeli Sketches: Little White Sheep
    23. Three Israeli Sketches: Dance
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    25. Five Caprices: Moderato
    26. Five Caprices: Adagio
    27. Five Caprices: Allegro risoluto
    28. Five Caprices: Andantino
    29. Five Caprices: Molto allegro
    30. Sonata No.1: Allegro
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