"Local singer/songwriter Peter Stone Brown scores and scorches with the Austin, Texas sessions Up Against It."
Jonathan Takiff, Philadelphia Daily News
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"..an unassuming, quietly brilliant piece of Americana." - Seth Rogovoy - Boston Phoenix
"In the tradition of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, Brown invites us to take a ride down life's dusty road." - Mike Hopkins - The Valley Scene
"If Dylan came out with Brown's batch of songs as his own, we'd all be hailing that Dylan's back." - Larry Jaffee - On The Tracks
Influences
Featured on Peters website:
Interviews with: Arlo Guthrie, Al Kooper, Fats Domino, George Jones
Carl Perkins, Rick Danko, Muddy Waters, Hank Ballard , John Lee Hooker
Professor Longhair, Dr. John and many more....
Influences:
Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, The Band, Muddy Waters, George Jones, Howlin' Wolf, Waylon Jennings, Otis Redding, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Garland Jeffreys, Bill Monroe, Jack Elliott, Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Joseph Heller, Little Walter, Bobby Blue Bland, Wilson Pickett, Junior Wells, John Lee Hooker, Jackson Browne, Lowell George, Merle Haggard, Woody Guthrie, Lefty Frizzell, Jerry Lee Lewis, Leadbelly, Ken Kesey, Charlie Rich, Dolly Parton, Aretha Franklin, The Beatles, The Stones, The Kinks, Buck Owens, Everly Brothers, Randy Newman, Paul Simon, Ray Charles, The Marx Brothers, WC Fields
Sounds Like
Warren Zevon, Johnny Cash, John Prine, The Band, Todd Snider, Waylon Jennings
Peter Stone Brown is a singer-songwriter and freelance writer. His very first gig was opening for Mississippi Fred McDowell. His debut album 'Up Against It' was on the Americana chart and featured on roots-music radio stations across the US. He performs regularly whenever and wherever he can, appearing on bills with artists such as Lucinda Williams, Steve Forbert, Roger McGuinn, NRBQ, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Alejandro Escovedo. He has also been a music editor of an alternative weekly and a disc jockey. For radio and print he has interviewed Muddy Waters, George Jones, James Brown, Bob Marley, Ry Cooder, Rick Danko, Professor Longhair, Carl Perkins.. among others.
Peter Stone Brown’s Up Against It was recorded at Bismeaux Studio in Austin, Texas and features steel guitar and dobro player, Cindy Cashdollar; keyboard player and accordionist Tim Alexander (both of whom were members of Asleep At The Wheel at the time); keyboard player Ron Huckaby (then a member of George Strait’s band); guitarist, Casper Rawls who has worked with several Austin artists and fiddler Howard Kalish among others.
Producing, engineering and playing bass is Frank Campbell, who prior to becoming studio manager and chief engineer at Bismeaux, held a similar position at Levon Helm's studio in Woodstock, New York. Frank also played bass in Levon's road band, and before that with Steve Forbert and several other Woodstock, NY musicians.
The music contains elements of country, folk, rock 'n' roll and blues. If it must be categorized, it falls somewhere in the wide realm of roots-based American music.
Fans of Bob Dylan from across the world (literally) have discovered the honesty and integrity of Brown's heartfelt lyrics and melodies. The track, "Here On Earth", while written more than five years ago, couldn't be more to the point than it is today, with the frightening, yet all-too-accurate lyrics - "Here on earth there's men who could destroy the human race”
Thank you for the friendship and for the good music, as well as the beautiful compositions and the good rythmic,the nice guitar,bass,violon,dobro and the beautiful vocal.Sound and very well-kept arrangement. Beautiful and long musical journey.
It's very rare that someone can sum up their own sound succinctly but I think you manage it here; 'Door' really does sound like a cross between Levon Helm and Warren Zevon. It sounds like a song I've heard a thousand times, yet never before. Great stuff!
Peter, Thanks for coming out to our Philly show the other night! We had a great time and it was really nice meeting and chatting Dylan with you. I look forward to the next time we cross paths (which I hope will be sooner than laer). Peace & Respect... David
Peter, Thanks for tracking us down on here. Your music sounds great... very glad to hear it! If you are available, we will be in Philadelphia just around the bend... swing on by if you can. Peace & Respect... David
Great to see you last night at The Blarney. It was a lot of fun. Thanks for being a part of helping me build a new venue for live music. And I'll write Eric Squindo and tell him you played a guest spot last night.
