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Derwood Brown

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Western swing guitarist, singer, band leader. Younger brother of Milton Brown, older brother of Roy Lee Brown. Born 29 September 1915, Stephenville, Texas, USA, died 24 December 1978, Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

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Playing professionally in his older brother's band in Forth Worth, Texas, by the age of 12, and would join him in The Aladdin Laddies, The Light Crust Doughboys, and then Milton Brown And His Brownies, which Derwood led for two years as Brown's Musical Brownies after Milton's 1936 death. Next, he led a band in Houston or Tyler, joined Bill Boyd in Dallas, then returned to Fort Worth and re-established a band called the Musical Brownies. His final band was founded with brother Roy Lee Brown in 1946, who played on KDNT Denton and for weekly dance nights at a club.

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Derwood Brown has released 50+ albums. Some of their notable releases include She's Selling What She Used To Give Away (28 Risqué Hillbilly Songs From The ‘30s), Electric Guitar Story - Country Jazz Blues R&B Rock 1935-1962, Master Of The Electric Steel Guitar 1935-1950. Explore their complete discography on this page.

Some of Derwood Brown's most popular tracks include Bring It On Down To My House, Honky Tonk Blues, Confessin' (That I Love You), High Geared Daddy, Long Long Ago. Listen to these songs and discover more from their extensive catalog.

Western swing guitarist, singer, band leader. Younger brother of Milton Brown, older brother of Roy Lee Brown. Born 29 September 1915, Stephenville, Texas, USA, died 24 December 1978, Fort Worth, Texa... Read the full biography on this page.

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