Amanda Brown (musician)
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Amanda Gabrielle Brown |
| Born | 17 November 1965 |
| Genres | Rock music, film music |
| Occupation(s) | musician |
| Instruments | violin oboe guitar vocals keyboards bass mandolin |
| Years active | 1978–present |
| Labels | Vitamin, Fuse/Think, Polydor, rooART, EMI, Capitol, Beggars Banquet. |
| Associated acts | Climbing Frame Tender Mercies Blood Brothers The Go-Betweens Cleopatra Wong Love Me The Mood Maidens The Junction House Band The Rainy Season R.E.M. |
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| Multi-instrumentalist & singer | |
Amanda Gabrielle Brown (born 17 November 1965) is an Australian composer, classically trained musician, singer and songwriter, renowned for her role as the violinist of the band The Go-Betweens and more recently a session musician and soundtrack composer.
Brown's early bands (during the early 1980s) were Climbing Frame, Tender Mercies (with John Willsteed, also later with the Go-Betweens) and Blood Brothers, in which she played violin, oboe, guitar and keyboards. In 1986, The Go-Betweens – soon after signing a new contract (this time with Beggars Banquet) – discovered Amanda Brown playing live in a café. She later joined the band in London, her addition expanding the line-up to a five-piece, for which she provided backing vocals, violin, oboe, guitar and keyboards and arrangements.
Brown played on two studio albums, Tallulah (1987) and 16 Lovers Lane (1988). The Go-Betweens toured for 18 months following the release of 16 Lovers Lane, ending in Munich, Germany, and broke up in December 1989, after a farewell tour of England.
Following the break-up of the Go-Betweens, Brown formed the band, Cleopatra Wong (1991–1992), with Go-Betweens drummer Lindy Morrison, resulting in two marginally successful mini-CDs on the rooArt label, Egg and Cleopatra's Lament, including the single (and video) "Thank You". During this period, she also undertook session work with Tactics, the Shane Howard Band and Wendy Matthews Band and sang back-up vocals on former Go-Betweens member Grant McLennan's 1991 debut album Watershed.
Later work includes playing with Sydney band Love Me (1997–1998) and diverse session appearances with artists including R.E.M., The Reels, Died Pretty, Silverchair, David Bridie, David Lane, The Cruel Sea, The Apartments, The Junction House Band and Boxcar (on the album Algorhythm).
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