The Danny Joe Brown Band
| The Danny Joe Brown Band | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Jacksonville, Florida, USA |
| Genres | Southern rock |
| Years active | 1980–1982 |
| Labels | Epic |
| Associated acts | Molly Hatchet, Bounty Hunter |
| Past members |
Danny Joe Brown Bobby Ingram Steve Wheeler Kenny McVay John Galvin Buzzy Meekin Jimmy Glenn Al Tuten Jimmy Polston Billy Poovey Ronnie Able Shane Bressette |
The Danny Joe Brown Band (DJBB) was founded by lead singer Danny Joe Brown in 1980. Danny Joe Brown had just left the southern rock band Molly Hatchet, which had followed in the footsteps of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Outlaws to achieve wide national success with two multi-platinum albums and international recognition with intensive world tours.
The first line-up of the band, besides Danny Joe Brown, consisted of Bobby Ingram (guitar/slide guitar/vocals), Steve Wheeler (guitar/slide guitar/vocals), Kenny McVay (guitar), John Galvin (keyboards/vocals), Buzzy Meekin (bass/vocals) and Jimmy Glenn (drums). Ingram was an old acquaintance of Brown, having played with him in some club bands before he joined Molly Hatchet in the year 1974.
The musical emphasis of the new band remained quite close to the original style that Molly Hatchet had originated, with no frills southern rock songs about southern/western flavored topics such as gambling and The Alamo. At the same time, his former band was starting to lean more towards a straight ahead hard rock approach.
The band signed with the major label Epic Records, the same label that Molly Hatchet was on, which released their only self-titled album in 1981. The album was recorded at Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas and produced by legendary Glyn Johns, whose credits among countless others include: The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and The Eagles. The album featured the almost cliché cut that started out a slower more serious chord progression that evolves into the three guitar lead jam exactly as Lynyrd Skynyrd's famous song, "Free Bird" had done. The Danny Joe Brown Band's contribution to this format was the song "Edge of Sundown". Clearly, this song demonstrated the Florida southern rock acts recognition that a song based on the "Free Bird" format was sure to be a crowd-pleaser. The Outlaws had similarly done exactly the same thing with their song, "Green Grass and High Tides" which became their most famous and requested song. In addition to "Edge of Sundown", Wheeler's song "Nobody Walks on Me" was also submitted to MTV and enjoyed rotation.
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