Mel Brown
October 7, 1939 – March 20, 2009
Mel Brown was a respected blues guitarist who was perhaps best known for his years playing for Bobby “Blue” Bland. He also played behind, Buddy Guy, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Etta James, John Lee Hooker and Lightnin’ Hopkins, to name a few. Over the course of his career, Brown released nearly a dozen albums and of course, played on those by numerous others. On March 20, 2009, Mel Brown died of emphysema at the age of 69.
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