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SCRAPPER'S BIO !!! Steve "Scrapper" Brown,a student of the late Bill Jennings,(guitarist for Louis Jordan)Celebrates over 43 years in the music business.Steve brings his brand of boiling Memphis ,Delta Funk,Chicago Shuffle,and Texas Groove,straight to the forefront when playing guitar.His varied arsenal is drawn from years of Blues, Jazz ,Funk,Rock,and Gospel and is coupled with a smooth baritone voice. Steve has opened shows for such names as the late Donny Hathaway, Jimmy Smith,and Gary Primich*.Also for Koko Taylor,* Savoy Brown,Lonnie Mack,Johnny Winter,Artimus Pyle**, The Blues Brothers Band *,Buckwheat Zydeco*,Johnny Rawls*,and Double Trouble * He has appeared in festivals with Pinetop Perkins and the late James "Yank "Rachell(served as Yank's guitarist on many occasions) note * As leader of the No Regrets Blues Band ** As guitarist for Stone Martin Band. Scrapper has many festival aprearances to date including the Indiana State Fair,Indy Jazz Fest,BeanBlossom Blues Fest.Blues at the Crossroads,and ABATE Boogie. A regular performer at the internationally known Slippery Noodle Inn,has had the legendary Sam Lay perform with No Regrets and been captured in action by the New York Times. CDs include Stolen Material ,Live from the Slippery Noodle Vol.3 and Workin Man's Blues.Summer 2008 will bring a Yank Rachell tribute CD with Scrapper performing "Depression Blues" Steve is owner/president of his own production and music companies Delta Gypsys Entertainment,Inc.and Delta Gypsy Music respectively and a member of ASCAP. Scrapper uses and endorses Gibson ,Fender and PRS guitars,Mesa Boogie amplifiers and Lexicon and MoHo Mods effects. |