Junior Brown at Station Inn
by Chris Parker
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Pack a life preserver, because Brown’s vocals are deep enough to drown you in neo-traditionalist twang. His sterling six-string skills have bought the groceries since he was a teen in the late ‘60s, but his recorded debut had to wait until 1993, when he released 12 Shades of Brown, highlighted by tone-setting opener, “My Baby Don’t Dance to Nothing but Ernest Tubb.” It showcased Brown’s twin-necked “guit-steel,” which marries a lap steel and traditional guitar on one body, allowing him to produce waltzing country wail alongside a reverb-drenched Bakersfield bounce. Over the course of six studio albums, he’s sampled blues, rockabilly and swing, though his polished baritone sounds most at home in old honky-tonk tunes lit with a bit of wit (e.g. “Venom Wearing Denim”)
Fri., Oct. 17, 9 p.m., 2008
Fri., Oct. 17, 9 p.m., 2008
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