Based in Nashville, TN, roots-rock outfit Glass Cabin was formed by singer-songwriter Jess Brown and studio musician David Flint. After a decade of co-producing other artists, the two decided to produce their own project, the self-titled album, "Glass Cabin," released October 2021. Their follow up album “Glass Cabin 2” dropped October 2023 continuing their "eclectic fusion of Americana, rock, folk and country creating a stylistic album 100 percent their own." Glass Cabin's 3rd studio album “emmylou” is a full LP of 11 songs and slated for release September 26, 2025.
Liner Notes For Glass Cabin 3 “emmylou”
- Co-produced by David Flint & Jess Brown
- Engineered and Mastered by David Flint & Jess Brown
- Jess Brown: Vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar
- David Flint: Electric guitar, bass, acoustic guitar, lap steel, resonator, banjo, mandolin, piano, bouzouki, organ, drums
- Andy Hull: Drums - “Broken Heart,” “As The Years Roll By”
- Songs written by Jess Brown
- Except: “Broken Heart" (Flint and Brown), and “The Chain,” (Fleetwood Mac)
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BIOS:
JESS BROWN : Growing up in the Catskill Mountains, with roots reaching back to rural West Virginia, Jess spent his early years hearing his mom's big band albums and his mechanic father's Appalachian music he played while tuning cars in the garage. But when Jess was nine, his dad died at the age of 42.
Dealing with the loss, Brown turned to the guitar and writing songs. He played at local coffee houses and listened to The Animals, The Beatles, Kristofferson, The Band, Dylan and Neil Young. He started skipping school, hitchhiking through the southwest during summers, sleeping in unlocked cars and under highway bridges. He ended up at a relative's goat ranch in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
“I was bit nomadic in my teens…hitchhiking a lot, living out of my car. I had some close calls. I think I joined the military just to get a roof over my head for a couple years.”
At 20, he discovered his roots while connecting with his dad’s brothers who relayed dark, sometimes comedic stories of Appalachian life. “My granddad's family ran moonshine and worked the mines….a scenario that can lead to smoking and drinking at a young age - an occupational hazard of writing as well."
Reclusive and a reticent performer, it was Jess’ wife, Aggie, who convinced him to move to Music City. “Nashville felt like a long shot but l was lucky to meet Atlantic's Al Cooley and sign with Almo Music (now Universal) and Barry Beckett (legendary Muscle Shoals Studios producer and co-founder). Barry asked me what I was looking for and I jokingly said, ‘A home.’ He smiled that big bear smile of his and gave me a writer’s room upstairs.”
Writing for Almo and EMI, Jess had hits with Trace Adkins and Julie Roberts (Break Down Here), Lee Ann Womack (Little Past Little Rock, Now You See Me), Trisha Yearwood ( I Need You), Sara Evans (I Learned That From You), John M Montgomery (Cover You In Kisses, Rope the Moon) and Randall King (One Goodbye), with songs appearing on over 25 million cds as well as listed on the Top Road Songs.
DAVID FLINT: Hailing from upstate New York, Dave began taking piano lessons at age five. He reluctantly continued the lessons until he was eleven when he got his first guitar. He continued to take both piano and guitar lessons until his parents realized he would stick with the guitar.
“I was learning on an acoustic guitar before I got my first electric which was some sort of an old pieced together Fender…then I got an Ibanez Les Paul copy and an Ibanez “Iceman” and then a Gibson Les Paul Deluxe. I wish I still had that Les Paul.”
He began playing in bands in the 9th grade, spending countless hours rehearsing in basements and garages of his and his bandmates homes.
“Like most kids learning guitar, one of my first influences were The Rolling Stones as well as The Beatles, The Eagles, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Van Halen.”
There were several incarnations of bands, but always with the same few people from school who were ‘players.’ They played at school dances, church functions, and at a local ‘teen’ club. They entered a series of ‘Battle of the Bands’ where they won a few contests and lost a few.
As a senior in high school, Dave applied to music school in Boston, Massachusetts but then at the last minute decided he didn’t want to ‘teach’ music or live the uncertain life of a musician, playing guitar for a living, so he went to school for business while continuing to play music casually.
“After my first year of college, some guys from high school contacted me about joining their band “Southbound”, later becoming “Billy Montana and the Longshots.” The boys decided to record an independent album and pitch it around Nashville. It caught the attention of the legendary Martha Sharp, VP at Warner Brothers at the time, which led to the band signing an artist deal.
But the group disbanded so Dave moved to Nashville, touring with several bands most notably the hit country group, Highway 101, touring with them for 8 years. A respected session musician and multi-instrumentalist, Dave continues playing in various Nashville studios, as well as producing artists at his home studio.
