M U S I CBIOS:
JESS BROWN : Growing up in New York’s Catskill Mountains, with roots reaching back into rural West Virginia, Jess spent his early childhood hearing his mother's big band albums and the Appalachian music his mechanic father played while tuning car motors in his garage. But when he was eight, his father died at the age of 42.
Still dealing with the loss and loneliness, Brown started writing songs at 13. He played Dylan and Kris Kristofferson songs at local cafes and coffee houses, opening for local bands. The first two albums he bought were Me and Bobby McGee and Neil Young’s After the Gold Rush. He started skipping school, spending summers hitchhiking through the southwest, sleeping in unlocked cars and under highway bridges before winding up at a relative’s goat ranch in New Mexico. He worked picking fruit and stringing heishi beads to keep his guitar out of the pawnshop.
An avid reader, Jess calls John Steinbeck and playwright Sam Shepard early influences.
“I was a bit of a nomad, wandering around in my teens. I had a string of close calls, but I was lucky. I think I joined the military just to have a roof over my head for a couple years.”
At 19, he discovered his Irish roots while reconnecting with his father’s brothers who relayed dark, often comedic stories of Appalachian life. “My granddaddy's family ran moonshine and worked in the mines for generations, which can lead to an over indulgence of smoking and drinking at a very young age - an occupational hazard of writing as well."
Reclusive, and a reticent performer, it was Jess’ wife who convinced him to move to Nashville. “Nashville was a long shot but l was fortunate to sign with David Conrad at Almo-Irving Music (now Universal) and Barry Beckett (legendary Muscle Shoals Sound Studios producer and co-founder). Barry had asked me what I was looking for and I said, “A home.” He smiled that big bear smile of his and gave me a writer’s room upstairs.”
As a signed writer for Almo/Universal and EMI, Jess had hits with Trace Adkins and Julie Roberts (Break Down Here), Lee Ann Womack (A Little Past Little Rock, Now You See Me) Trisha Yearwood ( Need You), Sarah Evans (I Learned That From You) and John Michael Montgomery (Cover You in Kisses, Rope the Moon) with songs appearing on more than 25 million cds as well as being listed in 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, Dave continues playing in various Nashville studios, as well as producing artists at his home studio.
"Demos and Hits" is a compilation of demoed songs and a few that went on to be radio hits.
GLASS CABIN SELF-TITLED ALBUM IS OUT NOW | INDIE MUSIC I BANDS WE LIKE
By Chris Mariotti
"Welcome to the Indie Music Corner. A space dedicated to the best new artists and bands we find around the web. Today’s featured duo is Glass Cabin and their self-titled album.
It is always impressive to note that when music is composed and produced by people with great experience, this experience exudes from the notes of their songs. Generally, artists at the early stages of their careers tend to fill the sound spectrum with many musical “colors.” Artists who have worked a lot in the studio and who have toured instead are able to leave only the essentials. By doing so the songs take on a particular halo which makes them very fascinating.
Their self-titled debut album is fantastic, all the tracks are great, and overall this sound product follows a coherent thread. Glass Cabin music is intense and solid...the arrangements are refined and perfect...the execution and interpretation are perfect and the production is flawless. It is truly a pleasure to listen to Glass Cabin’s music because it makes you travel with your imagination and you feel free. A nice discovery that I recommend to everyone."
https://www.edgarallanpoets.com/glass-cabin-self-titled-album-is-out-now-indie-music/
EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: GLASS CABIN’S ‘PRAY FOR ME, PRAY FOR YOU’ VIDEO
By Laura Klondowski - Music and Tour News
Americana/country duo Glass Cabin consisting of Jess Brown and Dave Flint are ready to take the scene by storm with the release of their powerful new single ‘Pray For Me, Pray For You’ which delivers deep, thought-provoking lyrics overlaid with a gorgeous folk drenched sonic backdrop that deftly weaves between country rock and Americana.
The track is acting as the lead release off the pairs forthcoming studio album which is slated to drop next year with the record expected to include an eclectic fusion of genres such as rock, country, folk, roots, and Americana which collide to create a stylistic LP that is 100 percent their own.
And it is a rousing introduction to the LP thanks to the overlay of electric guitar, banjo, mandolin, thumping drums, and luscious vocal harmonies that are steeped in old-school rock tradition. ‘Pray For Me, Pray For You’, is a wonderful way to kick-off this album campaign, and allows for Glass Cabin to deliver a little taste of what’s to come.
With the official music video, the duo have put together a truly beautiful piece of art that brings to life the struggle of the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic showing how it has temporarily shut down the world as health experts find ways to slow the spread and get the virus under control. It is a touching, emotive visual.
https://musicandtournews.com/exclusive-premiere-glass-cabins-pray-for-me-pray-for-you-video/
Nashville based Americana duo Glass Cabin is the brain child of successful singer-songwriter Jess Brown and session musician David Flint.
A Grammy nominated song writer, Brown has written songs for Sara Evans, Lee Ann Womack, Trisha Yearwood and Julie Roberts. Flint’s previous life included co-founding country rock band Billy Montana and The Longshots, together with being a hired hand for numerous touring bands including Highway 101. His more recent work has been as a producer and studio session player at his home studio outside Nashville.
Having worked together on albums for other artists, Nashville neighbours Brown and Flint decided to use some of the downtime imposed on them by the pandemic, to write and record their own album.
The end result is a hugely rewarding eight-track record, which fuses country rock and folk, with a somewhat left of centre gothic edge.
A plucked banjo and pounding drums open Hey O. What follows is a chanted recital, complete with handclaps, which sets the theme for some equally dark tunes that come next. Pray For Me and Opportunity also lean heavily into mysterious territory with rolling rhythms, handclaps, and cleverly overdubbed harmonies, all adding to the bewitching atmosphere. They take the foot off the gas on the slow burners Crazy Missing You and Feel Again before tailing off the album with the spiralling Final Day.
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