"Roy Lee
Brown: The End of an Era" (Tribute by Johnny Case)
ROY
LEE BROWN continued the musical legacy of his
brothers, Milton
Brown, Derwood Brown, and the Musical Brownies.
ROY'S
AWARDS:
Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame (May
1999)
Cowtown Society of Western Music "Hero
of Western Swing" (May 2000)
Northwest Western Swing Music
Society Hall of Fame (2003)
Cowtown Society of Western Music "Living Legend" (May 2010)
Governor's
Proclamation Certificate
Announcement
Flyer
ARSC award for Best Research in
the Field of Recorded Country Music (1995)
90th Birthday Salute
(from Western Swing Monthly - April 2011)
90th Birthday Letter
from Ray Benson & Asleep At The Wheel (April 2011)
In 2009, Ray Benson and Asleep At The Wheel partnered with Willie
Nelson to record the album "Willie
and
The
Wheel".
"Willie and The Wheel" includes a number of songs that were recorded by
both Milton Brown and Roy Lee Brown:
1. Hesitation Blues
2. Sweet Jennie Lee
3. Fan It
5. Oh! You Pretty Woman
6. Bring It On Down To My House
7. Right Or Wrong
8. Corrine Corrina
9. I'm Sittin' On Top Of The World
TRACK LISTING:
If You Can't Get Five, Take Two
Texas Hambone Blues
Stealing
Right or Wrong
House at the End of the Lane
Four or Five Times
Roseland Melody
One of Us Was Wrong
Don't Ever Tire of Me
You're Tired of Me
I Had Someone Else
Old Watermill
Chinatown
My Mary
Brownies Theme
TRACK LISTING:
Beale Street Mama
I'll Be Here
Yes Sir
If You're Happy
Stay on That Right Side Sister
La Golondrina
Corine, Corina
Sitting on Top of the World
Oh! You Pretty Woman
Precious Little Sonny Boy
Garbage Man Blues
Sweet Jenny Lee
Session Personnel List Liner Notes
"DANCE HALLS AND LAST CALLS"
(Includes Roy Lee's recording of BEALE STREET MAMA)
"A SALUTE TO THE HEROES OF
TEXAS
SWING"
Tex-Trax Records TTX003D (2002)
This
2002 CD was produced by Rod Moag and includes recordings of Roy Lee
singing
"My Mary" and "The Eyes of Texas".
(NOTE: A planned Volume 2 will feature Roy Lee singing "I'll String Along With You" and "Sweet Georgia Brown."
TO ORDER:
Available through amazon.com
and other on-line retailers.
Click here for more information on this project.
Back
cover of CD with Track Listing
ROY LEE BROWN PHOTOS:
Northwest Western Swing Music Society Page
2003
Western
Swing Hall of Fame Show - San Marcos, Texas
"Wired
For
Sound"
blog
entry
on
Roy Lee's recordings on the Cow Town and Swing
labels
Roy
Lee Brown entry at AllMusic.com
Roy
Lee Brown entry at Discogs.com
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