Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies

Genres:	Country & Bluegrass
Decades Active:	1950s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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Biography

William Milton Brown, 8 September 1903, Stephenville, Texas, USA, d. 18 April 1936, Fort Worth, Texas, USA. In 1918, the family moved to Fort Worth where, after completing his education and nursing a strong desire to be an entertainer, Brown worked as a salesman with the Lowe Cigar company. He did not play an instrument but he hoped for the chance to work with a band as a vocalist. By 1927, with guitar backing provided by his 12-year-old brother Derwood Brown, he was regularly singing at local house dances. Late in 1929, he was made redundant and thought seriously about making a living from music. The two Brown brothers soon joined with fiddler Bob Wills and guitarist Herman Arnspiger (then performing together as the Wills Fiddle Band) and together they played dances. In 1930, they were sponsored by the Aladdin Lamp company and with the addition of Clifton "Sleepy" Johnson (guitar), they began to play on WBAP as the Aladdin Laddies.

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