Life of Buddy Brown
Singer-Songwriter Buddy Brown was born just outside of Jackson, Mississippi in a little town called Madison. At that time, there were more cows than people in little Madison. He lived on 11 acres with three dogs, two horses, and a 40 acre lake stocked with fish. It became a quintessential experience that gave him song writing fuel later down the road.
Singing and performing came very early for Buddy. His grandparents recount stories of Buddy standing on the kitchen chair at Christmas time belting out George Strait’s “Amarillo by Morning” when he was only 3. When Buddy was 15 years old a domino effect of tough times hit him all at once. He had trained 2 years as a punter for the varsity football team only to be beaten out, his first girlfriend had lost interest in him and then the real heartbreak of losing his grandfather came when he passed away of a massive heart attack. Buddy’s grades declined dramatically. He began getting involved with the wrong crowds and taking on some very habits. It become bad enough that his father enrolled him in one of the most vigorous military schools in America called Hargrave Military Academy located in Chatham, VA.
Buddy came home for his junior year in high school a different person. He regained a sense of normalcy and discontinued his troubled days abruptly. Music crept back in Buddy’s life his Senior year of high school when a popular church group asked him to come play for them. Buddy was hesitant, but he knew he needed to do something positive for a change so he agreed to do it one time (to the astonishment of his peers) and then continued until graduation.
Buddy played 3 years of football in college and graduated from Mississippi State with a degree in Psychology in 2005.
In 2007 Buddy began to focus only on writing country music. He started developing a fan base in Central Florida that grew to the thousands in 3 years time. In that time his songs started picking up radio play on T 102.1 in Lima OH, US101 in Chattanooga, TN, BIG 107.9 in Albuquerque, NM, and K Country 93.7 in Ocala, FL. Buddy has played more crowds of over 5,000 opening for acts such as John Anderson and Colt Ford. In 2010, Buddy signed a coveted Gibson endorsement after meeting Michael Waggoner, managing director of relations for Gibson.
In December, 2010, Buddy recorded a 6pack album of all new songs at Dark Horse Recording in which he wrote every one of them. The album features some of the top musicians in Nashville such as Jerry Mcpherson, Mike Douchette, Andy Leftwich, Blair Masters, Miles Mcpherson, Gary Lunn, Mike Payne, and Chris Rodriguez singing backup. Buddy’s plans for 2011 include a Southeast tour to expand his audience outside of Florida and into Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas.
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