The Mine Shaft Tavern

Junior and Tanya Rae Brown

at Engine House Theater

December 18, 2022 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
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Time: 7:00pm     Day: Sunday     Doors: 6:15pm     Ages: All Ages     Price: 15.00
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AN AMERICAN ORIGINAL

With his unique voice, more unique song writing, and even more unique double necked "Guit-Steel" guitar, there has absolutely never been ANYONE like Junior Brown. He's an American Original. Born in 1952 in Cottonwood, Arizona, Junior Brown showed an affinity for music at an early age when the family moved to a rural area of Indiana near Kirksville. In the following years, Junior began to experience Country music and remembers it as "growing up out of the ground like the crops - it was everywhere; coming out of cars, houses, gas stations and stores like the soundtrack of a story, but Country music programs on TV hadn't really come along much yet; not until the late fifties." Discovering a guitar in his grandparent's attic, he spent the next several years woodshedding with records and the radio. Junior was also able to tap into music he couldn't hear at home which older, college aged kids were listening to. This was possible due to his father's employment at small campuses throughout the next decade as the family moved twice again. As a young boy he was able to experience the thrill of performing before live audiences, at parties, school functions even singing and playing guitar for five thousand Boy Scouts at an Andrews Air Force Base jamboree; then while still a teenager, getting the chance to sit in with Rock and Roll pioneer, Bo Diddley. Armed with this broad spectrum of influences, he began to develop a storehouse of musical chops. Special night coming Sunday December 18th with Junior & Tanya Rae!  

 

Ticketed seating starts at 5pm, and we'll be serving specials in addition to our regular menu.  The event will be at our outdoor Cantina under the big tent.  All tables with be reserved for this event only.