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Dream Big
Randy Brown
His first solo CD and features a decidedly eclectic group of songs. From the acoustic, funk feel of trouble to the country, dixieland klezmer feel of Quantum Valentine to the closing orchestral closing of Body of Clay.
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Trouble | 5:23 | Play |
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Dream Big | 3:40 | Play |
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Quantum Valentine | 3:07 | Play |
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Money Is a Drug | 3:38 | Play |
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Distance | 4:11 | Play |
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Brain Chemistry | 3:20 | Play |
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Hector Stands | 3:55 | Play |
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Tempus Fugit | 3:52 | Play |
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Just the Rain | 4:40 | Play |
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Truth Is a Rabbit | 3:20 | Play |
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Body of Clay | 4:45 | Play |
| 43:51 | ||||
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Description
You can see from his picture that Randy Brown has been making music for a long time. You could also say that is a good thing. This is no sappy love-sick songwriter, mooning over lost love or pride. Nope, this is the real deal. A songwriter, with heart, wit and insight, writing about the things he cares about and it shows. His lyrics are crisp, sharp and to the point. At turns, poetic and critical of the status quo. Not for the faint of intellect.
This 1995 Kerrville Regional Finalist and 8 year member of the jazz, swing, folk , acoustic legends Jealousy Motel. He wrote or co-wrote 19 of the songs on the groups 2 albums. Now, most recently, he has recorded 11 new original songs in his first solo project Dream Big. It has been 17 years since his now out-of-print first solo release, Time and Luck. It is high time we heard his voice again. Especially this time, when this man has something new to say.
Musically and lyrically, a wild eclectic, intelligent and exciting ride!!! That is how Dream Big, Randy Browns first solo CD after his 8 year 2 album career with the acclaimed jazz, swing and folk trio, Jealousy Motel, is being described by its ecstatic fans. From folk funk opening bars of Trouble all the way the last orchestral note of the closing number, Body of Clay. This project is a lyrical and musical roller coaster of the unexpected. Dream Big takes no prisoners as it launches with the folk, funk, rap tale of a homeless philosopher in Trouble. It drives directly into the folk-pop nugget title tune, Dream Big. Following on its heels is Quantum Valentine. A little the country western, klezmer, Dixieland tune about quantum uncertainty as it applies to relationships. Next on tap is Money is a Drug, a laid back easy-listening jazz cultural protest song. From there the project takes on a Texas songwriter feel with Distance, a salute to lost youth on the Texas-Louisiana border. Next in line is Brain Chemistry, a little folk-disco number about testosterone poisoning. Hector Stands is a celtic/folkish song about hope and miracles on our southern borderlands. Hector is followed by Tempus Fugit, a clock-tick percussion driven tune about the relentlessness of time. The subject of time is left behind so we can enjoy the only ballad on the CD, the bittersweet, Just the Rain. The rainy day feel is quickly broken however by the Celtic and folk inspired Truth is a Rabbit followed by the ominous last recording of the amazing acoustic trio Jealousy Motel, Body of Clay. You are left drifting at the end of life and Body of Clay surveying the universe amidst spooky wind chimes. Musically diverse, lyrically strong and intellectually rich, Dream Big is truly a feast for the heart, ear and mind.