The JTAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 200, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 24, 2019 Page: 2 of 7
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it myself.”
Although, Brown and his band are
constantly busy they make sure they have
time for writing and are hoping to release
another live album this time next year.
“You can probably expect new music
this time next year. We’re debating
doing another live album those seem to
do really well for us. It’s not called the
Randy Brown Band it’s called the Randy
Brown Show. Everyone in our band puts
on a show so were thinking about doing
another live album,” Brown said. “My
band is probably one of the best bands in
the state, probably even the country and
I’ll brag on them and we’re very in tune
with each other so we can pretty much
play anything in the country music genre
but it’s about what really drives us and
gets a spark going so we can get a live
cut on a lot of stuff, which is a lot more
efficient, real and fun for us.”
Challenges in the music industry have
changed the way Brown and his band
produce music.
“Challenges are a part of every business
no matter what you do and you know I
think the biggest challenge right now is
just that the music industry is changing,
always has been changing and always
will be changing and the only way to
survive is to change with it. It seems
Over the years Brown thinks his music
has been influenced by the types of music
he likes to listen to.
“I’ve always been one of the guys that
my first love was country music bit I grew
up in the 80s so I like all kinds of music
like classic rock, folk music, songwriters,
western swing, blues and Cajun,” Brown
said. “Man I love every kind of music in
the world so it is kind of like a melting
pot but it revolves around country. My
vocals and my style are going to sound
country no matter what I sing. Which is
what’s great about Texas music is that
you can get a little bit of everything.”
The Randy Brown Band’s latest
Extended play (EP) “Gravity” is Brown’s
favorite album that he’s released so far.
“I like all of our albums but the last
one we put out was a six song EP called
‘Gravity’ and I was really proud of that
one because out of the six songs I wrote
three and then covered three. The three
songs I covered are songs that really
mean a lot to me,” Brown said. “The three
songs I wrote, I wrote all by myself with
a lot of help and input, but I am proud
of it because it was a lot of me on that
album. It was really organic, simple and
straightforward country with no tricks or
production. We didn’t go to somewhere
like Nashville we did it all right here in
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music business is never in favor of an
artist,” Brown said. “You know it can cut
into your income stream like how many
CDs we print then how many CDs are
we selling, how many CDs did we used
to make a living off of? And I don’t even
remember the last time I sold a CD and
that’s really frustrating because that’s
something that technology in the music
industry has changed. We no longer can
sell CDs, so you know we have all this
inventory and we try and go sell CDs but
no one’s buying them anymore. You have
to be ahead of the curve, and you have to
be willing to adjust.”
Despite all of the challenges Brown and
his band faces he still loves what he does,
has created so many memories and is
looking forward to what in store for The
Randy Brown Band in 2019.
“We’ve got some really cool stuff
coming up like LJT, trail rides, Las
Vegas, our second annual Rednecks with
Paychecks Shore Thang Mexico trip,
traveling this summer, Cook’s Children
Pickin’ for Preemies, working with
Heather’s Old Skool Village with my wife
Holly and all kinds of fun stuff this year,”
Brown said. “It’s never a dull moment
around here. We really get to have so
much fun and it’s so rewarding to give
back and donate to worthy causes.”
Through everything, Brown is so
grateful for everyone who has been with
him since the beginning.
“This is a musical journey and there’s
people who will come in and out of
your lives and it’s all part of it. I am
blessed to be surrounded by so many
wonderful people who have helped
me, taught me, mentored me, in every
aspect of everything I do,” Brown said.
“I learn from everybody and that’s the
part of the fun of it all. The best way to
learn anything is by making mistakes
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and influenced me like my mom and
dad, aunts and uncles, to friends and
coworkers, to bosses and heroes, I am so
grateful for everything. I have no regrets
and I am so thankful to literally everyone
girlfriends, ex-wives, current wife, you
know best friends and family and all
kinds of people I am thankful for and
they have all influenced me in one way or
another.”
To those who haven’t ever heard of
The Randy Brown Band he just wants
everyone to have a good time.
“I want those who don’t know me to
know if they ever come see me play its
going to be a good, fun, positive time,”
Brown said. “I really care about making
people happy, I want them to come back
to see me and I want them to be with
me for the rest of this journey. I want to
share all the joy and blessing that have
been given to me and share them with
everyone else.”
With LJT just a few weeks away Brown
is so excited to be back to see everyone.
“The thing I love most about LJT is
the friendships. All these years of doing
what I love to do with wonderful people,
it’s kind of like a family reunion,” Brown
said. “I get to see so many faces that I
may not have seen in several years or
since the last year at LJT. I also get to
make new friends, meet new people and
see everyone having a good time while
creating memories. The fellowship is the
biggest thing, it’s really the people that
make Larry Joe Taylor Festival, The Larry
Joe Taylor Festival. It’s really just a big
family reunion of the Texas community.”
Make sure to check out The Randy
Brown Band every morning at 10 a.m. in
the T-Birds Garage Pub starting April 23
during the Larry Joe Taylor’s Texas Music
Festival.
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Randy Brown getting ready to play one of his big hits. Photo courtesy of Randy Brown
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