Obituary

"Roy Lee Brown: The End of an Era" (Tribute by Johnny Case)

ROY LEE BROWN continued the musical legacy of his brothers, Milton Brown, Derwood Brown, and the Musical Brownies.

ROY'S AWARDS:
Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame (May 1999)
Cowtown Society of Western Music "Hero of Western Swing" (May 2000)
Northwest Western Swing Music Society Hall of Fame (2003)
Cowtown Society of Western Music "Living Legend" (May 2010)
      Governor's Proclamation          Certificate          Announcement Flyer

ARSC award for Best Research in the Field of Recorded Country Music (1995)

90th Birthday Salute (from Western Swing Monthly - April 2011)

90th Birthday Letter from Ray Benson & Asleep At The Wheel (April 2011)

In 2009, Ray Benson and Asleep At The Wheel partnered with Willie Nelson to record the album "Willie and The Wheel".
"Willie and The Wheel" includes a number of songs that were recorded by both Milton Brown and Roy Lee Brown:
1. Hesitation Blues
2. Sweet Jennie Lee
3. Fan It
5. Oh! You Pretty Woman
6. Bring It On Down To My House
7. Right Or Wrong
8. Corrine Corrina
9. I'm Sittin' On Top Of The World

ROY LEE BROWN INTERVIEW 
(interviewed by Bill Thompson on 4-18-04)

• PART 1

  Awards / Recent CD's / Home Recording Units / Radio shows / On the Road with the Brownies /  Fixing Strings for Derwood / A Typical Brownies Performance

• PART 2

   Crystal Springs shows / Recording sessions / A.B. Gilbert / The Chaplin figurine / Bob Dunn /  Deacon Anderson / 1934 Brownies Calendar / Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame /  Cowtown Society of Western Music / Roy Lee's records and bands
 
• PART 3

   Gospel music / Cecil Brower's Tremolo Violin Mute / Brownies LP's / Comments on photos

ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW WITH ROY LEE BROWN
    for the Baylor University Institute for Oral History
    (interviewed by Jean A. Boyd on June 15, 1992)

Several of Roy Lee's own recordings are available.

They are tributes to the music of Milton, Derwood and the Musical Brownies.

They make for VERY ENJOYABLE LISTENING! 

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TRACK LISTING:

If You Can't Get Five, Take Two
Texas Hambone Blues
Stealing
Right or Wrong
House at the End of the Lane
Four or Five Times
Roseland Melody
One of Us Was Wrong
Don't Ever Tire of Me
You're Tired of Me
I Had Someone Else
Old Watermill
Chinatown
My Mary
Brownies Theme

Session Personnel List

TRACK LISTING:

Beale Street Mama
I'll Be Here
Yes Sir
If You're Happy
Stay on That Right Side Sister
La Golondrina
Corine, Corina
Sitting on Top of the World
Oh! You Pretty Woman
Precious Little Sonny Boy
Garbage Man Blues
Sweet Jenny Lee

Session Personnel List         Liner Notes

"DANCE HALLS AND LAST CALLS"

(Includes Roy Lee's recording of BEALE STREET MAMA)

Track list

"A SALUTE TO THE HEROES OF TEXAS SWING"
Tex-Trax Records TTX003D (2002)

This 2002 CD was produced by Rod Moag and includes recordings of Roy Lee singing "My Mary" and "The Eyes of Texas". 

(NOTE: A planned Volume 2 will feature Roy Lee singing "I'll String Along With You" and "Sweet Georgia Brown."

TO ORDER:
Available through amazon.com and other on-line retailers.

Click here for more information on this project.

Back cover of CD with Track Listing
 
 
 
 
 
 

ROY LEE BROWN PHOTOS:

• 78 RPM record label: "Don't Ever Tire of Me" & "Wednesday Night Waltz"
• 78 RPM record label "The Ice Man Song" & "Weeping Willow"
  
• With his band in the 1940's
• With his wife Ellen in the 1940's
• With his wife Ellen (2004)
• With his guitar
• With his Texas Swing Hall of Fame award
• With Bill Thompson
• With Freddie McDonald at Milton Brown's grave (2010)
• Roy Lee Brown gravesite at Smith Springs Cemetery (October 21, 2017)
  

Northwest Western Swing Music Society Page

• Roy Lee was named to the Hall of Fame in 2003
  

2003 Western Swing Hall of Fame Show - San Marcos, Texas

"Wired For Sound" blog entry on Roy Lee's recordings on the Cow Town and Swing labels

Roy Lee Brown entry at AllMusic.com

Roy Lee Brown entry at Discogs.com

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