Bobby Brown - Live
Posted on January 25, 2006 by canonical
I originally bought this to trade/sell but it eventually grew on me after playing it during a late-night discussion with a special lady. Bobby Brown is a multi-instrumentalist and the ultimate in DIY. This album, whilst saying "Live" on the front, was actually recorded in his van to an audience consisting soley of his dog.
The album contains over 50 instruments (some of which were created and invented by Bobby) and in the time between this album and his first he has reduced the set-up time from 3 hours to 15 minutes. The music on the album I can't really describe, but at certain points it makes me feel very nostalgic. I don't know if it's his voice (which can reach a total of 6 octave ranges) or the way he plays the harmonica, but it's a great end-of-the-evening album.
Filed under: DIY / Outsider, Psych / Prog
5 Comments to “Bobby Brown - Live”
I bought Axonda and this live disc on my honeymoon in a Lihue, Kauai thriftstore (thriftwarehouse?) in 2000 - what a score! Nice stuff, well recorded for DIY I would say. What an enigma of a guy though - I read he is from Sacremento originally? Anyone heard the 3rd LP? I agree with the author here - great end-of-the-evening music, and nice harmonica over his basslines.
Do you have any other recordings or know how I can get the Live album on mp3? I saw him several times at a county fair in California in 1978 and he was amazing. Thanks for any info you can give.
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Look for “The Enlightening Beam of Axonda.” Trippier, but unfortunately he didn’t autograph all of those.