Most Influencial album-without a doubt "Guitar Fat Brown Sings the Blues" with "My Momma Don't love me, but neither Does My Dawg" played in an open tuning which no one has figgered out. Had my Rockland "Blues Box" (retail now well over 11k heavily used and dinged). "Fat" is on tour in Memphis, Tallahatchee and all points south of the Mason Dixon line. Born in 1937, "Guitar Fat Brown" will eat AND play at the same time leading to his slide technique. Is due in for gastric bypass in Feb. at Veterans Memorial in Canandaigua NY. Catch him in Nashville if you can at "Willy's Rib's 'n Things". In 1956 he led the way with a bluesy version of "Thom Duly" which predated the Kingston Trio. In his version, Thom committed suicide by lethal injection of pork fat. And yeah he had the siph. or was it syph? Guitar Fat had the syph-not Thom.

Guitar Fat will issue a two CD commemorative set before the Feast of Kings on 1/6 so watch yer record stores. NO ONE does folk/blues like Guitar Fat Brown--NO ONE!!!!! He taught Belafonte his accent.