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Gary Brown addresses social issues in soulful blues-funk band Bushmaster
Attending a concert in Arlington, Virginia, was the push Gary Brown needed to start his own band.
Brown, who had played guitar since he was 11, saw Charlie Pastorfield and the Believers with his now-wife Trudi in the early ’90s. During a break in the sets, he talked to Pastorfield about his gear and complimented him on the sound.
After the music restarted in the second set, Brown saw Pastorfield approaching him with his guitar.
“He walks over mid-set, takes off his guitar and hands it to me,” Brown says. “The world just shrank. I started sweating profusely.”
There were 200-300 people watching.
“It was a sink or swim situation,” Brown says. “I decided to swim.”
Brown’s impromptu guitar solo earned a standing ovation from the crowd.
“By the time that applause finished ringing in my ears that was it for me,” ... read more BushmasterBlues.com