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Hook Jaw Brown
A Blend of Honky Tonk Blues & Country Love
 

  • Hookjaw Brown grew up in Santa Cruz, and when the fishing died in the area, he moved to a drinking town with a fishing problem. Early on he decided that fishing was a lot like working. He would sit next to the only

    store and play his guitar for fish and beer.

     

     He got tired of fish and rushing water and went to Utah to try and forget about fishing. While playing at the Three Legged Dog Saloon, he met Elwood Garcia. The Elwood Garcia Band was formed in the early 80's in Utah.  It was known as a hard drinking band around whom women and drugs were not safe. Elwood discovered he was allergic to alcohol. It made him break out in misdemeanors and occasional felonies.  Then along with B-Slider Brock (B-Slide to his friends) they began writing songs. Hookjaw covers acoustic guitar, electric rhythm and lead guitar, bass, Tenor and Alto saxophone (plus some keyboards), and backup vocals. 


    B-Slide Brock

    B-Slide traded his beloved baseball mitt for a guitar when he was sixteen.  His first gigs were the streets of Santa Cruz for spare change.  After a lot of abuse and Honky Tonk jam sessions  he landed some paying jobs at bars and saloons in San Jose, Santa Cruz and Redding. Roadhouse Rocking music highlighted by Bittercreek Band.

  •  Brock Herndon recording in Brucke Turgon's Studio

     B-Slide took some time off to woodshed with Frank DiSalvo (another Santa Cruz boy) and learned all those pesky Jazz Chords and Scales.  B-Slide then met le Hook and formed a Road Kill band playing and fishing in remote bars and fishing resorts for twenty years.  Writing songs of their times came next and this album project was started.  B-Slide covers slide guitar, lead guitar, harmonica and lead vocals.

     

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Trout Heaven calls them back again and again, where clean air, tall pines and warm beds give them the reason for Hook Jaw Brown.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Hook Jaw Brown is available for House Parties, BBQ's, outdoor parties and other fun occasions.

  Contact us at hookjawbrown@gmail.com or (530) 241-2333