Mel Brown (guitarist)

Mel Brown (October 7, 1939 – March 20, 2009) was an American-born blues guitarist and singer.
Brown was nominated for a Juno Award in both 2001 and 2002.
Brown, a long-time smoker, died aged 69, on March 20, 2009, in Kitchener, Ontario, of complications from emphysema.
One of his most celebrated tracks is the 11+ minute guitar solo, "Eighteen Pounds of Unclean Chitluns", which is on I'd Rather Suck My Thumb (1970), and was reissued as the lead track (and title) on a BluesWay Records collection released in 1973.
A documentary film, Love Lost & Found: The Story of Mel Brown directed by Sean Jasmins for Blue Fusion Productions was granted a theatrical release in 2014.

As leader

• 1967: Chicken Fat (Impulse!)
• 1968: The Wizard (Impulse!)
• 1969: Blues for We (Impulse!)
• 1969: I'd Rather Suck My Thumb (Impulse!)
• 1971: Mel Brown's Fifth (Impulse!)
• 1973: Big Foot Country Girl (Impulse!)
• 1973: Eighteen Pounds of Unclean Chitlins and Other Greasy Blues Specialties (BluesWay)
• 1998: Can’t Stop Blowin' (Electro-Fi) Snooky Pryor with special guest Mel Brown
• 1999: Neck Bones & Caviar (Electro-Fi) Mel Brown
• 2000: Double Shot! (Electro-Fi) Snooky Pryor and Mel Brown
• 2001: Homewreckin’ Done Live (Electro-Fi) Mel Brown and The Homewreckers
• 2006: Blues – A Beautiful Thing (Electro-Fi) Mel Brown and The Homewreckers
• 2006: Mel Brown – The DVD (Electro-Fi)

As sideman

• Clifford Coulter – East Side San Jose (Impulse!, 1970)
• Clifford Coulter – Do It Now! (Impulse!, 1971)
• B.B. King… L.A. Midnight – Guitar
• B.B. King and Bobby Blue Bland – Together for the First Time – Guitar
• Albert Collins – Cold Snap – Guitar
• James Cotton – Mighty Long Time – Piano
• Lightnin' Hopkins – It’s a Sin To Be Rich – Guitar, Organ, Electric Piano
• John Lee Hooker – Endless Boogie – Acoustic Guitar
• John Lee Hooker Never Get Out of The Blues Alive – Guitar and Bass
• Jimmy McGriff – Dream Team – Guitar
• Doug Sahm – Juke Box Music – Keyboards
• Earl Hooker – Simply The Best – Guitar
• Charles Brown – Legend – Guitar
• T-Bone Walker – Funky Town – Guitar
• Monica Dupont – Monica Dupont Vintage – Guitar
• Little Bobby and The Jumpstarts – Tickets in the Glovebox – Piano, Guitar
• Harmonica Shah – Listen At Me Good – Guitar