By blue barry – Smoky Mtn.
Blues Society
October – 2008
You better give this one a
listen. Fresh new sounds for tired old
ears. Fontaine Brown’s “Tales from the
Fence Line” is good stuff. Everything
from guitar, to sitar, to harp, to mandolin, and then some. A really
imaginative CD here guys. Slide,
drums, great vocals, weird sounds, and beats.
I really like it. Fontaine has
been playing in bands since he can remember.
Some places he had to have a fake ID just to get in to play the
gig. Now there’s a bluesman. He speaks of 5 years of living in the van
from gig to gig, honing his stuff.
There are 12 cuts on the CD. Some really fine music here. Blues, ballads, a little of everything that
over the years Fontaine learned, and put in his repertoire. He has written over 200 songs. A partial
list of folks who have recorded some of his songs include Percy Sledge, John
Mayall, Joe Louis Walker, Emmylou Harris, and Dave Alvin. Not bad at all. Now he’s doing his own music as well as song writing, and it
quite refreshing. A great voice as
well. I think you will like this
CD. My favorites are “Ain’t No Brakeman, “Fence Line’, “Lost in
the Sensation,” well heck, all of them.
Check this one out, I think you will find a winner. Myspace.com/fontainebrown Have a great fall – your friend, blue barry