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John Brownlow Previews The Summertime at The Red Door Tonight
John Brownlow’s homemade masterpiece, a 2-CD set called “The Summertime” is due out this fall, but he has some copies pressed and he will be offering them at a discount (!) to people who come tonight to see him at the Red Door Pub and Grille in Meaford. He is part of a three songwriter night again at the Red Door. His first introduction a few months ago to Red Door audiences was as one third of a three-parter that included Bill Monahan and Dave Hawkins. This time he shares the evening with young talents Greg Smith and Max Breadner.
If it seems strange to release an album called “The Summertime” as the season comes to an end, it’s actually a good fit. This album through all its meandering narrative, sounds like the summertime.
John Brownlow, who makes his living as a screen writer, has an abundance of talent (if not of time) left over for other projects. When he mixes his prodigious imagination with an appreciation of pop music that is part fan, part academic, he creates music that sounds like it was born in radio tubes. He’s put together this collection of 29 songs that would be impressive for the quantity of output alone but in fact each song in the bunch stands up like a pop gem that, given the right push, would find a comfortable niche on many a radio playlist.
