Event Listing - Clubs, Music
Fri Jun 27

KPIG presents

Greg Brown / Pieta Brown @ Great American Music Hall


Tel. 415.885.0750
Email Greg Brown / Pieta Brown @ Great American Music Hall
Website
$25 - $28
Tickets

Location
Date and Time
Great American Music Hall (GAMH)
859 O'Farrell Street
San Francisco, CA 94109 map
cross street: Polk
district: Polk Gulch/Van Ness

Fri Jun 27 (8:00 doors/ 9:00 show)

Description
Greg Brown's mother played electric guitar, his grandfather played banjo, and his father was a Holy Roller preacher in the Hacklebarney section of Iowa, where the Gospel and music are a way of life. Brown's first professional singing job came at age 18 in New York City, running hootenannies (folksinger get-togethers) at the legendary Gerdes Folk City. After a year, Brown moved west to Los Angeles and Las Vegas, where he was a ghostwriter for Buck Ram, founder of the Platters. Tired of the fast-paced life, Brown traveled with a band for a few years, and even quit playing for a while before he moved back to Iowa and began writing songs and playing in midwestern clubs and coffeehouses.