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From Elvis Sideman to Music Row Icon: Producer Tony Brown ‘Pumped’ for ACM Honor
Producer Tony Brown reflects on his life and career ahead of receiving the ACM Icon Award during the ACM Honors event this week.
During the event, to be hosted by Carly Pearce and Jordan Davis, trophies will also be bestowed upon the likes of Lainey Wilson, Chris Stapleton, Luke Bryan, Trisha Yearwood and Alan Jackson. He played piano with Presley, The Oak Ridge Boys, Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell ’s Cherry Bombs, and ultimately landed on Music Row, where his gospel background applied nicely. Brown’s impressive rèsumè includes, just for starters, Crowell’s Diamonds & Dirt, Stapleton’s “What Are You Listening To?,” Wynonna’s “No One Else on Earth,” Yearwood’s “How Do I Live,” Gill’s “I Still Believe in You,” Strait’s “Blue Clear Sky,” David Lee Murphy ’s“Dust on the Bottle,” Chely Wright ’s“Single White Female,” Gary Allan ’s“Smoke Rings in the Dark,” Steve Wariner ’s“The Weekend,” Sara Evans ’“A Little Bit Stronger” and Brooks & Dunn ’s “Believe,” which infused Brown’s gospel history in both its sound and its lyric.
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