Jonathan David Brown

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Jonathan David Brown
Also known as	The Nazarite
Born	November 20, 1955 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Producer, Engineer
Years active	1975-Present
Website	http://www.jonathandavidbrown.com/

Jonathan David Brown is an American record producer and audio engineer, best known for his work on albums released in the Contemporary Christian music industry.

Some of Brown's production work includes albums for several Maranatha! Music artists throughout the 1970s and Petra and Twila Paris in the 1980s; Steve Taylor's I Want To Be A Clone and Meltdown; Daniel Amos' Shotgun Angel, Glen Campbell's Show Me Your Way, several albums for Bob Bennett and David Meece. His work as a recording engineer includes albums for Mark Heard, Daniel Amos, Gentle Faith, and Tom Howard.^[1] Since his return to the Christian music industry in 2000, he has produced the debut CD for Farewell June released in 2005, recorded a CD with Karen Lafferty (songwriter of "Seek Ye First The Kingdom Of God"), and mixed the latest release for Kelly Willard entitled PAGA', released in 2007.

In 1992, Brown was sentenced to a Federal prison term for activities related to a white supremacist organization,^[2] which he calls his "Federal Sabbatical".^[3]

Brown released a solo album (under the name The Nazarite) Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God in 1997. ^[4]

[edit] Lunar Sabbath

Jonathan David Brown was the first sabbath keeper in this century to rediscover and then practice the ancient Hebrew practice of counting the Sabbath from the New Moon day rather than using the modern seven day week. He published a book in 1993 which explained the practice, and the Lunar Sabbath movement has grown explosively among the Messianic, Armstrong/Church of God and Christian Identity movements. Today Arnold Bowen, Matthew Janzen, and Troy Miller carry on the mantle of Lunar Sabbatarianism, while JDB, as Jonathan David Brown is known, concentrates on his musical work.^{[citation needed]}