Pete Brown
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| Born | 25 December 1940 Ashtead, Surrey, England |
| Years active | 1960s - present |
| Associated acts | Cream |
Pete Brown (born Peter Ronald Brown 25 December 1940 in Ashtead, Surrey) is an English performance poet, lyricist and musical producer, best known for his collaborations with Jack Bruce. He worked also with The Battered Ornaments, and formed his own group Pete Brown & Piblokto!. He was part of the poetry scene in Liverpool during the 1960s and in 1964 was the first poet to perform at Morden Tower in Newcastle. In 2004 he formed Brown Waters, an award-winning British film production company[1], with Mark AJ Waters and Miran Hawke.
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[edit] Cream
Brown was originally brought into the Cream fold as a writing partner for drummer Ginger Baker, but the group quickly discovered that he worked better with bassist Jack Bruce. Of the situation, Bruce later remarked "Ginger and Pete were at my flat trying to work on a song but it wasn't happening. My wife Janet then got with Ginger and they wrote 'Sweet Wine' while I started working with Pete."
Together, Brown and Bruce wrote the majority of Cream's numbers, including the hits "I Feel Free", "White Room" and (with Clapton) "Sunshine of Your Love".
After the breakup of Cream, Bruce and Brown continued to write songs together for Bruce's solo career. Brown wrote the lyrics for Bruce's albums Songs For a Tailor, Harmony Row and Into the Storm.
[edit] Trivia
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- "Pete the Poet", a track on guitarist John McLaughlin's debut album Extrapolation (1969), is named after him.
- "Get", a song by Blurt about him and his model aeroplane collection.
- "Student Susan", a track on Japanese guitarist Saiichi Sugiyama's album So Am I (2004), which Brown wrote with Sugiyama, is named after the former girlfriend of Stuart Sutcliffe of the Beatles that Brown went out with in the Liverpool poetry scene in the early 1960s.
- Comedian and actor Marty Feldman is Brown's cousin.
[edit] Works
- 1966 Few Poems. (Migrant Press: Birmingham).
- 1969 Let 'Em Roll, Kafka. (Fulcrum: London) ISBN 0852460147
- 1972 The Old Pals' Act. (Allison & Busby: London) ISBN 0850310164
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[edit] External links
- http://www.upstageweb.com/petebrownhistory.html Biography
- http://www.brownwaters.com/Brown%20waters/Brown.html Biography
- http://www.cavern-liverpool.co.uk/cavernclub/profiles/petebrown_profile.htm Biography
- http://www.mordentower.org
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