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It is said that every journey begins with one step . . . . .

For Deb Brown, at just two years old, it was more like a jump, up and down in fact, when she wanted to perform "Those Were The Days" for her grandfather's funeral service. After a youth filled with choirs and appearances in musicals, the first "Step(s)" came in 1988, when she took three years training in classical music and opera and her degree in elementary education and "stepped" into her '75 Dodge Dart to hit the road for a career in music. That journey's first leg began in Nashville, Tennessee.

Armed with a seven song playlist and searching for a voice other than operatic soprano, Deb and a roommate played "starving artists" in front of a The Spaghetti Factory in Music City, USA. Often braving freezing cold or rain, the folksy-sounding duo strummed their guitars 'til their fingers bled.

The sidewalk venues and clubs tour down south continued for two years before the Brown Musical Odyssey returned her to Minneapolis where she traded opera and folk to sing backup vocals with a local rock band, with which she put her initial down payment on what is commonly referred to as "paying one's dues" as a singer/musician.

DEB BROWN--SINGER WITH THE MIDAS TOUCH!
A Twin Cities radio personality once said that "every band that Deb Brown is part of seems to turn to gold."
Deb has been instrumental in making several bands great successes, and now she will attempt to turn her own project to "gold." Audiences in the Twin Cities and surrounding areas have been buzzing about Deb Brown and Blonde Faith, and enthusiasm is catching on.
You may not see this band playing every club in the Twin Cities. You may not see them booked at every "hip" summer festival. But they have staying power that is on a gradual incline, and the demand for shows is growing. Without tempting to make any contact with major record labels, they have generated interest from record executives throughout the United States. Audience members continuously comment on the passion, beauty, charisma, talent, sexiness and drive that this
band possesses. One Twin Cities writer comments that "Deb Brown's voice and presence is like a drug...I keep wanting more of it... again and again! Kurt Nelson (guitar) is a refreshing, non-conventional musician that possessed charm, humor and wit, character, talent, and tasty licks that will blow your mind! He's a modern day Amadeus!"

The ever-winding road of the music scene shifted for Brown when she hooked up with a 70's soul and dance band -the Lights Out Committee (which was later renamed "Soul Tight Committee"). Brown and the band received attention nationally with a mention in "Rolling Stone." Among the many accolades the "Lights Out Committee" received locally was Brown also being dubbed "Super Lungs Girl" by a Mpls Star Tribune review in the mid-nineties.

The Soul Tight Committee provided a vocal home for Brown in its ten-piece Soul/R&B roster where she shared vocal duties with two other singers. Over her seven and still-counting years with the Committee, Brown has seen three consecutive years when the band was nominated for "Best R&B Band" award by the Minnesota Music Academy.

Proving the ever versatile journeyman, Brown found various side roads that led to other background vocal work with other bands -including Tina And The B-Sides, the Butanes Soul Revue and many other local and national artists. You may even hear her voice in local and national television and radio advertising jingles.

As surely as the Yellow Brick Road had its Emerald City, Deb's musical road had its own penultimate destiny in the recording studios. In 1999, she found that inspirational road side rest and began work on her first CD with her own band "Blonde Faith."

The self-titled CD debuted in November, 1999 and Brown picked up her third "Best Female Vocalist" award nomination from the Minnesota Music Academy in 2000 as well as 1998 and 1999. The band also received nominations for "Best New Band" and "Best R&B Recording."

Find out for yourself what everyone is talking about -check out Deb Brown and Blonde Faith live. For performance schedules, call the hotline: (952) 857-0452 -or email debbrown3@yahoo.com.