Danny Joe Brown (August 24, 1951 – March 10, 2005)
– accessed May 2010 was the lead singer of the

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group

Molly Hatchet Molly Hatchet is an American rock band formed in 1971 by guitarist Dave Hlubek in Jacksonville, Florida. They were a popular band during the late 1970s and early-to-mid 1980s among the southern rock and hard rock communities. The band released ...

after succeeding founder

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in 1976 and co-writer of the band's biggest hits from the late 1970s.

Biography

Brown was born in

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, in 1951 and graduated from Terry Parker High School in 1969. Shortly after graduating, he enlisted in the

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and was stationed in New York City for two years. Once he left the Coast Guard, Brown's focus turned solely to music and he joined Molly Hatchet in 1974. He is best known for writing and singing on such songs as " Flirtin' with Disaster" and "Whiskey Man." He was also the vocalist on "Dreams I'll Never See," a faster-tempoed

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of the

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song. The band's sound was immediately recognizable by Brown's distinct voice: a deep, raspy, throaty growl. Brown left

in 1980 because of chronic

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and pancreatic problems, but soon started his own band, The Danny Joe Brown Band, which released a single studio album in 1981. He rejoined Molly Hatchet in 1982 only to leave again in 1995 after suffering a stroke. Brown moved into his mother's home in

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, after becoming ill. He died there on March 10, 2005, at the age of 53. His obituary attributed his death to

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, a complication of the diabetes he had since age 19, along with Hepatitis C. Brown is buried at Lauderdale Memorial Park in

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Discography

With Molly Hatchet

* ''

'' (1978) * '' Flirtin' with Disaster'' (1979) * '' No Guts...No Glory'' (1983) * ''

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'' (1984) * '' Double Trouble Live'' (1985) * '' Lightning Strikes Twice'' (1989)

With The Danny Joe Brown Band

* '' Danny Joe Brown and the Danny Joe Brown Band'' (1981)

References

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