Little Brazil is a four-piece rock band formed in 2002 in

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by Landon Hedges of

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and formerly of The Good Life. Originally he intended to use the name Little Brazil for his solo work, yet he recruited his friends Dan Maxwell on bass and Corey Broman on drums, who were in Secret Behind Sunday and

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. The last member was guitarist Austin Britton, who Landon met at an open mic night. Greg Edds was later added to guitar duties and Oliver Morgan on drums from 2004-2013. Matt Bowen played drums from 2014-2016. In 2014, Mike Friedman took over lead guitar along with drummer Nate Van Fleet joining in 2016. In 2017, Shawn Cox joined on lead guitar. Little Brazil has played alongside bands such as The Good Life,

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Band members

* Landon Hedges *Danny Maxwell *Shawn Cox *Nate Van Fleet

Former members

*Mike Friedman *

Matt Bowen (musician) Matt Bowen is an American musician from Omaha, Nebraska Omaha ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about north of ...

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*Oliver Morgan *Austin Britton *

Corey Broman Corey is a masculine given name and a surname. It is a masculine version of name Cora, which has Greek origins and is the maiden name of the goddess Persephone. The name also can have origins from the Gaelic word ''coire'', which means "in a caul ...

Discography

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Little Brazil EP Little Brazil is a four-piece rock band formed in 2002 in Omaha, Nebraska by Landon Hedges of Desaparecidos and formerly of The Good Life. Originally he intended to use the name Little Brazil for his solo work, yet he recruited his friends Dan ...

'' (2004 · Mt. Fuji Records) *'' You and Me'' (2005 · Mt. Fuji Records) *'' Tighten the Noose'' (2007 · Mt. Fuji Records) *''

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'' (2009 · Anodyne Records) *'' Send the Wolves'' (2018 ·

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) *''Just Leave'' (2022 · Max Trax Records)

External links

Little Brazil on FacebookLittle Brazil on MySpaceMt. Fuji RecordsLazy-i Interview: July 2014
with Landon Hedges {{Authority control Indie rock musical groups from Nebraska Musical groups from Omaha, Nebraska Musical groups established in 2002 2002 establishments in Nebraska

Band members

Former members

Discography

See also

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