"Armadillo" Rag Two-step (1911) Clarence F. Brown - Classic-Banjo2024-03-28T16:39:39Zhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/armadillo-rag-two-step-1911-clarence-f-brown?commentId=2667446%3AComment%3A134814&xg_source=activity&feed=yes&xn_auth=noMany thanks to Steve Prosser…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2019-02-22:2667446:Comment:1346952019-02-22T10:16:21.837ZSteve Harrisonhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/SteveHarrison
<p>Many thanks to Steve Prosser for a fascinating insight to his Uncle Clarence's family history...Steve H.</p>
<p>Many thanks to Steve Prosser for a fascinating insight to his Uncle Clarence's family history...Steve H.</p> BTW, I'm not a banjo player,…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2019-02-22:2667446:Comment:1349032019-02-22T03:14:05.169Z2ox9q9ox3ymdehttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/xn/detail/u_2ox9q9ox3ymde
<p>BTW, I'm not a banjo player, I just wanted to tell yall a little about Uncle Clarence. Thanks. I'll leave yall alone now.</p>
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<p>BTW, I'm not a banjo player, I just wanted to tell yall a little about Uncle Clarence. Thanks. I'll leave yall alone now.</p>
<p>S.</p> I ran across this old thread…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2019-02-22:2667446:Comment:1348142019-02-22T03:01:08.101Z2ox9q9ox3ymdehttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/xn/detail/u_2ox9q9ox3ymde
<p>I ran across this old thread while researching my family. Clarence Brown was my great grandmothers brother. We all called him Uncle Clarence. I remember him well. He was a tall blue-eyed gentle man, and a whiz on the piano. He and his wife had a vaudeville act, before my time of course, I think they called it Brown and Brown, or maybe it was Brownie and Brownie, his nickname for her was Brownie. He also played the piano background music for the silent movies in the theater. He said he wrote…</p>
<p>I ran across this old thread while researching my family. Clarence Brown was my great grandmothers brother. We all called him Uncle Clarence. I remember him well. He was a tall blue-eyed gentle man, and a whiz on the piano. He and his wife had a vaudeville act, before my time of course, I think they called it Brown and Brown, or maybe it was Brownie and Brownie, his nickname for her was Brownie. He also played the piano background music for the silent movies in the theater. He said he wrote the song "Anytime" which was recorded by Eddie Arnold, among others. He said he sold it for $20 in a bar when he was drunk and needed some more money. He lived in Dallas when I knew him. </p>
<p>He was a wonderful man, thank you all for your interest.</p>
<p>Steve.</p> Steve Harrison said:
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<p>This is a reply I've just received from Bill Edwards regarding Clarence Brown. it looks as though he did exist and lived a long and productive life. I'll have to see if I can dig out any more of his music...Steve.</p>
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<p>This is a reply I've just received from Bill Edwards regarding Clarence Brown. it looks as though he did exist and lived a long and productive life. I'll have to see if I can dig out any more of his music...Steve.</p>
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<blockquote cite="mid:SNT149-W7952FBDA60D33AD4F7836FC5B30@phx.gbl"><div dir="ltr">Taking an hour on my first day back from my three weeks abroad to dig a little on Clarence F. Brown. All was found with quick Google searches and the same tools I pointed you to in the prior mail on my research page. So if you want anything beyond this, it is all there for a little bit of digging. I have a rather bulging inbox, so this is all I will be able to do for some time, and I'm not sure if I will be publishing it or not, so may not pursue it further.<br/> <br/> Compositions include <i>Yard by Yard</i> with L.S. Potter and Hamilton B. Wood in 1909/1910, published by the Williams College Musical Association in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and <i>Our Mother: Williams College Song</i>, solo work with the same demographics. Armadillo was not initially a banjo piece, published as a piano rag in 1911 by Thomas Goggan in Texas, as multiple Google hits show, including the copyright record. It is also available in the Dick Zimmerman folio Gems of Texas Ragtime. Whether he was actually living in Texas at that time was not determined from copyright records, but he may have been.<br/> <br/> <i>Yard by Yard</i> can be found at: <a href="http://alumni.williams.edu/files/yardbyyard.pdf" target="_blank">http://alumni.williams.edu/files/yardbyyard.pdf</a><br/> <br/> Working off his WWI Draft record and expanding from there, I found that Brown was born in san Antonio, Texas, 11/3/1887.<br/> Parents Clarence F. Brown, Sr. and Emma Earl<br/> Siblings Irene (12/1886) and Ira (8/1885).<br/> Emma was remarried by 1890 to Ernst Kuchner of Germany<br/> 1900 census - San Antonio, Bexar, TX, Ernst Kuchner (9/1865) Ger Ger Ger, musician; Emma (11/1864) NY NY NY, none; Harry (12/1892) TX Ger NY; Ira Brown (8/1885) TX WA [incorrect?] TX, musician; Irene (12/1887) [incorrect] TX WA [incorrect?] TX; Clarence (7/1888) [confirmed ID but wrong birth] TX WA [incorrect?] TX, at school.<br/> Attended WIlliams College 1907-1909.<br/> 1910 census - not found after considerable effort<br/> 1912 approx. Married to Irene (could not find record for last name)<br/> 1918 draft - Clarence Franklin Brown, Jr., 737 Beckley, Dallas, TX, musician gaiety theater, wife sole dependent, Caucasian, tall, medium build, blue, brown<br/> 1920 census - Dallas, TX, Clarence Brown (32) TX NY TX, musician theater; Irene (30) TX TX OK, none<br/> 1924 Dallas Directory, Clarence F. Brown (Irene) musician, 4610 Colonial Avenue.<br/> 1927 Dallas Directory, Clarence F. Brown, Irene, agent American National Insurance, 4710 Colonial Ave.<br/> 1928 Dallas Directory, Clarence F. Brown, Irene, agent American National Insurance, 4710 Colonial Ave.<br/> 1929 Dallas Directory, Clarence F. Brown, Irene, salesman, 4710 Colonial Ave.<br/> 1930 census - Dallas, TX, Clorende [poor writing of Clarence] Brown (42) TX NY NY, agent insurance; Irine [misspelling] (40) TX OK TX, none, 4610 Colonial Avenue.<br/> 1931 Dallas Directory, Clarence F. Brown (Irene) musician, 4610 Colonial Avenue.<br/> 1932 Dallas Directory, Clarence F. Brown (Irene) agent National Life & accident Insurance, 4610 Colonial Avenue.<br/> 1933 Dallas Directory, Clarence F. Brown (Irene) musician, 4610 Colonial Avenue.<br/> 1940 census - Dallas, TX, Clarence Brown (52) collector retail store [likely L.B. Price]; Irene B. (50) none, 2 female lodgers, 4610 Colonial Avenue.<br/> 1942 draft - Clarence Franklin Brown, 4610 Colonial Ave., Dallas, TX, 11/3/1887 San Antonio, TX, Emp: L.B. Price Mercantile Company, 933 Clark Street, Dallas.<br/> 1958 Dallas Directory, Clarence F. Brown (Irene) collector Anderson Studio Furniture, 6051 Revere Place<br/> 1960 Dallas Directory, Clarence F. Brown (Irene) collector Anderson Furniture, 6051 Revere Place<br/> Irene Brown died 4/11/1961 in Dallas, born 11/22/1889, age 71, coronary infarction, buried at Restland Cemetery.<br/> Death 11/3/1977, Mineola, wood, TX - on his 90th birthday no less. Retired musician & real estate. Died from interruption of oxygen cycle due to traumatic head injury from automobile accident at intersection of Hwys 37 & 69 in Mineola, Wood County, TX. Buried at Restland Cemetery.<br/> <br/> <br/> This is often the type of information on which I have to base biographies, in addition to publication places and dates, and the occasional newspaper article for non-newsworthy folks. So in an hour it was the best I could do, given the ardent search for 1920 and the difficult find for the horribly spelled 1930 entr</div>
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</blockquote> Thanks Marc..Once you have s…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2014-09-22:2667446:Comment:945752014-09-22T15:22:12.605ZSteve Harrisonhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/SteveHarrison
<p><br/> Thanks Marc..Once you have sorted the fingering out in your head, it's not that hard to play..I've used a mixture of classic and melodic to make the moving around a bit easier....Steve.</p>
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<p><br/> Thanks Marc..Once you have sorted the fingering out in your head, it's not that hard to play..I've used a mixture of classic and melodic to make the moving around a bit easier....Steve.</p>
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</blockquote> I've gotten to where I really…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2014-09-22:2667446:Comment:944882014-09-22T14:32:30.710ZTrapdoor2https://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/Trapdoor2
<p>I've gotten to where I really like this tune. Well done, Steve. Thanks!!</p>
<p>I've gotten to where I really like this tune. Well done, Steve. Thanks!!</p>