Sometimes it really is all about location, location, location. Kenny Brown was not only blessed with talent, he was born in the backyard of some of Mississippi’s best bluesmen. Although R.L. Burnside is fond of calling Kenny Brown his adopted son, it is really the sadly under-recorded north Mississippi bluesman Joe Callicott who was the first musician to take Kenny under his wing.
 
At ten, Brown was playing with Callicott after school everyday, and simultaneously absorbing the hypnotic old African sound of Othar Turner's fife and drum band, a fixture at picnics across the road from Brown's Nesbit, Mississippi, home. By eighteen, Brown had also apprenticed with local harmonica ace Johnny Woods and Mississippi Fred McDowell, soon becoming Burnside's right hand, which he remained for over thirty years.
 
Together they toured 5 continents, recorded 7 albums, (including the Grammy nominated Burnside on Burnside), and even appeared in the film Big Bad Love. Brown has also performed and recorded with a number of other artists, including James Burton, Cedell Davis, Dale Hawkins, Jessie Mae Hempill, Jo Jo Herman, Big Jack Johnson, Paul "Wine" Jones, The Kentucky Headhunters, Junior Kimbrough, Larry McCray, North Mississippi All-Stars, Smiling Assassins, Jon Spencer, and Otha Turner.
 
With his own Kenny Brown Band, he has applied the powerful cry-and-moan singing style of the hills and those relentless, droning guitars to his own distinctive sound, earning him Musician magazine's praise as "simply the best white slide player you might ever hear."   Most recently Brown’s unique musical talent is highlighted in his appearance in the Paramount Vantage film Black Snake Moan based on the life of R.L. Burnside, starring Hollywood famed Samuel L. Jackson. Brown’s newest CD, Meet Ya In The Bottom, released fall 2008 has enjoyed remarkable sales as recent reviews revealed, “If Keith Richards were born in Mississippi it would sound like this.”
 
When not touring both nationally and internationally, Kenny Brown resides on his farm in the middle of the Holly Springs National Forest; returning to the backyard of the Blues, playing in local joints, and passing on the lessons learned from legends