Vince Brown
Vince has been performing and teaching acoustic music on guitar, tenor & 5-string banjo & uke in a variety of styles for over 30 years. He has played at venues and festivals around the world and now lives quite happily in his adopted hometown of Olympia, Washington.
Recent performance projects include western swing style take-off guitar with Red Brown & the Tune Stranglers; guitar & tenor banjo with the gypsy swing band Hot Club Sandwich; a swing duo project with vocalist LaVon Hardison; mandolin and tenor banjoist with the Old Timey outfit Deaf Lester; guitarist with the modern jazz/lounge group The Greta Jane Quartet; guitar and 5 string banjo with fiddller/ swing violinist Eliza Welch; as well as regular solo performances on guitar and banjo.
Vince has also recently been host to "The Swing Set" a weekly series that has afforded the opportunity to play with some of the Northwests finest musicians including Neil Andersson & Michael White from Pearl Django; swing violin legend Paul Anastasio; Steel guitar masters Dan Tyak & Ben Bonham and the mistress of the ukulele Del Rey!
Vince teaches guitar performance and theory in a variety of styles to beginners through advanced students in both a one-on-one setting as well as in the classroom. Children are welcome!
For booking information or to schedule a lesson please call (360) 352-9647 or email vince at vince@vincebrownmusic.com