Multi-instrumentalist, producer, recording and mastering engineer. Co-owner of the [l835334] in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Also a veteran live sound technician that has mixed for artists such as Lyle Lovett, Nancy Griffith, Stephane Grappelli, Ralph Stanley, Tony Rice, Bella Fleck, Jerry Jeff Walker, Alison Krauss, Doc Watson, The Red Clay Ramblers and The North Carolina Symphony. Also a sound designer for theatre productions at the Ford Theater in DC, Duke University's Bryan Theatre, UNC's Paul Green Theatre, UNC's Memorial Hall, Cincinnati's Cincinnati Playhouse and the Richard Rodgers Theater on Broadway in NYC.
Brown continues to record and tour with his band, The Shady Grove Band.
ALBUMS
Chatham Rabbits
All I Want From You
2019, CD, Album, Robust Records
The Piedmont Melody Makers
Wonderful World Outside
2016, CD, Album, Vigortone
Rachel Kiel
Television Waltz
2011, CD, Album, Not On Label
Big Medicine
Pine To Pine
2009, CD, Yodel-Ay-Hee, 
,
, Bluegrass/Appalachian Music
Jim Watson
This World Would Be All Sunshine (Dreams Of Home Sweet Home)
2008, CD, Album, Barker
Town Mountain
Heroes & Heretics
2008
Steep Canyon Rangers
The Steep Canyon Rangers
2004, CD, Album, Rebel Records (3)
Jon Shain
Brand New Lifetime
1999, CD, Album, Flyin' Records
Bill Moore
New Piedmont Style
2024, CD, Album, Oboscope Records
Honey Magpie
Midnight Morning
2020
Tommy Edwards
Ten Songs
2017, CD, Album, Salisbury Street Recordings
Kate Rhudy
Rock N' Roll Ain't For Me
2017, CD, Album, Not On Label
Rachel Baiman
Shame
2017
Phil Cohen (6) & Patricia Ford
Threads Of Gold
2016, CD, Album, Hard Miles Music
Mandolin Orange
Blindfaller
2016
Alan Jabbour, Ken Perlman, Jim Watson
You Can’t Beat The Classics
2015, CD, Album, Not On Label (Alan Jabbour Self-released)
Mipso
Old Time Reverie
2015
Kodiak Farm Boys
Kodiak Farm Boys
2014, 11xFile, MP3, Album, Not On Label (Kodiak Farm Boys Self-released)
Jonathan Byrd
You Can't Outrun The Radio
2014
Mandolin Orange
This Side Of Jordan
2013,
Mipso
Dark Holler Pop
2013
Tommy Edwards
North Carolina History, Mystery, Lore & More
2011, CD, Album, Salisbury Street Recordings, ,
, Bluegrass
The Freight Hoppers
Mile Marker
2010, CD, Album, Bake Tone Records
The Grass Cats*
A Good Way to Get the Blues
2009, CD, Album, New Time Records
Jon Stickley
Lions
2008, CD, Album, Not On Label (Jon Stickley Self-released)
The Grass Cats*
9 Lives And More
2006, CD, Album, New Time Records
The Grass Cats*
Home to Carolina
2006
Stillhouse Bottom Band
Thanks A Lot
2005, CD, Album, JoePro
Big Medicine
Fever In The South
2004, CD, Yodel-Ay-Hee, ,
, Bluegrass/Country
Alice Gerrard
Calling Me Home (Songs Of Love And Loss)
2004, CD, Album, Copper Creek Records
Tim Stambaugh
Half A Heart
2003, CD, Album, Silo Drive Records, ,
, Bluegrass/Country Rock/Folk Rock
Ralph Lewis & The Sons Of Ralph
Mountain Boys
2003
Big Medicine
Too Old To Be Controlled
2002, CD, Yodel-Ay-Hee, ,
, Bluegrass/Appalachian Music
Grass Cats
The Blues are Back in Town
2002, CD, Album, New Time Records, ,
, Bluegrass
Grass Cats
By Request
2000, CD, Album, New Time Records, ,
, Bluegrass
Grass Cats
Cattin' Around
1999, CD, Album, New Time Records
The Shady Grove Band
Mulberry Moon
1990
The Shady Grove Band
Out Of The Blue
1997, CD, Album, BWR (4)
The Shady Grove Band
On The Line
1987
The Shady Grove Band
Shine On Me
1985
APPEARANCES +
Watchhouse
Rituals
2025
Eliza Meyer
Hello Stranger
2020, CD, Album, Not On Label (Eliza Meyer Self-released)
Honey Magpie
Midnight Morning
2020
Mipso
Mipso
2020
Jonathan Byrd & The Pickup Cowboys
Jonathan Byrd & The Pickup Cowboys
2018, CD, Album, Waterbug
David Glaser
Caffeine / Nicotine
2018, CD, Album, Newsu Records, ,
, Folk
The Dead Tongues
Montana
2016
Mipso
Faces Single
2015, 2xFile, MP3, Single, 320, Not On Label
Charlie Roth
Oh My Stars
2015, CD, Album, The Medicine Show Records
Birds And Arrows, Billy Sugarfix's Carousel
Pride Of Lions b/w If There's A Secret
2010, 7", Single, Blu, 307 Knox Records, Pox World Empire
The Red Clay Ramblers
Old North State
2009, CD, Album, Not On Label
Michael Holland
Simple Truths And Pleasures
2008, CD, Album, Dig, Moll Tonträger
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Heritage
2007, 
,
, Bluegrass/Folk/Piedmont Blues/Country Blues
The Forge Mountain Diggers
The Forge Mountain Diggers
2006, CD, Album, Not On Label (The Forge Mountain Diggers Self-released)
Charles R. Humphrey III
Songs From The Road
2006, CD, Album, Luck's Dumpy Toad Records
Matt Hooper
Draggin' The Bow
2006, LP, Album, Not On Label, 
,
, Bluegrass
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Dona Got A Ramblin' Mind
2006
Rhythm In Shoes & Red Clay Ramblers*
Rambleshoe
2003, CD, Not On Label (Rhythm In Shoes Self-released), Not On Label (The Red Clay Ramblers Self-released)
Bill Hicks
The Perfect Gig
2002, CD, Album, Admit One (2)
Jon Shain
Fools And Fine Ladies
2001, CD, Album, Flyin' Records,
The Red Clay Ramblers
Yonder
2001, CD, Album, Not On Label (The Red Clay Ramblers Self-released)
Reid Ringer, Rob Morrison
Camp Chase
2001, CD, Album, Not On Label
Various
Car Talk Car Tunes Volume 1
2001
Mike Craver
Wagoner's Lad
1999, CD, Album, Sapsucker Records, Sapsucker Records
Kevin Maul
Toolshed
1997, CD, Album, Mandala Hand, ,
, Bluegrass/Appalachian Music/Country
Pierre Brau-Arnauty*
American Style Music
1997, CD, Album, Not On Label
The Sensational Aires*
Stay With Me
1990, LP, T-Jaye Records
Randy Bernsen
Mo' Wasabi
1986
Various
We Are The Music Makers! (Preserving The Soul Of America's Music)
2xCD, Comp, Music Maker Relief Foundation
Mipso
More Mipso
7", EP, Rounder Records
The Grass Cats*
Home To Carolina