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Is this a music act or a comedy act? Maybe some of both. On my trip to Johnny Brenda's a couple weeks ago, Manchester UK artist Jim E. Brown was the opener. I was going there after work so I didn't catch the beginning of his show, but, seeing his act for the first time, I was definitely impressed with what I did see.
Jim E. Brown has lots of troubles on many different levels, and he works those sad stories into comedy songs, such as a bad trip to KFC, sitting in McDonald's writing love letters, or texting his love a photo of a beautiful sunset and receiving no response. If you go to the artist's Bandcamp page, you'll see quite a variety of songs exposing his sad situations, but they can in no way measure up to his live show, where he makes quips and tells little anecdotes about some of the characters and situations that appear in his songs.
I've listened to a lot of his work on line, and one of his songs that stands out as a prime example of his style is "I Texted You a Photo of the Sunset and You Never Responded". It's the fifth track on his album "Torture", which was released less than a month ago on December 8 :::
At the Johnny Brenda's show, he had a band backing him up. And he will be coming back to Philly next month. He's scheduled to do a show at Abyssinia on February 9. In the meantime, here is the click to his Facebook page ::: Jim E. Brown on Facebook (CLICK HERE), and to his Bandcamp page ::: Jim E. Brown on Bandcamp.
(pic is from artist's Facebook page)
