A good song can take you places. Yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
Iowa singer-songwriter Greg Brown appeared with his compadre guitarist Bo Ramsey in March 2009 at the Harris Theater at Millennium Park in Chicago. Brown is in the upper tier of Americana singer-songwriters along with John Prine, Lucinda Williams, Pat McLaughlin, and Dan Penn. Brown makes every word count and his phrasing dips into rural blues like a baptism.
The Chicago show was a benefit for the PACTT (Parents Allied with Children and Teachers for Tomorrow) Learning Center, which assists children and young adults with severe autism. Many autistic kids connect with music and some PACTT clients [...]
