VIA PRESS RELEASE | March 19, 2024: “Vol. 6 – 1995” of On Record, a comprehensive series of award-winning books celebrating popular music from 1978–1998, has just been published.
Marking more than 50 years as one of America’s foremost popular music writers, G. Brown has interviewed well over 3,000 musicians in every genre, from superstars including Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, and Kurt Cobain to scores of one-hit wonders, all of whom recounted their escapades and reminisced about what their time on the charts meant to them personally and musically. Over the decades, Brown also amassed an archive of close to 15,000 rare promotional photos.
Each volume of the On Record series presents nearly 200 archival images and 100 interviews with an array of performers, from the late Jerry Garcia and Dave Matthews to Bono and Mick Jagger. Beautifully crafted, these books belong in the library of every music fan and music institute. Proceeds from book sales benefit Colorado Music Experience, a non-profit cultural and educational organization dedicated to preserving musical legacies.
“In his On Record series, G. Brown makes stories of recorded music come alive by digging into the experiences of the artists—and through his writing, he reveals their humanity. What a gift these books are to music lovers,” says Jesse Collin Young, singer, songwriter and founding member of the Youngbloods.
“Vol. 6 – 1995” mines the explosion of alternative rock, ranging from big names (Alanis Morissette, Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers) to up-and-comers (Radiohead, the Flaming Lips, Oasis), in addition to the year’s top pop, classic rock, R&B, country, jazz and new age releases.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR | G. Brown has navigated the world’s musical landscape for decades as a journalist, broadcaster and historian. He contracted with The Denver Post for 26 years, interviewing more than 3,000 musicians—from Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen to Bono and Kurt Cobain. Published in numerous national magazines including Rolling Stone and National Lampoon, Brown also covered music news and hosted and programmed for myriad Denver-based radio stations.
He is the author of Red Rocks: The Concert Years, a comprehensive history of America’s most iconic outdoor music venue, as well as Colorado’s Rock Chronicles and Telluride Bluegrass Festival: The First Forty Years. He was the founding director of the Colorado Music Hall of Fame beginning in 2011; he then launched and now oversees Colorado Music Experience, a 501 (c) (3) serving as a repository for informational and archival resources, presented in engaging and entertaining ways.
Backlist titles include the first five volumes of On Record—“Vol. 1: 1978,” “Vol. 2: 1984,” “Vol. 3: 1991,” “Vol. 4: 1981” and “Vol. 5: 1988.” “Vol. 7: 1979” and “Vol. 8: 1986” are scheduled for publication in June 2024.
