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Infobox musical artist| name = Danny Joe Brown| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_name =| alias =| Born = birth date|1951|8|24, Jacksonville, Florida , USA| Died = death date and age|2005|3|10|1951|8|24, Davie, Florida , USA| genre = Southern rock , hard rock | instrument = Vocals | occupation = Musician , songwriter | years_active = 1974–1998| label = Epic Records|Epic | associated_acts = Molly Hatchet , The Danny Joe Brown Band | website =| notable_instruments = Danny Joe Brown , (August 24, 1951 - March 10, 2005) http://thedeadrockstarsclub.com/2005.html Thedeadrockstarsclub.com - accessed May 2010 was a member of the Southern rock group Molly Hatchet , and singer and co-writer of the band's biggest hits from the late 1970s.
He was born in Jacksonville, Florida in 1951 and graduated from Terry Parker High School in 1969.cite web | url = http://slick.org/deathwatch/mailarchive/msg01673.html | title = Deathwatch Danny Joe Brown, musician, 53 | accessdate = 2011-04-24 | last = Stephenson | first = Olivier | date = 12 March 2005 | publisher = Slick.org Shortly after graduating, he enlisted in the United States Coast Guard|U.S. Coast Guard and was stationed in New York for two years. Once he left the Coast Guard, Brown's focus turned solely to music and joined Molly Hatchet in 1974.
He is best known for writing and singing on such songs as " Flirtin' with Disaster (song)|Flirtin' with Disaster ", and "Whiskey Man"; he was also the vocalist on "Dreams I'll Never See", a faster tempoed cover version|cover of the Allman Brothers song. The band's sound was immediately recognizable by Brown's distinct voice, a deep, raspy, throaty growl.
Brown left Molly Hatchet in 1980 because of chronic diabetes mellitus|diabetes and pancreatic problems, but soon started his own band, The Danny Joe Brown Band , which released a single studio album in 1981.cite web | url = http://swampland.com/articles/view/title:danny_joe_brown | title = Still Beatin’ the Odds | accessdate = 2011-04-24 | last = Smith | first = Michael Buffalo | date = November 1999 | publisher = Swampland.com He later rejoined Molly Hatchet in 1982, only to leave again in 1995 after suffering a stroke . He died at his home in Davie, Florida , at the age of 53, in March 2005. His obituary attributed his death to renal failure , a complication of the diabetes he had since age 19.
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Persondata | NAME = Brown, Danny Joe | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Singer | DATE OF BIRTH = 24 August 1951 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Jacksonville, Florida, USA | DATE OF DEATH = 10 March 2005 | PLACE OF DEATH = Davie, Florida, USA Molly HatchetDEFAULTSORT:Brown, Danny Joe Category:1951 births Category:2005 deaths Category:American male singers Category:American rock singers Category:American Southern Rock musicians Category:Burials in Florida Category:Deaths from renal failure Category:Molly Hatchet members Category:Musicians from Jacksonville, Florida Category:Songwriters from Florida
