T. Graham Brown

Anthony Graham Brown (born October 30, 1954), known professionally as T. Graham Brown, is an American country music singer. Active since 1973, Brown has recorded a total of thirteen studio albums, and has charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Three of these singles — "Hell and High Water" and "Don't Go to Strangers" from 1986, and "Darlene" from 1988 — reached Number One, and eight more made Top Ten.

In 2024, he achieved one of country music's crowning achievements when he was invited to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry. Prior to his induction, Brown had made over 300 appearances as a guest performer.

Biography Anthony Graham Brown was born in 1954 in Arabi, Georgia. He first performed in a duo, Dirk & Tony (1973–75) before founding two more bands, "Reo Diamond" (1975) and "T. Graham Brown's Rack of Spam" (1979). He married his wife Sheila in 1980; they have a son, Acme Geronimo Brown (born 1989).

Musical career Brown moved to Nashville in 1982 and found work singing advertising jingles for companies such as McDonald's, Disneyland, Budweiser, Coors, Stroh's, Almond Joy, Coca-Cola, Sears, Dodge Trucks, Ford, Hardee's, Kentucky Fried Chicken, The Nashville Network, B.C.Powders, Dr Pepper, Mountain Dew, 7-Up, and Harrah's. A third album, 1988's Come as You Were, produced his third and final Number One in "Darlene". He then released two more independent albums: The Next Right Thing in 2003 and The Present in 2006.

Brown joined Broadway icon Carol Channing for a duet of "Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree" on her 2012 album True To The Red, White, and Blue. He also recorded a duet of "You Are So Beautiful" with Lulu Roman (of Hee Haw fame) for her 2013 album At Last. In 2012, Brown appeared on a Country/Gospel album

In 2014, Brown again collaborated with producer Mark Carman to produce the Grammy-nominated album, Forever Changed, featuring guest appearances by industry giants Leon Russell, The Oak Ridge Boys, Steve Cropper, Jeff and Sheri Easter, The Booth Brothers, Three Bridges, Jimmy Fortune, Sonya Isaacs, and Jason Crabb. In July 2014 the first single from the album was released on the MCM World Media Label. The song, "He'll Take Care of You", was written by well known, award-winning songwriters Dan Penn, Gary Nicholson, and Donnie Fritts.

Discography

Studio albums I Tell It Like It Used to Be (1986) Brilliant Conversationalist (1987) Come as You Were (1988) Bumper to Bumper (1990) You Can't Take It with You (1991) From a Stronger Place (1996) Wine into Water (1998) The Next Right Thing (2003) The Present (2006) Forever Changed (2015) Christmas with T. Graham Brown (2015) Bare Bones (2020)

Awards and nominations Grammy Awards 2015 Forever Changed Best Roots Gospel Album TNN/Music City News Country Awards 1991 Tanya Tucker and T. Graham Brown

1993 George Jones and Friends Academy of Country Music Awards 1986 T. Graham Brown Top New Male Vocalist 1991 Tanya Tucker and T. Graham Brown Top Vocal Duo of the Year Country Music Association Awards 1987 T. Graham Brown Horizon Award 1990 "Don't Go Out"

1993 "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair" Nominated alongside Tanya TuckerGeorge Jones' "Friends" also includes: Vince Gill, Garth Brooks, Travis Tritt, Joe Diffie, Mark Chesnutt, Alan Jackson, Pam Tillis, Patty Loveless and Clint BlackNominated alongside George Jones and Friends