Jim “Moose” Brown has had a very diverse career, playing on over 20 #1 singles and recording with a wide range of artists as a session musician. He was nominated for Keyboard Player Of The Year by the Academy of Country Music in 2005, 2006, and 2011.
Moose tours and records with Bob Seger and is a member of the Silver Bullet Band. As a songwriter Moose won the Grammy award for Best Country Song for co-writing “It’s Five O’clock Somewhere”. As a record producer Moose co-produced Daryl Worley’s top 10 single “Sounds Like Life To Me” as well as the critically acclaimed album by Jamey Johnson “That Lonesome Song” which features the ACM Song of the Year “In Color”. The Platinum selling album was nominated at the Grammys, ACMs and CMAs for Album of the Year. Moose also co-produced Jamey’s certified Gold double album “The Guitar Song”, which was also grammy nominated for best country album.
Moose played on the movie soundtracks of “Varsity Blues” “Cars”, “Country Strong”and “Cars 2”. Jim “Moose” Brown was inducted into the Arkansas Entertainer’s Hall of Fame in 2010.
Some Favorite Tracks I’ve Played On
- ‘It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere’ — Alan Jackson
- ‘Django and Jimmie’ — Merle Haggard
- ‘Hard to Love’ — Lee Brice
- Soundtrack of ‘Cars’
- Soundtrack of Varsity Blues’, ‘Country Strong’, and ‘Cars 2’