Junior Brown (born 1953) is an American country singer from Kirksville, Indiana . He first learned to play piano from his father "before I could talk". His music career began in the 1960s, and he worked through this decade and the next developing his astonishing guitar skills. By the mid-80s he was teaching guitar at the Hank Thompson (music)Hank Thompson School of Country Music at Rogers State University, in Claremore, Oklahoma.

In 1985 he invented a double-necked guitar with Michael Stevens (see 1985 in music). He called it a "guit-steel". Brown quickly became a local success in Austin, Texas as the house band at the Continental Club. His debut album was 1993's 12 Shades of Brown ; it was followed by Guit with It later that year (1993 in music). Both albums cemented his reputation as one of the more critically acclaimed country singers of the 1990s.

In 1995 (1995 in music), Brown made a comeback bid with Semi Crazy , followed by 1997's (1997 in music) The Long Walk Back .