His distinguished musical career was so honoured by the Maple Blues Awards in 2014, for harmonica player of the year, then again in 2015 and for the third time in a row in 2016.

Brown was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and was adopted into a family with a musical mother who played slide guitar.

He later played in a duo that opened for performers in comedy clubs, and followed that with solo gigs as a singer and guitar player.

[2] Harpdog got his stage name at a gig in Kitsilano Beach during the fall of 1989 at a place called Momma Gold’s.

[2] Based in Vancouver, Brown crossed tens of thousands of miles playing club dates and festivals in Canada, the northwestern United States and Germany.

[7][8] Brown toured extensively with his guitarist J. Arthur Edmonds, performing their electric mid-1950s Chicago blues either as a duo, or with the full band.