Tom Brown (4)
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H.T. “Tom” Brown, musician, record company veteran, producer, author and noted Frank Zappa expert, died in Culver City, California, on April 15, 2020. He was 73. Hehad coped with Type 1 diabetes most of his adult life, and heart issues for the last couple of decades. He was drummer, percussionist, vocalist and a founding member of The Illusions in the early 60s. In 1977, as a member of punk band Readymades, he recorded a three-song EP released by the Automatic label, featuring the immortal “Terry Is a Space Cadet” on the A-side. In the early 80s he appears again as a member of The Wedge and released two LPs on Rhino Records (2). In 1988, Brown began a 13-year stint drumming live and in the studio for Zoogz Rift in The Amazing Shitheads. Brown was Rhino’s fifth-hired employee in the early 80s and stayed until 2001. He earned wide praise for his role as producer of the "[m1169070]" box sets for Rhino Entertainment in the early ’90s. In addition, Brown was the author of two noteworthy memoirs, “Summer of Love, My Ass” (2011) and “Confessions of a ZAPPA Fanatic” (2013).