Earth Girl Helen Brown

Helen Brown Was Born In Vancouver Canada But Raised In An Athens Georgia-Based Religious Cult And Was Blinded In One Eye From A Childhood Baseball Injury. As An Adult She Dropped Out Of Evergreen And Traveled The Country For A While As A Nomadic Psychedelic Folksinger Before Forming Her First Band One Eyed Tramps. For Years She Lived Alone In A Mountaintop In Southern Alaska Where She Befriended A Cherokee Shaman Later Revealed As A Fake Who Encouraged Her To Pursue A Frustrating Academic Career. Rampant Drug Use Frequent Fainting On Stage And Occasional Self-Inflicted Knife Wounds On Stage Led To More Interest In Her Stage Antics Than Her Music. However A Few Sides Did Emerge In The Late ’90s Recording Dates Unknown Which Feature A Unique Mix Of Country Girl Group R&B And Ghoulishness. Crude And Amateurish At Best These Recordings Are Appreciated For Their Sincerity And Intensity Of Feeling. read less