About Neville Brown
Neville was born and raised in Handsworth, Birmingham. He started his musical career at 17 when he began to learn the bass guitar, accompanying other musician in jam style sessions; this provided the groundwork on which his production skills were to be built. Later he moved to the six-string version and became the founder member of Cornerstone. He soon emerged as the band’s front man and main songwriter. The band played their first gig on the eve of a new decade the Eighties.
This paved the way for five years of gigging and recording which included two sessions for the BBC on the John Peel show, appearances on Central television plus various support gigs and tours. These included Burning Spear, Gregory Issac, Ziggy Marley, Dennis Brown and Steel Pulse to name but a few. Unfortunately, before the band were signed they split and went their separate ways. Following the split at risk Neville worked with homeless young people and people at risk.
However, he became more and more frustrated working within the constraints of ‘the system’ and set up Talking Drums with Beth Haining to offer music programmes and personal development via drumming circles and cultural awareness.
