BRENT BURNS: Ragtops And Flip Flops

Brent Burns

Ragtops And Flip Flops

© 2007 Sand Spur Records (737805000668)

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Trop rock sounds with a sense of humor.

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Brent Burns was born in Seminole, Oklahoma, and moved to Phoenix, Arizona in 1958. While attending high school and community college sports were important, but music was in his blood. Brent soon strapped on an electric guitar and was fronting a rock-n-roll band.
Life soon changed when he volunteered for service in Vietnam. Several months after entering combat, Brent was wounded and received the Purple Heart. After a three year recuperation in and out of military hospitals, he returned to his love of music and hit the road performing all over the United States. Later on he felt compelled to take a year off from music and hit the college lecture circuit. Offering honest, insightful, and a humorous look at life as a combat soldier, Brent was able to help others troubled with the effect of the war on their day to day lives.
Brent Burns is no stranger to notoriety. In response to the oil shortages of the 1980s, Burns wrote the hit song, “Cheaper Crude or No More Food,” which sold 200,000 copies the first day it was released. Paul Harvey played the song three times; the first and only song ever played in the program’s 35-year history. Burns’ fame has continued with guest appearances on all three major networks, interviews on the BBC, and featured articles in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune and Billboard Magazine.

Brent also has the distinction of being the first entertainer to sing for American troops overseas since the tragedy of September 11th, 2001. Besides his busy performance schedule, he continues to perform at benefits around the world, including for the National Underwater Marine Agency (NUMA) of Australia, the Phoenix Suns Night Hoops Program, American Cancer Society, and Habitat for Humanity, where Brent is building a house with proceeds from his latest CD, “Margarita Smile.”
Brent Burns’ impressive CD sales and song writing continue to make him a highly sought after independent artist and performer. His performance schedule includes over 200 dates a year at concerts, festivals and clubs.

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  • Ragtop
    author: Bobbie Biggio

    Brent you have outdone yourself this time. My favorite on this on eis Damn Good Dance. I think I could have given you the lyrics to this one myself. Great song, love it. Can't wait to see you again soon and hear you sing this one in person. I was hoping to get down for my birthday August 2nd but looks like I'm tied up here at home that weekend, but soon I hope. Chris took me on a cruise out of Mobile for 5 days for my 70th birthday and it was a ball. Take care of yourself and I'll try to get down to hear you soon. Keep up the good work. This one is a winner for sure.

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