Brown's songwriting has been lauded by many, and his songs have been performed by Willie Nelson, Carlos Santana, Michael Johnson, Shawn Colvin, and Mary Chapin Carpenter. He has also recorded more than a dozen albums, including his 1986 release, Songs of Innocence and of Experience, when he put aside his own songwriting to set poems of William Blake to music. One Big Town, recorded in 1989, earned Brown three and a half stars in Rolling Stone, chart-topping status in AAA and The Gavin Report's Americana rankings and Brown's first Indie Award from NAIRD (National Association of Independent Record Distributors). The Poet Game, his 1994 CD, received another Indie award from NAIRD. His critically acclaimed 1996 release, Further In, was a finalist for the same award. Rolling Stone's four-star review of Further In called Brown "a wickedly sharp observer of the human condition." 1997's Slant 6 Mind (Red House Records) earned Brown his second Grammy nomination. His latest CD, One Night (Red House), is a re-release of a 1983 live performance originally on Minneapolis' Coffeehouse Extemporé Records. www.gregbrown.org [4] http://www.redhouserecords.com/218.html [5]

In 1959, The Recher family purchased The Towson Theatre and operated as a single screen Movie Theatre until it's closing in 1992. It was re-opened in 1996 by The Recher Brothers (Brian, Steve, and Scott) as Rec-Room Billiards. With its incredible acoustics and tapered design, it wasn't long before the inevitable was observed ; a natural for live music. In it's short time as a concert venue, The Rec-Room (a"Billards Room" at the time) developed a reputation as not only the best sounding room in Baltimore but a venue that many artists say has a great vibe. In 1998, The Rec-Room hosted many diverse national and regional favorites such as String Cheese Incident, Vertical Horizon, Moe, Crack The Sky, God Lives Underwater, Everything, Pat McGee Band, Jimmie's Chicken Shack, Agents of Good Roots, Laughing Colors, God Street Wine, Gibb Droll Band, Emmet Swimming, From Good Homes, Kelly Bell Band, All Mighty Senators, Fighting Gravity, Jah Works, Lake Trout and others. The overwhelming amount of support & success of live music at the Rec Room prompted the Brothers in May 1999 to transform Rec-Room Billards into the Recher Theatre; a full time live music venue dedicated to providing the best national and regional talent possible. www.rechertheatre.com [2]