Junior Brown at the Uptown Theatre

Junior Brown plays at the Uptown Theatre on Friday, Aug. 16, at 8 p.m. Jamieson “Junior” Brown is a country guitarist and singer who has released 12 albums in his career.  Brown’s signature instrument is the “guit-steel” double-neck guitar, a hybrid of electric and lap steel guitars. Born in 1952 in Cottonwood, Arizona, Junior Brown showed an affinity for music at an early age when the family moved to a rural area of Indiana near Kirksville.  Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St., Napa, www.uptowntheatrenapa.com, 707-259-0123