The best way to describe Reagan's music is Eclectic Melodic Rock. He takes things from all types of music, but make it his own. There's something for everyone. From the first song to the last, you will be hooked.

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You saw it coming/Now thereâs nothing you can do about itâ âSweet Diane.â

Tall, lanky, dark and handsome, Reagan Browne looks like he should be on the big screen. And that was precisely his idea when he landed in Los Angeles about seven years ago from the tiny southern Texas town of Alice by way of Vermont. He had small roles on the TV shows Ally McBeal and The Parent âHoodâ before landing a speaking part in Jerry Bruckheimerâs basketball movie Glory Road, but Reagan soon discovered acting wasnât his passion. Music was.

âThe difference is, I could be perfectly content playing my guitar anywhere,â he explains. âWould I be happy doing a dinner theater in Cleveland? No way.â

The result of that momentous decision is Reagan Browneâs album Cominâ Home, a completely self-made CD available on CD Baby and his MySpace page (www.myspace.com/reaganbrowne), as well as digitally on iTunes and other online retailers.

Representing a return to his musical and geographic roots, Cominâ Home was recorded in Fort Worth, TXâs First Street Audio with co-producer Bart Rose, but Browne provided all the vocals and guitars in a stunning one-man effort that perfectly expresses his varied background.

âIâm High on Loving Youâ has the twangy surf noir guitars and falsetto harmonies of the Beach Boys crossed with the country regrets of Hank Williamsâ classic âIâm So Lonesome I Could Cry,â while âSweet Dianeâ has a British power-pop feel, fueled by a Velvet Underground-like buzzsaw guitar riff that drives home the story of a disgruntled actress who finally gets her big break, only to let that success drive her crazy. Browneâs love of the thudding heavy metal stomp of Black Sabbath can be heard in the thunderous âSlinginâ Dirtâas well the the Who-meet-Hendrix instrumental freak-out âWrecking Ball.â The riff-rocker âLetâs Think About Tomorrowâ captures the hopefulness tinged with anger about the war in Iraq, while the sweet soulful piano ballad âSophiaâs Song,â to his seven-year-old daughter contains the tender sentiments: âAn angel came and rescued me/Like a sinking ship lost out to sea/Youâre the thing that keeps me strong/My love for you Iâm singing in this song.â

âWhen I sit down to write, the biggest thing is creating good melodies,â says Browne. âSinging harmonies is also important, but Iâm really a guitar guy, so the heavy stuff is my 1 passion.â

His eclectic influences come from listening to his neighborsâ discarded vinyl collection in his room as a child, with the Beatles, Rolling Stonesâ Sticky Fingers (âthe one with the zipperâ), Black Sabbathâs Masters of Reality and Billy Joel among his favorites.

In kindergarten, he discovered the acoustic guitar when a classmate brought one in for âshow and tell.â Within 30 minutes, he was entertaining the class by playing the riff from âSatisfaction.â It wasnât until he was 12 that he picked up the instrument full-time, enthralled by viewing clips of Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page and Eddie Van Halen.

âIâm dyslexic, so I could never read music,â he admits. âWhen I took classical guitar classes in high school, I would have to look at the page and pretend I was reading to fool the professor.

âI basically learned how to play by ear, which is probably the best thing that could have happened to me in terms of my songwriting, as it helped me develop my instincts for what would work in terms of the listener.â

Playing in cover bands, he avoided the microphone until others encouraged him to sing.

âI just decided, if I really wanted to do this, I had to start writing my own songs, and doing the vocals myself,â he says.

The result is Cominâ Home, the perfect showcase for both his warm vocals and impressive guitar stylings, which range from the bluesy feel of âSomething Realâ to the wah-wah workout of âFor the Very First Time,â from the streamlined The Edge-like sizzle of âSweet Dianeâ to the psychedelic fuzztones of âSlinginâ Dirtâ and âWrecking Ball.â

âI had the chance to use a lot of amps and guitars, including several Les Pauls and Stratocasters, in the studio,â he says. âI wanted to use a little something different on every song, so each would have a unique color.â

As for lyrical themes, much of the album is about being lovelorn, break-ups, bad relationships, the tug of the past set against the uncertainty of the future. Songs like âFor the Very First Timeâ (âThe lights went out on you/For the very first timeâ) and âSomething Realâ (âIâm going away/Thatâs what you said as you walked out of my lifeâ) mourn the ones that left him behind. âSweet Dianeâ (âAll that you wanted/Was your face in a magazineâ) and âWhen It Rainsâ (âSo stop worrying about the things/That make the drama unfoldâ) are about people who canât stand prosperity, while the hopeful âSophiaâs Songâ and âYou Got Meâ tell his daughter heâll always be there for her.

âMy writing tends to go from one extreme to the other,â he nods. âItâs either about true love for somebody, or how things went south.â

At this point, Reagan Browne is ready to take his songs to the public. He admits itâs a lot different than making a movie or a TV show, where you have to wait to hear peopleâs reactions.

âThe great thing about doing music is the instant feedback I get from all over the world when I put the songs up on MySpace,â he says. âPeople are already asking when they can buy the album or see me perform.â

For Reagan Browne, his debut album represents more than a return to his native state of Texasâ¦it marks a homecoming to a place that he is increasingly making his own: as a singer/songwriter and guitarist.

âThis is what I was meant to do all along,â he says. âIâm finally doing what everybody thought I should be doing from the get-go, and thatâs playing music.â

Thankfully for us, Cominâ Home is the result. The acting worldâs loss is pop musicâs gain.

By: Roy Trakin
Senior Editor, HITS Magazine

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