Jereme Brown
Best known for
Banjo
Jereme Brown is a Kentucky-born banjoist who, with childhood friend Josh Rinkel, was a founding member of The Po' Ramblin' Boys in 2014 — an IBMA Emerging Artist of the Year (2018) and Grammy nominee for "Toil, Tears & Trouble." His father Tommy Brown leads County Line Grass, where Jereme came up.
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- Born 1992; raised in Shepherdsville, Kentucky (just south of Louisville).
- Son of Stanley-style banjoist and singer Tommy Brown; grew up performing with Tommy Brown & the County Line Grass (formed 1991).
- Started fiddle around age 6, added guitar and banjo by age 10, was a full member of his father's band as a child.
- Founding member of the Po' Ramblin' Boys, formed in 2014 at Ole Smoky Distillery in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, with C.J. Lewandowski, Josh Rinkel, and Jasper Lorentzen.
- Met longtime bandmate Josh Rinkel as a kid when their mothers arranged a banjo lesson.
- Po' Ramblin' Boys earned a 2019 Grammy nomination (Best Bluegrass Album) for "Toil, Tears & Trouble."
- Continues to record and perform with Tommy Brown & the County Line Grass, often on lead guitar.
- Endorsing artist for Siminoff banjos.
