rushtrader
03-15-2005, 07:49 AM
DAVIE, Fla. (AP) - Danny Joe Brown, the lead singer of the Southern rock band Molly Hatchet, died of complications from diabetes, his family confirmed Monday. He was 53.
Brown died Thursday at his home in Davie, his sister Lyndia Brown said.
``He had been in the hospital for about four weeks before he died, and he wanted to come home and he was home for 30 minutes when he died,'' Lyndia Brown told The Associated Press. ``He was surrounded by his children and his wife.''
The Jacksonville native joined Molly Hatchet in 1975 and was frontman for its self-titled album in 1978, which went platinum. In 1979 the next album, ``Flirtin' With Disaster,'' sold over two million copies.
Brown left the band in the early 1980s because of his diabetes.
After creating his own group, the Danny Joe Brown Band, he rejoined the Molly Hatchet in 1982 to participate in the album
``No Guts ... No Glory.'' The was album had limited success and the group eventually disbanded.
Molly Hatchet reunited and toured in 1996 for release of the album ``Devil's Canyon.''
Brown ended his career after a stroke in 1998, according to reports.
``Danny was way more than a signer for rock-and-roll band. He was great brother, a wonderful son,'' Lyndia said. ``He is going to be missed terribly by everybody.
Brown is survived by his wife Crystle, five children and a stepson.
The funeral was scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Cooper City.
Brown died Thursday at his home in Davie, his sister Lyndia Brown said.
``He had been in the hospital for about four weeks before he died, and he wanted to come home and he was home for 30 minutes when he died,'' Lyndia Brown told The Associated Press. ``He was surrounded by his children and his wife.''
The Jacksonville native joined Molly Hatchet in 1975 and was frontman for its self-titled album in 1978, which went platinum. In 1979 the next album, ``Flirtin' With Disaster,'' sold over two million copies.
Brown left the band in the early 1980s because of his diabetes.
After creating his own group, the Danny Joe Brown Band, he rejoined the Molly Hatchet in 1982 to participate in the album
``No Guts ... No Glory.'' The was album had limited success and the group eventually disbanded.
Molly Hatchet reunited and toured in 1996 for release of the album ``Devil's Canyon.''
Brown ended his career after a stroke in 1998, according to reports.
``Danny was way more than a signer for rock-and-roll band. He was great brother, a wonderful son,'' Lyndia said. ``He is going to be missed terribly by everybody.
Brown is survived by his wife Crystle, five children and a stepson.
The funeral was scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Cooper City.