Mark Brown
Who are you and what do you play in The Horne Section?
I am Mark ‘Brown Frown’ Brown and I play sax, clarinet, flute, guitar and sing. Jack of all trades, etc...
I got Alex drunk and made him do stand-up at Ronnie Scott's jazz club, then subtly suggested he put together a jazz and comedy vehicle.Mark Brown
If you each had a nickname (a bit like the Spice Girls), which ‘Horne’ would you be?
'Grumpy', 'Misery', 'Frown' - any combination of these.
Do you have a signature move? What is it?
Forward moonwalk.
How were you recruited for The Horne Section?
I got Alex drunk and made him do stand-up at Ronnie Scott's jazz club, then subtly suggested he put together a jazz and comedy vehicle.
What did you do before you joined the group?
Thought constantly about putting together a musical comedy vehicle.
What are the best and worst gigs you’ve ever played?
Best: headlining Glastonbury and the Hollywood Bowl was good, or the Kathmandu Jazz Festival... or when Joe Auckland had to strip for The Horne Section…
The worst is usually the ‘Internet Server Providers' Annual Awards Party’.
You must have spent a lot of time with the rest of the band. Do any of them have any strange and disturbing habits you could share with us?
Ben doesn’t eat chicken's eggs, Stilgoe ONLY eats ostrich eggs.
What’s the most divine piece of music your ears have ever encountered?
Will Collier's rendition of ‘Once in Royal David's City’ at the Union Chapel.
As part of The Horne Section, you must have worked with some pretty excellent comedians – can you tell us about some of those?
They were good in the main.
Finally, are you seeking world domination and how will you know when you’ve achieved it?
Yes, always. I suppose I’m looking for a world without barriers and that sort of thing, so everyone else would have to be dead.
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