Clinton Brown

aka Clint Brown


Clinton Brown has been one of New Zealand’s most acclaimed bass players for over 40 years, as a session and touring musician and as a member of Rockinghorse, The Warratahs, Sharon O’Neill Band and the Greg Johnson Set. He even had a brief, very brief, stint with Noel Redding.

Born and raised in the Hutt Valley suburb of Taita, Clinton Taylor Brown (b. 27 June, 1951) adopted the bass guitar early. His first band, The Society, formed when he was 14, teamed him with drummer Keith Norris for one of the longest-serving rhythm sections in New Zealand rock and roll. Performances at Jack’s Coffee Lounge in Courtenay Place, popular with Wellington’s Greek expatriates, led to regular performances at Greek community social events and at Lower Hutt’s Kryptos Club, a Friday night church-organised youth club.

Rockinghorse in EMI Studios, 1975: Wayne Mason, Kevin Bayley and Clinton Brown
The Warratahs on the cover of Rip It Up, December 1990
Photo credit: Polly Walker
The Warratahs - Interislander ad (Sailing to the Other Side, 1990)
Sharon O'Neill - Words (1980)
The original Rockinghorse line-up in 1973 (L to R) Keith Norris, Clinton Brown, Wayne Mason, Bruce Robinson, Carl Evensen
Clinton Brown with The Warratahs in Hastings in 1990
Photo credit: Glen Moffatt collection
Wayne Mason and Clinton Brown, Two For The Road tour 2012
Rockinghorse: Bruce Robinson, Wayne Mason, Keith Norris, Carl Evensen and Clint Brown
Rockinghorse, 1973, L to R: Bruce Robinson, Clinton Brown, Carl Evensen, Wayne Mason, Keith Norris
Glyn Tucker, Carole Tucker, Steve Robinson and Clinton Brown at the APRA Silver Scrolls, Hammerheads Restaurant, 1992
Rockinghorse 1973: Wayne Mason, Bruce Robinson, Carl Evensen, Keith Norris and Clinton Brown
Wayne Mason and Clint Brown, 2013
Early Rockinghorse: Bruce Robinson, Clinton Brown, Wayne Mason, Carl Evensen and Keith Norris
Rebirth's second single, produced by Alan Galbraith for HMV in 1970, was a cover of the Free song All Right Now
Clinton Brown with Rockinghorse
Photo credit: Photo by Graham Potter
Dixie Chicken episode 5 (1987)
Rockinghorse on stage in 1974: Bruce Robinson, Wayne Mason, Carl Evensen, Keith Norris and Clinton Brown
Rockinghorse on stage 1974 (L to R) Bruce Robinson, Wayne Mason, Keith Norris, Carl Evensen and Clinton Brown
The 1980 Sharon O'Neill touring band with Dave Dobbyn. L to R: Sharon, Brent Thomas, Steve Garden, Dave, Clint Brown
Rockinghorse - Thru The Southern Moonlight (Pop Co Special 1974)
Clinton Brown with The Warratahs in Hastings in 1990
Photo credit: Glen Moffatt collection
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