Glen Brodeur

    Glen Robert Brodeur arrived on the scene Tuesday February 12,1952. Glen's mom Jeanine and his dad Bob were playing music long before he was born. His earliest musical recollection of his childhood in the fifties were tunes from Hank Snow, Montana Slim, Jimmy Rogers and Yodeling Slim Clark to name a few. When Glen was about thirteen or so, his father felt it was time to learn to play an instrument. As he was into bluegrass at the time Glen chose to play the mandolin. Glen's dad also taught him to play five string banjo and flat top guitar. In 1966 he got into a teenage bluegrass band that was looking for a mandolin player. After that group broke up he migrated to another group. One night at rehearsal he picked up an upright bass and started playing around with it because the regular bass player couldn't make it. He's been minding "the bottom line" ever since. That particular band evolved into something special. In 1972 "The Countrymen" left New England to go on the road with recording artist "Easy Lovin" Freddie Hart and were known from that time on as "The Heartbeats". During that time they shared the stage with just about every artist that was on the charts. After ten years of globe-trotting Glen came back home to Connecticut to stay. It took a couple of years to find the musical home he'd been looking for. He's been a proud member of the John Penny Band since February of 1986. So far his career has spanned over thirty-four years. Glen attributes his longevity in music to the solid support he got from his parents early on, positive reinforcement from his wife Renee, and the kindred spirit of the best bunch of guys that anyone could ever hope to pick with.

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