Just a note of minor correction to Ms Turner: she wrote about 2 John Browns in US history, and connected one with the struggle involving slavery. But she put him on the wrong side. Assuming we are talking about the same one, John Brown was an abolitionist. read more
Just a note of minor correction to Ms Turner: she wrote about 2 John Browns in US history, and connected one with the struggle involving slavery. But she put him on the wrong side. read more
The song was also released as a single in mid-1991 in Norway; it peaked at #1 for three weeks. This song makes references to"Sheriff John Brown", who was the sheriff killed in Bob Marley's song,"I Shot the Sheriff". read more
The sheriff's name in the song is John Brown. In 1963, Bob Dylan wrote a song called"John Brown" about a boy who goes to war and comes back badly wounded. read more
My impression from what I read about Bob Marlley’s song “I shot the sheriff in songfacts. com is its simply a name he chose for the sheriff. However I find it curious that Marley chose the same name as the pre civil war agitator John Brown. read more
When Dekalb County, GA sheriff-elect Derwin Brown was shot outside of his home December 15, 2000, and after Sidney Dorsey, who was the former sheriff, was found guilty of the murder, a local radio station did a parody of this song, replacing"John Brown" with"Derwin Brown". read more