On his follow-up album to the 2001 hit Here, Dean Brown decided to devote more time to his musical influences from the seventies. The album Groove Warrior, which came out with the right title, is the smashing proof and shows how important Sly Stone, James Brown, Parliament-Funkadelic, Jimi Hendrix and Carlos Santana are for Brown's music. In addition, Groove Warrior Brown is a proven singer-songwriter and string artist of the highest caliber. He is supported by a funky crew, which includes such competent names as keyboardist Bernard Wright, bassists Booker King and Schuyler Deale, drummer JuJu House and special guest Marcus Miller.