Friends of the Blend. Today we remember the great James JD Drown on his 74th birthday. JD is best recollected as the visionary front man for the legendary Maine and New Hampshire band, The Blend (originally White Mountain National Blend). He was born in Arundel on February 22, 1947.
In the Seventies, these Kennebunkport and Fryeburg country rockers were the #1 bar band around before signing with MCA Records in 1978. Their music was such a huge part of growing up in Maine for most of us over 50 kids. The Blend also had the honor of being the first band to play at the (then brand new) Cumberland County Civic Center in March of 1977 opening for ZZ Top.