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Scotty Brown (born August 3) also known as Downtown Scotty Brown, is an American real estate agent and media personality specializing in luxury real estate in the [|Malibu, CA] area. He was one of the original agents featured on the first season of Bravo TV's hit series [|Million Dollar Listing] Scotty grew up in Addison, IL, a suburb of Chicago, and started doing real estate in 1978 with his family. In 1980, he moved to Chicago to pursue a career in entertainment, where he began promoting concerts and eventually opened his own nightclub, called Avalon nightclub in 1986. He was later asked to sing at [|The Limelight] nightclub in Chicago, where he then launched his singing career. He created the Downtown Scotty Brown band and they played weekly for 10 years in various Chicago nightclubs. He ran a jam night, where artists including The Smashing Pumpkins, Buddy Miles and others sat in. After eventually visiting Los Angeles, Scotty decided to move and sold the Avalon nightclub in Chicago. After starting a promotion and marketing business in L.A. he later became the personal manager for [|Scott Weiland], the lead singer of the [|Stone Temple Pilots. After four years of managing, Scotty decided to take a break from the music industry. He began working as a location scout and manager and worked on more than 20 television shows and films like Nip/Tuck, Judging Amy, I Am Sam with Sean Penn and Michelle Pfeiffer, Rat Race with Cuba Gooding Jr. and Whoopi Goldberg, and Deuce’s Wild with Matt Dillon and Stephen Dorff, which he also had a small cameo in. This experience gave him an extensive knowledge of the L.A. area, the people and neighborhoods, which would later help cultivate a successful real estate career. In addition to real estate and entertainment, he also became a certified chemical dependency counselor.

References http://www.bravotv.com/million-dollar-listing