Question: Facts: - instrument: guitar - death place: essex , england - years active: 1959 -- 1960 - origin: middlesex - death date: c. 9 june 2010 - genre: skiffle , rock and roll - birth date: 1940 - name: ken brown - background: non_vocal_instrumentalist - birth place: enfield , middlesex , england - associated acts: the blackjacks les stewart quartet , the quarrymen , the - occupation: musician Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ken brown -lrb- musician -rrb- .
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kenneth '' ken '' brown -lrb- 1940 , enfield , middlesex -- , essex -rrb- was a british guitarist with the quarrymen , a precursor to the beatles .