WINONA, Minn. – Not everybody shares Emerson Gerald Brown’s taste in music — or the volume. He was approached by police for loud music in his parked car in the 250 block of East Fourth Street about 2:20 a.m. The car was locked, but Brown interrupted his listening and opened up. Brown, age 24, of Winona, admitted to a night of drinking, police said. A blood-alcohol test showed 0.29% — 3/12 times the threshold under Minnesota law for impairment.The cops took him to jail.
Brown. Not on his playlist: Mellow folk singer Don McLean’s “American Pie” with the line “The night the music died.”