Wednesday evening. Warm summer weather. Sunset on Hampton Beach.

Tourists, beachgoers and locals walk the boardwalk, ice cream cones and towels in hand.

That’s the scene when Scott Brown and his band, the Diplomats, take to the open-air stage, by one reporter’s watch, two minutes early .

It's a punctilious yet unorthodox rock ‘n’ roll move. But Brown is an unorthodox rock 'n' roller.

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“I believe we live in the greatest country in the world, regardless of our differences,” Brown says from the stage, a guitar slung across his chest. “There's no place I'd ever, ever want to be.”

When the band kicks into gear, it's clear: Patriotism and rockin’ out are the two pillars of the Scott Brown experience.

Most people who know Brown

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