Randall Bramblett
NewMusicforOldFolks says …
Randall Bramblett is the musician's musician. When Widespread Panic doesn't want to take the entire Dirty Dozen Brass Band on the road and is just looking for a saxophone, they call Bramblett. He's also toured with the late Levon Helm. He's played on albums by Bonnie Raitt, Steve Winwood, Robbie Robertson, Greg Allman and even Deep Purple. He sings and plays keyboards, guitar and sax. And when he can get a moment, Bramblett writes his own Blues-based Soul and R&B music and records and tours with his own band. The newest album, Devil Music, is very good, but if you're new to Bramblett, I'd go back one to The Bright Spots.
Artist's Info
Website: randallbramblett.com
See him live: Tour dates
Record company: New West Records
Genre: Blues, Soul
If you like this, look into: Warren Haynes, Widespread Panic, Hard Working Americans
Bio (From the artist's website)
Randall Bramblett’s distinguished body of work is defined by a triple threat career as an acclaimed solo artist, an in-demand songwriter and a first call sideman. Among the artists who’ve recorded and performed Bramblett’s songs are Bettye LaVette, Hot Tuna, Delbert McClinton and most notably, Bonnie Raitt, who opened her 2014 Grammy winner, Slipstream, with one of his songs. In the ’70s he was a member of the seminal jazz/rock group Sea Level and as a sideman has toured with Gregg Allman, Widespread Panic and Levon Helm. Steve Winwood was such a fan of Bramblett’s keyboard, sax and vocal performances that he made Bramblett his go-to tour mate for 16 years, including the ’94 Traffic reunion. (more)
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Recordings
Most Recent
DEVIL MUSIC (2015): Randall Bramblett's latest release, Devil Music, is built upon a foundation of R&B and Soul, but this album spreads its wings with Rock ’n Roll fervor and a willingness to improvise. Devil Music was inspired by the biography, "Moanin’ At Midnight: The Life and Times Of Howlin’ Wolf." In the book, Hubert Sumlin tells a story of Howlin’ Wolf crying all the way from Mississippi to Chicago. Wolf and his band had been on tour when they decided to make a stop at his boyhood home in White Station, Miss. Wolf wanted to take his mama money and show her who he’d become. She opened the door, saw who it was and she slammed the door in Wolf’s face. She told him she didn’t want his money and didn’t want anything to do with him. Wolf played “Devil Music.”
Others
That Other Mile (1975)
Light Of The Night (1976)
Live at the i&i (1982)
Visionary School (1997)
See Through Me (1998)
No More Mr. Lucky (2001)
Thin Places (2004)
Rich Someday (2006)
Now It's Tomorrow (2008)
The Meantime (2010)
Randall Bramblett & Geoff Achison: Jammin' In The Attic (2010)
The Bright Spots (2013)
