doyle bramhall
Bird Nest On The Ground
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Bird Nest On The Ground
Change It
Other Side Of Love
The Hunter
I'm In The Mood
She's Gone
I Can See Clearly Now
His Latest Flame
Too Sorry
I Know
Take Your Time, Son

God knows Texas has produced its share of soul singers, some world famous and others known not much farther than the club on the corner. But in a world that is becoming increasingly processed and prefabbed, Doyle Bramhall still stands as a Southern Soul Man of the highest order. His voice speaks of thirty years of singing as if his life depended on it--which it most likely did--and his quiet but forceful way of carrying himself says that his is a person to be reckoned with.

Bramhall was in on the ground floor when blue-eyed soul brothers put rock & roll on the back burner and turned their attention to the grittier side of the street. From the early '60s on, there isn't an inside player in Texas who wasn't aware of the singing drummer's influence. Everyone from Billy Gibbons to Stevie Vaughan on up to Lou Ann Barton and the young blues crowd in Austin and beyond have gone to school on Doyle Bramhall's way with words.

His debut album, Bird Nest On The Ground, has been a long time coming, but it's finally here, and all we have to do is listen. The soul of the man says it all.

~Bill Bentley



Press:

"...This satisfying album, recorded over 13 years by legendary Texas R&B/Blues Singer/Songwriter Doyle Bramhall, (he drums too - an awesome combination)...If you think he sounds like Stevie Ray, you've got it backwards - he shaped Vaughan's vocal style."~USA Today

"As a writer, Doyle Bramhall was instrumental in stretching the scope of modern blues through his collaborating with Stevie Ray Vaughan - Note the supple yet forward motion of Change It; known as one of Stevie Ray's best numbers... Doyle wrote it and claims his share here."
~Raygun

"...can sing blues and R&B like a down home native... It's Bramhall's soulful, effortless way with both period covers and his own trad-conscious originals that's the radiant hub of the record..."
~Musician

"Texas blues are more easy going than their Chicago and Delta cousins; They're more likely to savor the good times than to muse on past suffering, Mr. Bramhall follows the tradition, singing in a honey-covered baritone with jovial ease. His drumming is crisp and straightforward..."
~New York Times

"Doyle's voice has the sharp snap of passion, acceptance, and understanding, and it's lifted by that driving sensuality that informs only the best soul-blues testifying."
~Boston Phoenix

"Bramhall's voice deserves to be compared not to Vaughan's singing but to his guitar playing."
~Houston Press

"This guy brings a soulfulness to the table that's all his own."
~Philadelphia Inquirer

"EXCELLENT."
~Guitar World

"Walking into the Austin Music Hall while Bramhall & Co. were pumping "The House is Rockin' " has to go down as one of the defining moments of SXSW."
~Daily Texan

"Where so many blues pretenders seem like carpetbaggers, Bramhall sounds like a Texan singing Texas music, in a voice that is as individual as his heartbeat."
~Austin American Statesman

Credits:

All songs produced by Doyle Bramhall and Barbara Logan except the following: "I Know" produced by David Watson, "Other Side of Love" produced by Clint Birdwell; Co-produced by Charley Wirz and Smokin' Joe Kubek and "She's Gone" produced by Chuck Nevitt.

Song Credits:
Bird Nest On The Ground (Monk Higgins And Maurice Dollison / Arc Music Corp. BMI)
Change It (Doyle Bramhall / Bramhall Publishing Adm. By Bug Music BMI)
Other Side Of Love (Doyle Bramhall / Bramhall Publishing Adm. By Bug Music BMI)
The Hunter (A Jackson Jr., Booker T. Jones, Donald Dunn, Steve Cropper, Carl Wells / Irving Music BMI / East Memphis Music Corp.)
I'm In The Mood (John Lee Hooker, Bernard Bessman / La Cienega Music BMI)
She's Gone (Hound Dog Taylor / Eyeball Music BMI)
I Can See Clearly Now (Johnny Nash / Dovan Music, Inc. ASCAP)
His Latest Flame (Pomus / Shuman / Elvis Presley Music BMI)
Too Sorry (Doyle Bramhall / Bramhall Publishing Adm. By Bug Music BMI)
I Know (David Watson / Bramhall Publishing Adm. By Bug Music BMI)
Take Your Time, Son (Doyle Bramhall / Bramhall Publishing Adm. By Bug Music BMI, Doyle Bramhall II / Doylebo Music (Adm. Bug Music) BMI, Jimmie Vaughan / R Mode Music Adm. CMI BMI)

Musicians:
Doyle Bramhall: Vocal & Drums
Robin Syler, Doyle Bramhall: Background Vocals
Chris Layton, David Watson: Additional Drums
Robin Syler, Doyle Bramhall II, David Murray, Stevie Vaughan, Jimmie Vaughan, Smokin' Joe Kubek, Charlie Wirz, Sumter Bruton III: Guitar
Robin Syler, Tommy Shannon, Mike Judge, Joe Lomax, Don Bennett: Bass
Ron Mason: Piano, Hammond B-3
Lou Bovis: Piano

The Memphis Horns
Wayne Jackson: Trumpet & Trombone
Andrew Love: Saxophone

Additional Horns
Johnny Reno: Saxophone
David Von Blohn: 1st Trumpet
Frank Greene: 2nd Trumpet
Paul Lamoureux: Tenor Saxophone
Jim Farnsworth: Baritone Saxophone
Nate Lynch: Trombone