RICH MAN IS ACCLAIMED SINGER-SONGWRITER-GUITARIST DOYLE BRAMHALL IIS FIRST RELEASE SINCE 2001
Concord Records will release singer-songwriter-guitarist Doyle Bramhall IIs latest album Rich Man. The album, long awaited by fans who have followed Bramhalls collaborations with artists as far-ranging as Tedeschi Trucks Band to Roger Waters, is his first in over a decade. The album reflects both his extensive experience in the interim with such artists as Eric Clapton, whom hes worked closely with for more than ten years (and who hails him as one of the most gifted guitarists hes ever heard) and Sheryl Crow, for whom he produced and composed songs for on the 2011 album 100 Miles from Memphis, as well as an intensive spiritual and musical journey that took him to India and Africa in search of new sounds and an inner peace sought following the death of his legendary father Doyle Bramhall.
Id been writing pretty consistently for other artists and projects since my last album and had stored a lot of songs, sort of documenting my life story, says Bramhall, whose long list of collaboration credits further includes the likes of Roger Waters, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, B.B. King, T-Bone Burnett, Elton John, Gary Clark Jr., Gregg Allman, Dr. John, Allen Toussaint, Billy Preston, Erykah Badu, Questlove and Meshell Ndegeocello.
Most recently Bramhall has teamed with ace guitarist Derek Trucks (both proclaimed as The New Guitar Gods by Guitar World when they served in Claptons band in the late 2000) in the Tedeschi Trucks Band, also starring Trucks wife Susan Tedeschi. Bramhalls collaborations with Tedeschi Trucks have included production and standout tracks on each of their three acclaimed albums.
Id been busy touring and producing for other artists, and so I took a hiatus from recording and performing as a solo artist. All those experiences actually helped me develop new skills and I learned how to facilitate my own sound. I feel like the stars finally aligned to allow me to be completely myself as an artist for the first timesinger, guitar player, songwriter, producer- and take things that were happening in my life and put them into music.
