Doyle Bramhall (CANCELLED) November 26, 2011

Doyle Bramhall died of unknown natural causes on November 13, 2011. All of us here at Granada Theater are deeply saddened by this untimely tragedy.

All tickets have been refunded.

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No discussion of Texas blues, be it T-Bone Walker or Stevie Ray Vaughan, is complete without mention of Doyle Bramhall. As singer, songwriter, and drummer, he has been an integral part of, and influence on, that state’s rich music for almost 40 years. Growing up in Dallas, his Chessmen opened for Jimi Hendrix in 1968, when Doyle was still in his teens. Moving to Austin with the band’s guitarist, Jimmie Vaughan, the two formed Storm, which Bramhall eventually left to form the Nightcrawlers—this time with Vaughan’s little brother, Stevie Ray. Two Bramhall compositions, “Change It” and “Lookin’ Out The Window,” became linchpins of Stevie’s repertoire, and the pair began a fruitful songwriting collaboration that yielded seven more classics (including “The House Is Rockin’,” “Tightrope,” and “Wall of Denial”), as well as three for the Vaughan Brothers’ Family Style, which featured Bramhall on drums. The term legend is bandied about, often in reference to Doyle, but there are few triple-threats as strong—as songwriter, soulful singer (sited by Stevie as his biggest vocal influence), and rock-solid instrumentalist (blues queen Lou Ann Barton calls him as “the best drummer in the South”). So it was little surprise that his 1994 album, Bird Nest On The Ground, was such a powerful debut. His critically acclaimed follow-up, Fitchburg Street, was an ode to the blues and R&B he heard during his formative years in Big D—which also happens to be Doyle’s nickname, to differentiate between him and his son, guitar great Doyle Bramhall II. In 2007, Bramhall released his first CD of all originals, Is It News. This Grammy nominated classic is the benchmark of Doyle Bramhall’s storied career to date—which is saying a lot!

Official Website: http://granadatheater.com/show/doyle-bramhall/