Randall Bramblett - in-store SHOW HAS BEEN POSTPONED watch for future updates
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Arguably the ultimate ‘team player’ in American rock/blues/soul music, Randall Bramblett has made himself so valuable as a singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter for other groups and artists that his own solo work has too often gotten short shrift. But for Rich Someday, Randall’s third solo disc for New West Records, this deep-rooted Georgia native was afforded the luxury of virtually unlimited studio time with his own hand-picked touring band, resulting in the finest recording of his long career.
A fluid, fluent master of piano, organ and saxophones — AND equipped with a distinctive, velvet hammer of a vocal rasp that fairly oozes vintage R&B/soul tradition — Bramblett boasts a top-drawer resume that traces the Southern rock lineage (from ARS, Gregg Allman and Sea Level right on up through Gov’t. Mule and Widespread Panic), adding cool side-trips into the blues/R&B (John Hammond, Francine Reed, Johnny Jenkins), alt-rock (Vigilantes of Love) and rock icons Steve Winwood and Levon Helm along the way.
Riding a tightly-wound, serpentine path through the rich musical soil that spawned them, the band dials into blues, rock, soul, and R&B (plus a healthy dose of singer/songwriter introspection) as Randall works a dominant theme of disconnection-both real and imagined-from lovers and loved ones, from society, from sanity, and from the natural world.
Yet-far from being bleak — the overriding message of Rich Someday is a pure, uplifting one: open your eyes to the simple, everyday joys and pleasures that surround you, and you just may find that you’re already hip-deep in a wealth that cannot be taxed nor taken from you.
And that’s — like this record — a very good thing…
Randall Bramblett “Now It’s Tomorrow” on CD
