Dec 262007

I hope everyone had a nice Christmas.

One thing that was in my stocking was this new record by Doyle Bramhall, “Is It News“.

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That’s Doyle Bramhall Sr., by the way, not Doyle Bramhall 2, his son, who you may have seen with Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan or a host of others.

Anyway, I’ve listened to the C.D. a couple of times today and I’m digging it. Doyle is a great groove drummer. He writes songs that stay within familiar types of frameworks but always bring new wrinkles. I once heard Stevie Ray Vaughan say that he learned to sing from listening to Doyle. Makes sense. It’s a good record, you should check it out.