Ayur Prana Listening Room
312 Haywood Rd., Asheville, NC
(Formerly Ambrose Music Hall) Randall Bramblett Band returns to this venue in W. Asheville for 2 full sets, starting at 8pm.
“See this guy? He’s only one of the most original and profoundly satisfying artists around today.”
— Mike Greenblatt, Goldmine Magazine
Bettye LaVette releases full album of Randall Bramblett songs!
The incomparable Bettye LaVette has recorded an album of just my songs (with some co-writes with Davis Causey). The release date is June 16th. Steve Jordan (super-producer, drummer currently with the Rolling Stones) recorded and produced all the tracks at Electric Lady Studios in NYC where I cut my first record, That Other Mile. Steve Winwood, John Mayer, Jon Batiste, Larry Campbell and many more great musicians play on the 11 cuts. I'll be able to share the full track listing soon, but her lead single out now is "Plan B." Needless to say, I'm thrilled and honored.
LaVette! out June 16
Randall Bramblett is featured on Sirius/XM's The Steve Huntington show! Two episodes. Stream these on the Sirius/XM app. Search under Steve Huntington, episodes on Jan. 13 and Jan. 17th. Has extensive cuts from his own catalog and deep cuts from Traffic, Gregg Allman, Sea Level and much more!
Three songs from 'Pine Needle Fire' debut in American Songwriter, Relix Magazine and The Bluegrass Situation
Released Nov. 13 from New West Records
American Songwriter premiered the album track “I’ve Got Faith In You" in Oct. The song comes complete with something of a musical bonus: a slide-guitar melody performed on Duane Allman’s famous 1961/1962 Gibson SG. It’s the same one heard on the Allman Brothers’ legendary At Fillmore East and particularly famous for being the instrument played on the live recording of “Statesboro Blues.” Speaking to American Songwriter, Bramblett said, “Pine Needle Fire is filled with people on their different journeys through life…experiencing loss, getting up before dawn to go to work, knowing time is running out, remembering lost love, hearing the wolf at the door and feeling lucky to be alive. Jason Slatton and I wrote ‘I’ve Got Faith in You’ several years ago. I thought it fit in nicely on the record as a voice of encouragement and support. We were able to borrow Duane Allman’s original Gibson SG for that session and my old friend, Tommy Talton, used it to play a beautiful slide guitar solo. Since Tommy knew Duane when they were both living in Macon, GA, using that guitar created a circle of sound and memory for us all. It helped capture the feeling of longing and hope that we needed to complete the record.” Hear “I’ve Got Faith In You” HERE. This was followed by the single "Rocket To Nowhere" premiering in Relix Magazine. The 3rd single "Never Be Another Day" was premiered Oct. 26 by The Bluegrass Situation. That can be heard here. All reviews describe an album that is a creative peak for Bramblett and his band, filled with his signature funk/blues groove he effectively borrows from NOLA and Muscle Shoals.
Athfest, at The Foundry
Athens, GA
Athfest 2023! Randall Bramblett Band play at The Foundry, following the Betsy Franck Band at 8pm. Get Club-Crawl tickets here - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2023-athfest-music-arts-and-kids-festival-club-crawl-tickets-580678163017
High Cotton Music Hall (acoustic duo)
Hartwell, GA
Great acoustics in this historic old cotton mill in downtown Hartwell. Randall and Nick play at 7pm
Empire Mills
1290 Pennington Road, Madison, GA
The band plays 6-8pm at this beautiful event venue.
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Randall Bramblett - Pine Needle Fire
In addition to his solo work over the course of his illustrious 40-plus-year career, Jesup, Georgia born Randall Bramblett has recorded, performed and composed alongside rock luminaries like The Allman Brothers, Bonnie Raitt, Steve Winwood, Marc Cohn, The Band’s Levon Helm, Widespread Panic, and more. Deep into his self-described second act of his solo career, and living in Athens, Georgia, Bramblett’s talents are repeatedly praised by musicians, critics and fans. He adds to his storied body of work with continual reinvention and true conviction on his 12th album, Pine Needle Fire. Bramblett says it is “about time passing, or at least grappling with the realization that you don’t have an infinite amount of time left like you think you do when you’re young."
Bramblett’s built up an impressive and diverse solo catalog over the course of his life in music. Which, he says, is the most rewarding thing of all. “Doing those classic, huge, great songs with other artists is always a thrill and an honor, but they’re not my songs,” he says. “It’s much more satisfying for me to write something in my voice that means something to me personally, and then hear it come together musically with people I love and have it develop into a beautiful thing.”
That latest “beautiful thing” is Pine Needle Fire, on which Bramblett continues to channel his singular voice and unique storytelling approach and experiences into something insightful, tuneful and incredibly soulful.
“I do feel like I'm in the middle of a really good creative moment,” Bramblett says, then laughs. “You know, I'm definitely not sliding backwards into some kind of nostalgia thing or whatever.”
Check out the incredible musicians he has played and recorded with here!