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distinguish|Doyle Bramhall IIrefimprove|date=February 2011Infobox musical artist |name = Doyle Bramhall|years_active = 1960s-2011|birth_date = Birth date and age|1949|2|17|mf=ycite web| last = Forte| first = Dan| title = Doyle Bramhall – Biography| publisher = allmusic.com| url = http://www.allmusic.com/artist/doyle-bramhall-p58888/biography| accessdate = 2011-11-13|origin = Dallas , Texas , United States |death_date = death date and age|2011|11|12|1949|2|17|mf=yesDansby, Andrew (Sunday, November 13, 2011) http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Texas-bluesman-Bramhall-dies-at-62-2267502.php "Texas bluesman Bramhall dies at 62". Houston Chronicle . 2011-11-12|death_place = Alpine, Texas|Alpine , Texas , U.S.|instrument = Drums |genre = Blues (music)|Blues , Rhythm and blues|R& B |occupation = Musician , composer |years_active = 1960s–2011|label = Yep Roc Records |associated_acts = Stevie Ray Vaughan , Jimmie Vaughan , Doyle Bramhall II | background = solo_singer Doyle Bramhall (February 17, 1949 – November 12, 2011) was an United States|American singer-songwriter and drummer , closely associated with the music of Austin .
Biography
Bramhall joined The Chessmen with Jimmie Vaughan while in high school . The group opened for Jimi Hendrix when he played Dallas. In 1969, he moved to Austin and formed Texas Storm with Jimmie Vaughan. In the 1970s, Bramhall formed The Nightcrawlers with Marc Benno, which also included Jimmie Vaughan's younger brother Stevie Ray Vaughan on guitar. While in The Nightcrawlers, Bramhall co-wrote the tune "Dirty Pool," which appeared on Stevie Ray Vaughan's debut album , Texas Flood . He would write or co-write several other songs for the younger Vaughan, such as "Life By The Drop" from SRV's The Sky Is Crying (album)|The Sky Is Crying album, and he played the drums on the Vaughan Brothers only album, Family Style .
Bramhall released his debut solo record in 1994, which included appearances from the Vaughans and his own son. He also collaborated with Jennifer Warnes in the 1990s.
He was the father of singer and guitarist Doyle Bramhall II .
Bramhall died on November 12, 2011. He died of heart failure in his sleep, on Saturday night, at home in Alpine, Texas, at the age of 62. He reportedly had been suffering from pneumonia in recent days.cite news | last = Matthews | first = Laura | coauthors = | title = Texas Musician Doyle Bramhall Dead at 62 | newspaper = International Business Times | date = November 13, 2011 | url = http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/248537/20111113/texas-musician-doyle-bramhall-dead-62.htm | accessdate = 2011-11-13
Discography
Bird Nest on the Ground ( Discovery Records , 1994)
Fitchburg Street ( Yep Roc Records|Yep Roc , 2003) U.S. Billboard magazine|Billboard Top Blues Albums #6 http://www.allmusic.com/artist/doyle-bramhall-p58888/charts-awards Doyle Bramhall, Allmusic.com
Is It News (Yep Roc, 2007) U.S. Top Blues Albums #7
See also
List of Texas blues musicians
List of Electric blues musicians
References
reflist
External links
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story? oid=oid%3A146068 Life by the Drop – Doyle Bramhall returns to Fitchburg Street
Persondata | NAME = Bramhall, Doyle | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = United States|American singer-songwriter and drummer | DATE OF BIRTH = February 17, 1949 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Dallas , Texas , United States | DATE OF DEATH = November 12, 2011 | PLACE OF DEATH = Alpine, Texas|Alpine , Texas , U.S. DEFAULTSORT:Bramhall, Doyle Category:1949 births Category:2011 deaths Category:American male singers Category:American blues musicians Category:People from Dallas, Texas Category:Texas blues musicians
