It’s not the same as recording everyone together, but it worked.” “We figured out we could do it one person at a time, keep people separated. “We cut everything in about five days and were taking our time to do overdubs - and then the pandemic hit.” After waiting a few months and then realizing the coronavirus pandemic wasn’t going away, he and his established band finished the album, albeit not in the same room. “We did the tracks (for the new album) a year ago in October over at Martin’s Garden at Coleman Farms Studio in Roswell,” he says. Not unlike other touring musicians, Bramblett’s life has been upended by the pandemic. It continues Bramblett’s vein of rather dreamy, elusive, Southern-tinged roots pop and follows 2017’s somewhat prophetically titled Juke Joint at the Edge of the World, as it feels that is where we are living in today’s climate. The latest, Pine Needle Fire, his 12th, streets this month. Since then he has released nine albums, all on the well-respected New West label. Bramblett was an official member of Chuck Leavell’s Allman Brothers Band jazz-fusion offshoot Sea Level, released some early solo records, and was a key player in Steve Winwood’s touring band for over 15 years.Īfter cleaning up from substance abuse issues in the late ’80s, Bramblett decided to continue the solo career he started back in 1975, but took a sabbatical from, in order to work with the artists listed above.
Bramblett has also brought his talents to a wide range of albums by artists like Bonnie Bramlett, Hydra, Levon Helm, the Atlanta Rhythm Section, Elvin Bishop, Cowboy, Martin Mull, Shawn Mullins, Widespread Panic, Gov’t Mule, and others. He even contributed to Two the Hard Way, Gregg’s notorious collaboration with Cher, attributed to Allman and Woman. Now in his early 70s, the multi-instrumentalist has been a professional musician since 1970, adding sax/woodwinds, keyboards, and guitar to acts as obscure as Beaverteeth and as high-profile as Gregg Allman’s solo projects. The Jesup, Georgia-born Randall Bramblett has lived in the Peach State for most his life, save for a few years in New Orleans.īramblett’s resume should be the envy of most working musicians.
This month we go back to that well to chat with another key player in the Capricorn scene, one who now resides a little closer to home in Athens, Georgia. Last month we checked in with Jimmy Hall, a mainstay of Macon’s Capricorn Records stable of talented artists, who is still making music.
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