Doyle Bramhall - Fitchburg Street

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Free Music Notes for Fitchburg Street

Free Music Review: Best of 2003
Hit: 5 Stars

Fitchburg Street I first heard live at Gruene Hall -- the perfect venue for any Texas muscian. Before seeing Bramhall live, I knew none of his work, didn't even know he was a drummer. Now I've got both albums (Birds Nest on the Ground & Fitchburg Street), a pair of autographed drumsticks, constantly hound his website waiting for new tour dates, and have read enough to write a biography. He exploded my interest in blues and Texas music culture.

Everyone here seems to be in agreement that Fitchburg Street is an amazing record. All the songs are great, there's something special about each one. The band rocks -- 10 pts for Bramhall II and Dru Webber on guitars, and Mike Judge on bass -- and Bramhall's vocals are the best part of listening. What prompted writing this review happened the other afternoon when my 15 year old sister was listening to "That's How Strong My Love Is." She looked up at me and said, "This guy really means it. Who is this?"

If anything, what this album has done is made a deeper blues fan out of me. I've started listening to the musicians who originally wrote these songs and acquiring a much broader blues-base than the post-Stevie renaissance. Fitchburg Street, while totally contemporary, urges history -- urges you to look into the original recordings and get involved with earlier blues.

Doyle -- please keeping putting out more albums and tour New England! Thanks for everything you've brought to music.

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