Biography
Doyle
Bramhall II
Doyle was
born on
December 24,
1968 in
Dallas /
Texas.
He is a
singer /
songwriter
and an
excellent
guitar
player.
He comes
from a very
musical
family.
His father
is singer /
songwriter
and drummer
Doyle
Bramhall,
who has
worked with
big names:
Stevie Ray
Vaughn,
Lightning
Hopkins,
Albert King
etc etc.
These big
names of the
blues world
have a major
impact on
Doyle II.
Doyle has
literally
grown up
with the
Vaughn
family,
the Bramhall
and Vaughn
have a
number of
years
lived
together at
the same
house.
Also Jimmy
Hendrix and
Stevie
Wonder have
influenced
at Doyle.
Doyle plays
left-handed/upside
down on the
guitar.
So
left-handed
on a
right-handed
guitar.
He says
that's
always a
very natural
way of
playing
has been for
him, he
grabbed the
guitar
always this
way.
At age 16 he
was on tour
with Jimmy
Vaughn’s
Band
the Fabulous
Thunderbirds
as the
second
guitarist,
for more
than two
years.
After the
death of
Stevie Ray,
Doyle formed
with Charlie
Sexton,
Chris Layton
and Tommy
Shannon the
Arc Angels.
Within 2
years the
band split
up and they
each have
their
personal
career
continued.
Doyle in the
90s made two
solo CDs:
Doyle
Bramhall II
in 1996 and
Jelly Cream
in 1999.
The impact
of this CD
was on that
level, that
Roger Waters
and
Eric Clapton
called him
and ask if
he wanted to
cooperate
with them.
This
resulted in
a tour with
Roger Waters
( "in the
Flesh" tour)
in late 90s
early 2000.
With Eric
Clapton
Doyle he has
worked on
several
CD's:
"Riding with
the King"
with BB King
and EC
"Reptile"
"Sessions
for Robert
Johnson" CD
and DVD
"Crossroads"
2004 and
2007 DVD
In 2001,
Doyle made
the CD
"Welcome"
with his
band, Smoke
Stack,
Since 2004,
Doyle is the
regular
guitarist in
Eric
Clapton's
band.
Doyle has
also worked
with Susan
Tedeschi,
Derek
Trucks,
Erykah Badu,
Sheryl Crow,
Wendy and
Lisa.
"Doyle has
his own
sound, no
one sounds
like Doyle",
Eric Clapton
said in the
documentary
"Before the
Music
Dies".
Meanwhile,
the Arc
Angels back
on occasion
to act,
and in March
2009 they're
officially
going to
cooperate
and a CD /
DVD made.
http://www.myspace.com/doylebramhall
At the great
wall 2006
