Rich Someday

Randall Bramblett | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 25, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: New West Records
• ASIN: B000FVGLEI
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #205,750 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

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With searing guitar solos, rollicking (and occasionally churchy) keyboards, call-and-response choruses, and acoustic/electric interplay, Randall Bramblett and his whip-crack band evoke the era of '70s Southern rock in which he came of musical age. Yet the down-home philosophizing of the older-but-wiser songcraft shows the benefits of decades of additional maturity and experience. These meditations on love and loss, impermanence and eternity, are never pretentious and often profound. Bramblett casts life as a "Beautiful Blur," finds some world-weary resilience in "Rainville," vows to persevere wherever his "Stupid Shoes" lead him, and convinces in the title track that the desires that motivate most folks mean nothing. In "It's Alright," the tender "The More You're Fading," and "Hate to See You Go," he writes the sort of bittersweet balladry that both engages your brain and breaks your heart. Though Bramblett has mainly been known as a multi-instrumentalist sideman (with a résumé that ranges from Gregg Allman to Traffic), this is the work of an exceptionally thoughtful and soulful singer-songwriter. --Don McLeese

Product Description

If you’re a fan of Steve Winwood, Greg Allman, Widespread Panic or Sea Level then you know Randall Bramblett. He is the ultimate team player in music, having played with all those great artists. He’s also an accomplished song writer, having his tunes sung by Bonnie Raitt, Delbert McClinton and the late Rick Nelson. On Rich Someday, Randall steps out of the background to take center stage on his third release for New West Records.

The overriding message of Rich Someday is a pure, uplifting one: open your eyes to the simple, everyday joys and pleasures that surround you, and you just may find that you’re already hip-deep in a wealth that cannot be taxed nor taken from you.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent as usual, August 9, 2006

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R.J.N. (Everywhere) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rich Someday (Audio CD)

I think the person who posted the first review of this must have clicked the wrong # of stars by mistake. A great written review and then 2 stars?

Let me reassure you that this is not a 2 star effort. Randle has made another great album. He is so talented, one of my favorite songwriters.And the music is stellar.

Pick up this cd, if you like Randle you will love this CD.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Never Mind Someday - Rich Already, November 1, 2006

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John C. Scriven "The Limey" (www.johnscriven.com) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rich Someday (Audio CD)

Buying a new Randall Bramblett CD is like buying a great looking pair of shoes. You know you're going to love them, but when you first wear them they feel stiff and unfamiliar. When they're finally broken in, you fall in love with them and want to wear them to bed! I had just gotten over my love affair with Thin Places when Randall released Rich Someday. At first it felt kind of stiff and unfamiliar. Now, I take it to bed with me.

What you will hear on this CD is an artist at the height of his creative powers; a man whose artistry still astounds me after thirty plus years of listening to him. Actually, there are two artists working at their peak on this CD. The other is Davis Causey, Randall's longtime songwriting partner and lead guitar supremo. Whether he's blasting out a blues-laden solo, or strumming growling licks in the background, Davis just goes on getting better.

Both Randall and Davis have the ability to match simplicity with profundity. My favorite example of this is on Stupid Shoes, a great analogy for getting screwed up when you should just be enjoying life - "Stupid shoes on my feet - They won't tell me life is sweet - They go down the twisted street - And I follow."

Whether or not you are familiar with Randall's work, buy this CD. Be patient and give yourself plenty of time to break it in. When you do, you may not want to take it to bed with you, but I guarantee you won't want to stop playing it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Jet Fuel, March 3, 2007

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Lee Armstrong (Winterville, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rich Someday (Audio CD)

Randall Bramblett continues his string of excellent CD releases from "See Through Me," "No More Mr. Lucky" & "Thin Places" to "Rich Someday." Two of the tracks are my very favorites. "Beautiful Blur" has dueling electric guitars with Davis Causey & Mike Hines lashing out from the left and right speakers like a den of snake tongues darting in a lethal dance with Bramblett's vocals layered over the top of this rich rock bed, "Now I run out of ways to fill you up & I run out of ways to self destruct, the further I go the less I want to see; It's a hard rain coming down on me." "Queen of England" is propelled by jet fuel with Bramblett's sax sassing like a spice in the arrangement, "I had a dream; it don't make no sense; I saw my Savior tangled up in a barbed wire fence." Other tracks on the CD are also strong like the excellent opener "Where Are You Tonight," the organ drenched "Somebody Like Me," & the rocker "Oil Spot." This is another strong offering not to be missed. Enjoy!