Tony
Braunagel Bio
Raised on a healthy diet of rhythm and blues, drummer Tony
Braunagel began playing around his hometown of Houston, Texas in the
mid-sixties, eventually hooking up with such blues luminaries as Lightnin’
Hopkins, John Lee Hooker and Jimmy Reed. Later in life he performed with Charles
Brown and Etta James, as well as landing opportunities to record with B.B. King
and Otis Rush, just to name a few.
Tony left Houston in 1971 and followed
his musical calling to New York and later to London. In 1979 he relocated to Los
Angeles and joined forces with the likes of Eric Burdon, Rickie Lee Jones,
Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal, and Robert Cray. His playing and recording experiences
are very extensive.
Braunagel produced a Grammy Award winning record on
Taj Mahal called “Shoutin’ In Key” and has produced three CDs on Eric Burdon,
“My Secret Life”, “Soul of a Man”, and the most recent “Until Your River Runs
Dry”. Tony has also co-produced two CDs on Curtis Salgado that received
multiple nominations for Blues Music Awards, including a win for Contemporary
Blues Album of the Year, and is currently working on a third
one.
Additionally Braunagel has produced two CDs on the breakout band
Trampled Under Foot, the latter one winning a Contemporary Blues Album of the
Year Award, and he’s co-produced two records for Eclecto Groove, including Mike
Zito’s debut with the label, “Today” and Ana Popovic’s release “Blind for
Love”.
Tony Braunagel currently lives in Los Angeles and still plays and
records with the Phantom Blues Band. |
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