Remembering Delaney Bramlett — R.I.P.

Play clip from rehearsal tape. Here!

I was saddened to learn that Delaney Bramlett has just passed away. It immediately took me back to the early 70s. I had just recently moved to Los Angeles from Newport Beach when I got a call from Delaney to join a band he was forming. He was about to record an album for Columbia Records titled “Mobius Strip”. Of course I was thrilled and flattered. (I think this was just after I had been touring with Nancy Sinatra — ahh — the life of a working musician!).
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“Forgotten Songs”

Play clip Forgotten Songs

The deep, crooning baritone you hear at the beginning and end of “Forgotten Songs” is actually a 1993 recording of my father, Philip Brourman singing one of his own tunes, “Gambler’s Blues”; a song he wrote during his time as a P.O.W. in Germany during World War II. (He is accompanied by my sister, Michele Brourman, a brilliant songwriter herself). Daddy used to say that songwriting was only one of several strategies he and his buddies came up with to keep their sanity during that awful time. (They also formed a men’s chorus and gambled trading cigarettes and Red Cross rations. Daddy was an avid card player throughout his life). [Read more]

“Cottage By The Sea”

Play clip Cottage By The Sea

We live in Los Angeles, actually, in the East San Fernando Valley, close to Burbank. We are about ten miles inland, so although our climate is affected by the ocean breezes, we are not close enough to fully appreciate them on a day-to-day basis. About two years ago I was at a conference in Santa Monica, and on my lunch break, I walked the three blocks from the hotel to the Pacific. It had been a long time since I had gone to the beach, [Read more]