As the title suggests, the debut album from The Kenneth Brian Band is an introduction to the New South, by way of a relentless attack of tracks- featuring masterful song-crafting, blistering guitar work, spot-on harmonies, and a take-no-prisoners-rhythm section- all tied together by Brian's honest voice and unapologetically strait-forward point of view. While dark times have seen the Southern farms and small businesses of old paved over and toppled by the ever-increasing growth of suburban sprawl, Welcome To Alabama shines like a beacon for those who fear that Southern Culture is all but lost, and moreover, proves that it isn't lost at all.
Produced by the legendary Johnny Sandlin (Allman Bros. Band), the album features guest performances by a who's who of Southern music-makers including David Hood (bass for Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, Aretha Franklin), Randall Bramblett (Traffic, Sea Level), Bonnie Bramlett, Jason Isbell, and more.
With it's first album, The Kenneth Brian Band has created a Southern Rock Tour De Force that, like it's namesake, is both progressive and steeped in tradition. Welcome To Alabama.
Kenneth Brian Press Quotes:
"The Past, Present, and Future of Outlaw Country Music" - Gainesville Sun
"Kenneth is really unbelievable as a guitar player, he's a real shit-kicking
gunslinger with great chops and then he writes songs in that Guy Clark and
Townes Van Zandt vein of songwriting. It's not only a hell of a rock 'n'
roll sound, but the songs are there if you are listening." - Huntington
Herald Dispatch
"Kenneth Brian pushes country rock music to new boundaries." - Southern
Oregon's Mail Tribune
"His musical talent is no act" - KUT Austin, TX
"As much good country soul as a pine-wood pew in a Baptist church come
revival time" - The Times of Acadiana
"Kenneth Brian is the past and future of country music and it's best present
(if it has one)all rolled up into one sweaty ass-haulin' no sh*t takin'
ball. One of the best live performers workin' today. All hail the Honky Tonk
Prince!" - Rick Saunders, Omaha World-Herald
" Kenneth Brian comes ripping through the speakers like a bat out of hell.
The album is a blistering set of rocking swingers, that conjure the bars
with sawdust still on the floor." - Breath of Fresh Air Magazine
Kenneth Brian Facts:
- Consistently performed over 100 road dates a year for the past five years.
- Starred as Hank Williams in "Lost Highway" the off Broadway theater
production in Austin, TX about the life of the Country Music Legend.
- Session guitar player working in Nashville TN, Austin TX, Muscle Shoals
AL, and Los Angeles CA.
- Released 4 full length albums and worked with legendary producers Johnny
Sandlin (Allman Brothers, Delbert McClinton) and Hunt Sales (David Bowie,
Iggy Pop).
- Songwriter at Sony/ATV publishing and Orange Blossom Publishing in
Nashville TN.
- New record features Jason Isbell (Drive By Truckers), Chuck Leavell (The
Rolling Stones), Bonnie Bramlett and was produced by Johnny Sandlin (Allman
Brothers).
