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Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Tonight! / MP3 Just Who Is Cory Branan Anyway?

Posted by Ned Lannamann on Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 3:34 PM

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Cory Branan comes through town tonight to play the first of two nights at the White Eagle. And just who is Cory Branan anyway? Don't hold the name against him: He's not the missing teen-idol link between Haim and Feldman, but rather a rootsy singer/songwriter from Mississippi. He hangs out with Lucero. He gets covered by Dashboard Confessional (it happens to the best of us). As a kid, Branan listened to a bunch of John Prine and seemed at one point to be on the same steady path as Ryan Adams or Conor Oberst, according to a Rolling Stone writeup. Thankfully, he didn't follow in either of their footsteps. He released a stellar album called 12 Songs back in 2006, and has yet to follow it up with another full-length, to the best of my knowledge (a split EP with Drag the River's Jon Snodgrass notwithstanding). He's a friend to moose, to fans of real country, to whiskey drinkers everywhere. See him tonight, or tomorrow, or both. Here's one of the 12 excellent songs from 12 Songs.

LISTEN:

Cory Branan - "Tall Green Grass"

w/Austin Lucas, Truckstop Darlin'; White Eagle Saloon, 836 N Russell, Wed July 7 & Thurs July 8, 8:30 pm, $6

 

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12 Songs is actually Cory's second full-length album - The Hell You say came out in 2003 - and has another finished and in the works for a release later this year.
Posted by skinnyriver on July 9, 2010 at 1:20 PM · Report

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