Welcome (Doyle Bramhall II album)

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Studio album by
Released2001, 2008 (Re-Released)
Genre Blues, Rock
Length68:22
Label RCA Records
Producer Benmont Tench
Doyle Bramhall II chronology
Jellycream
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(2001)
Rich Man
(2016)
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Welcome is the third solo studio album by the blues rock guitarist Doyle Bramhall II, the first to feature his band Smokestack. [2] It was first released in the US in 2001, then re-released in 2008. When it was re-released it was credited solely to Bramhall. The album is produced by Benmont Tench of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers under the RCA Records label. An expanded 2CD edition was released on December 15, 2017.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Green Light Girl"
  2. "Problem Child"
  3. "So You Want It to Rain"
  4. "Life"
  5. "Helpless Man"
  6. "Soul Shaker"
  7. "Send Some Love"
  8. "Smokestack"
  9. "Last Night"
  10. "Blame"
  11. "Thin Dream"
  12. "Cry"

Personnel

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