This Friday, Doyle Bramhall II will release a new solo album, Shades, via Provogue/Mascot Label Group. Bramhall II shared the official music video for Shades track “Everything You Need,” a song that features guitar work from Eric Clapton.
Read the guitarist’s thoughts on the “Everything You Need” video:
“Recording this song and making this video was an adventure, for sure. I started writing this song in the northeast corner of Poland on a European tour last year and recorded it in Brooklyn a few months later. When I first heard it back after recording it, I immediately thought it would be something Eric would dig and asked him if he would be interested in playing on it. He said if I could come to him he could do it. So I got on the first flight and we recorded his part. I then took it home to finish. When it was ready, I asked Abe Rounds and Chris Bruce from Meshell Ndegeocello’s band to be the band for the video and then called legendary drummer James Gadson (from Bill Withers, Charles Wright, Dyke and the Blazers and more) to make a cameo appearance since he had been in the last video. He was cool enough to indulge me. It was definitely a fun ride making this song and video.”
Doyle’s band for the album features bassist Chris Bruce, multi-instrumentalist and string arranger Adam Minkoff and drummers Carla Azar and Abe Rounds. Clapton appears on “Everything You Need,” while Norah Jones adds to “Searching For Love,” Greyhounds perform on “Live Forever” and the Tedeschi Trucks Band lend a hand on “Going Going Gone.” Watch the video for “Everything You Need” below:
