The Rev. Jimmie Bratcher - Preaching the Gospel & Playing the Blues

Less Than a Month Away

admin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:28:24 +0000

In less than a month we will be packed up and heading to Sturgis!!! We will be ministering/performing for six days and many of those days we will be doing three performances a day!

Words cannot describe how excited I am to be able to take the music and the message to the thousands of folks who will hear us, either at The Legendary Buffalo Chip or on Main Street. We are two thirds of the way to making our budget of $35,825.00 and by faith we believe for all to be meet. We have received gifts from some unexpected places and also some of the churches where I’ve ministered lately have given generously. We still need help to cover this our largest event in the history of our ministry.

If you would like to assist us click here to contribute or you can mail a check to,

Ransom Ministries, Inc.
PO Box 901495
Kansas City, MO 64190

We are also looking for an additional van to transport some of our crew. So if you have a road worthy van give me a call (816) 294-1113.

Peace & Blessings,

Jimmie

PS, here is a link to a video about the events click here….

The Rev on the Bill with some Big Boys

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:03:53 +0000

Check this out The Rev on the bill with ZZ Top, Kid Rock, Jason Aldean, Dave Mason & The Dobbie Brothers here is a link

Get Out the Boat from the new DVD

admin — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:03:02 +0000

Here is a tune for you, From the 2009 DVD Man! It’s Christmas LIVE & MORE The Rev & Band taking some time to jam on one of Jimmie most requested songs. With Lester Estelle on drums (Pillar), Tim Gonzalez on harmonica (Toby Keith, Ronnie Milsap), Craig Kew on bass (Proto Kaw), Daron Tappscott on fiddle (Joe Diffie) and The Rev on guitar.

Check it out…

The Rev & Band Playing at the Legendary Buffalo Chip

admin — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:30:20 +0000

That’s right NOW!!! I just signed the contract me and the band will be playing 5 days at the Legendary Buffalo Chip August 9-13, 2010 in Sturgis, SD for the 70th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally & Races. I was so excited we shot a video of me signing the contract check it out…..Jimmie

Rev. Jimmie Bratcher is Dreaming of a Blues Christmas

admin — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:16:36 +0000

REV. JIMMIE BRATCHER IS DREAMING OF A BLUES CHRISTMAS
Gifted bluesman To Release Man! It’s Christmas on October 6, 2009

Nashville, TN – Gifted bluesman, The Rev. Jimmie Bratcher, is set to release his first Christmas project, Man! It’s Christmas, on October 6, 2009 on Ain’t Skeert Tunes.

Man Its Christmas

Produced by Rev. Jimmie Bratcher, Man! It’s Christmas, hits the ground running with a jubilant classic jazz rendition of the Bratcher-penned title track, which expresses the joy of the season while referencing just about every holiday symbol there is. A smokin’ jazz funk version of “What Child Is This” follows, leading into a down-home dobro-driven country blues arrangement of “Go Tell It On The Mountain.” Patriotic Christmas song “1941,” another original Bratcher tune, recalls the holiday just after the U.S. entered WWII, and expresses appreciation for those who have served our country and laid down their lives for our freedom. Backing Bratcher on the project are some world-class players, including Rick Yord (Suzy Bogguss, Lee Roy Parnell) on bass, Daron Tapscott (Joe Diffie) on fiddle and Kansas City’s Brandon Draper on drums & percussion. Bratcher is joined by Lester Estelle, Jr. (Pillar) on drums and Craig Kew (Proto-Kaw with Kerry Livgren) on bass on the live bonus DVD. Produced by Isaac Alongi (“Love, Marriage & Stinking Thinking”), the DVD gives the audience a front-row view of this lively holiday jam session.

Pastor, evangelist, author, singer, songwriter and guitarist, “The Rev” preaches in churches every Sunday, but on Saturday nights you’ll find him sharing his amazing testimony and blistering guitar licks onstage in blues clubs and at music festivals, prisons and even biker rallies.

Bratcher’s brand of the blues has been embraced by the Christian market and the mainstream blues industry alike, allowing him to perform at both Christian music festivals such as Creation East, Creation West Coast and Rock the Light, and at blues festivals such as Blues on the Hill, Simply the Blues Festival and Boxcar Full of Blues. He has appeared at venues along with Christian artists including Mercy Me, The Newsboys and Third Day, and with blues greats including Grammy winner and NARAS Lifetime Achievement Award winner David “Honeyboy” Edwards, Blues Music Award winners Zac Harmon and Otis Taylor, and Livin’ Blues Gold Award winner Hubert Sumlin, one of Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.”

Bratcher, who serves as the bandleader and frequent commentator for the new Sky Angel/TBN TV show “Love, Marriage and Stinking Thinking,” is driven by the desire to point as many people as possible to the reality of the love that God has for them. “The blues is my most effective way to communicate,” says Bratcher.

Jimmie Bratcher’s Man! It’s Christmas will be available on Ain’t Skeert Tunes. For more information on Jimmie Bratcher, Man! It’s Christmas and his latest album, The Electric Rev, visit www.jimmiebratcher.com.

For more information or to schedule an interview, contact:

McCain & Co. Public Relations
PH: 615- 262-1727
Email: mccainprnews@mccainpr.com

McCain & Co. Public Relations

admin — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:58:39 +0000


	FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

“THE REV” TO HEADLINE AT BLUES ON THE HILL

The Rev. Jimmie Bratcher To Perform at Popular Texas Blues Concert Series on August 15

Harlingen, TN (July 28, 2009) - Gifted bluesman, the Rev. Jimmie Bratcher, will be the headline performer at the Blues on the Hill concert series in Harlingen, Tex. on August 15, 2009. Sponsored by KMBH Radio, Blues on the Hill plays host to fans from all over the Rio Grande Valley who gather to hear top national and international blues performers. Bratcher will perform songs from his upcoming CD, The Electric Rev, which will release on August 11, 2009 on Ain’t Skeert Tunes.

“I’ve been spinning the Rev. Jimmie Bratcher on the radio for about a year now…what hooked me was the stingin’ full-bodied guitar riffs, his very souful voice and the songwriting elements that give a positive message about life in general,” comments Chris Maley, Program Manager at KMBH Radio and Entertainment Coordinator of the Blues on the Hill concert series.

Bratcher’s brand of the blues has been embraced by the Christian market and the mainstream blues industry alike, allowing him to play at both Christian music festivals such as Creation East, Creation West Coast and Rock the Light, and at blues festivals such as Simply the Blues Festival and Boxcar Full of Blues. He has appeared at venues along with Christian artists including Mercy Me, Newsboys and Third Day, and with blues greats including Grammy winner and NARAS Lifetime Achievement Award winner David “Honeyboy” Edwards, Blues Music Award winners Zac Harmon and Otis Taylor, and Livin’ Blues Gold Award winner Hubert Sumlin, one of Rolling Stone Magazine’s “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.”

According to Blues Revue Magazine, Bratcher’s upcoming release, The Electric Rev, “…erupts with a blast of righteously down-home funk. It’s as if Ray Charles has been reincarnated in the body of a character from a Woody Allen movie.”

Produced by legendary Grammy Award-winning producer Jim Gaines (Carlos Santana, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Journey) and Nashville’s Mike O’Neil, The Electric Rev showcases performances that are both intimate and raw. From the New Orleans street march of “Green Bananas” to the Sunday morning sound of “Pray for Me,” The Electric Rev speaks the language of the blues with a spirit that touches the heart and soul. The CD’s opening cut, “Call On Me,” urges those struggling in their lives and marriages to call on Jesus, letting them know that He is there with them through their darkest hour, all over a sweet gospel groove. “When the Blues Come” and “One Rock” express Bratcher’s love and respect for the blues, while the dobro-driven songs “Elijah’s Road” and “How Far Down” come straight from the soul of a man who knows just how far down the bottom is.

Jimmie Bratcher’s The Electric Rev will be available on Ain’t Skeert Tunes on August 11, 2009. For more information on Jimmie Bratcher and his new album, The Electric Rev, visit www.jimmiebratcher.com.

For more information, or to schedule an interview, contact:

McCain & Co. Public Relations

email: mccainprnews@mccainpr.com

phone: 615-262-1727

High res DVD cover image and Word document available upon request.

Christian Music Today

admin — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:08:35 +0000

The Rev. Jimmie Bratcher
The Electric Rev (Ain’t Skeert Tunes)
Released August 2009
Reviewed by Robert Ham

Style:A soulful hybrid of blues, funk and gospel

Top tracks: “Elijah’s Road,” “Pray for Me”

In a nutshell: With a voice like Lyle Lovett and the guitar chops of B.B. King, Reverend Jimmie Bratcher preaches an unusually funky gospel on his latest album. But it is one that no less moving and inspiring than the most well-worn worship song. Bratcher, a regular on TBN’s Love, Marriage and Stinking Thinking, tries his hand at everything from impassioned dobro breakdowns (”Elijah’s Road”), a New Orleans-style shuffle (”Green Bananas”) and sax-driven funk on this fun and surprisingly powerful disc.

My Own Personal Choir - Update

admin — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:17:00 +0000

June 8, 2009

UPDATE
I heard from Chaplin Herbie Harris some wonderful results of our recent event. Of the 819 residents at Ellsworth Correctional Center 811 attended our recent event!!! WOW!!! I have been doing prison ministry since the early ’80’s and this has to be the most remarkable event I have ever been part of really, really, really remarkable. So I just had to let you know. My story about the event is below…Jimmie

June 2, 2009
May 2009 Out of the Box Event - Ellsworth KS

Well it happened again!!! A choir of voices singing my songs back to me. The choir was made of 500+ inmates on the yard at The Ellsworth Correctional Center in Ellsworth, KS. I was so moved by the voices of the men singing back to me my words from their favorite songs of mine.

When we were there last Christmas they kept requesting songs of mine that I couldn’t remember the lyrics to, so I was determined not to let that happen again. While I was rehearsing it hit me just what these guys were singing. “Who I am is not at all, who I wanted to be come, where I am is not the place, I wanted to arrive, Change Me” the lyrics from “Change Me”. Do you thing they can relate or what?

I guess for me it was a wake up call to know just how effective one of my songs/sermons can be. It can get down inside a man’s heart and become the confession/prayer/mediation that gives him the desire to change, now that is powerful. I could go on with the stories of how many of these men are being touched by our message and music. Maybe sometime we can sit down and I’ll take a couple of hours to tell you story after story of the lives we see changed. It is so wonderful.

Peace,

Jimmie

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Gospel Music Week Notes

admin — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:23:39 +0000

Gospel Music Week Notes
Tuesday, April 21, 2009

This is my first time to be at Gospel Music Week referred to as GMA here in Nashville. As you may know we have contract a public relations firm to assist us in getting our message out to the world. Here are some notes on what I have been doing.

Sunday evening, April 19 The McCain & CO 11th Guitar Pull
A guitar pull is a Nashville tradition which is basically singer songwriters sharing their songs. Nine artists including “The Rev.” played. The artist ranged from urban, to kids music, from John Schlitt former singer with Petra to Cowboy Dan who has a kids show on Daystar. Every one took a turn and they all loved “Green Bananas”.

Monday, April 20 Interviews,
This week is about art and press meeting together in the same place so that is why I am here. The interviews started this morning with One Mediator TV, a show from Ireland. Then WHIF 93.3 Radio from north Florida, then G Force Radio a show from London England, then a pre-interview with The 700 Club. A pre-interview is to determine if they want to do something with me on the show or not. Then with Fusemix.COM a popular on line web destination.

So that was about 5 hours of talking about myself??? Man it wiped me out. So now I am off to do it again today. Telling people about the Good News about why I am out telling it.

I’ll write more later….

Peace,
Jimmie

Jammin’ with Clark & Keaggy

admin — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:04:52 +0000

Here is a video, cover of a Dylan tune of The Rev and some fine players… Enjoy

The Rev, Paul Clark, Phil Keaggy, Eric Stark, Josh Meyers and Others