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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’... [Read more]
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... [Read more]
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... [Read more]
Check out this review from the February / March 2009 issue of Blues Revue Magazine THE REV. JIMMIE BRATCHER The Electric Rev. Ain’t Skeert Tunes The Rev. Jimmie Bratcher looks like someone you might find on an East Coast college campus an intellectual hipster who reads Kant while sipping white wine. It’s all the more startling, then, that “Call On Me,” the opening track of Bratcher’s fine new album, 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... [Read more]
Blues Blast Magazine April 2009 The Reverend Jimmie Bratcher - The Electric Rev Ain’t Skeert Tunes www.theelectricrev.com The Rev. Jimmie Bratcher is an honest-to-gosh man of the cloth, along with being a pretty hot blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Based in Kansas City, MO, Bratcher brings, as one might expect, a strong gospel influence to his blues music and the songs contained on his latest CD release The Electric Rev., are entertaining and uplifting at the same time. Bratcher uses his music as part of his ministry to preach the word to both the churched... [Read more]
Man! It’s Christmas www.christmasreviews.com Man its Christmas Cover Man! The Rev. Jimmie Bratcher’s Man! It’s Christmas hits the ground running with a smokin’ blues rock rendition of the title track that’s quite an attention grabber. The Rev. man maintains the high-pressure sales job with a just-as-smokin’ cover of What Child Is This. Next, he comes through with a masterful blues arrangement of Go Tell It On The Mountain. The lamest Christmas song I can think of, the good reverend lays hands on it and it walks! Vocalist Bratcher does not... [Read more]
Blues Wax - March 13, 2006 Jimmie Bratcher - Red BluesWax Rating: 7 out of 10 Back From Church Red Album Cover My first experience with Jimmie Bratcher and his Blues was during a memorial service for Stan Koron, the latepresident of the Kansas City Blues Society. Stan had passed on to that great Blue Room in the Sky rather unexpectedly and Jimmie had come to sing a goodbye song to him. He had written a great song and decided to dedicate it to Stan because it just fit Stan’s personality so well. Stan was a long-time promoter, producer, manager, and tireless supporter... [Read more]
Blues in Britain December 2005 Red Album Cover Red by The Rev Jimmie Bratcher With three acclaimed albums to his credit already, “Red” looks set to make it four in a row. The Rev Jimmie Bratcher is a fine guitarist, singer and songwriter, delivering powerful music with a passion that is all too rare in many albums from the blues genre nowadays. Jim Gaines has brought out the best in the band, ensuring that “Red” is an album that will make people sit up and take notice. Rating: 8 of 10 Reviewer Gordon Baxter Download Article Cover High Res. Cover... [Read more]
Review of Live On The 4th Of July July 2004 Cross Rhythms UK www.crossrhythms.co.uk Hot on the heels of his second studio album comes this pumpin’ live album from Jimmie Bratcher and Co, firmly in the style of Stevie Ray Vaughan or Robben Ford, complete with horn section and a glorious Hammond organ. Being a live Live on the 4th of July album it inevitably draws from both his studio albums, but as they are only 18 months apart anyway, there’s nothing old about it. The band is very tight and fluid and groove along effortlessly from start to finish. Jimmie, as... [Read more]
Review of Something Better September 2003 Cross Rhythms UK www.crossrhythms.co.uk ‘Something Better’ is the second album from US blues man Jimmie Bratcher, featuring his current band and a host of notable players including drummer Doug Dimmel, formerly with Barbara Mandrel, and guest guitarist Larry Howard, Something Better Cover whose handle of hot blues gospel albums are much treasured by connoisseurs. Jimmie describes it as “a bit more aggressive” than his 2001 debut album, ‘Honey In The Rock’. In the words of Muddy Waters, “If... [Read more]
Review of “Honey in the Rock” by Jimmie Bratcher October 2001 In my short time of reviewing music for Gritz I have been ask to review different bands from all over the world but in no release have I found a more universal message then in this fantastic, heavy hitting blues release that just happens to also be all Christian music. I thought when I heard what it was that there was no way it could possibly be true blues music and still have a Christian message- boy was I ever wrong! “Honey in the Rock” by Jimmie Bratcher is a amazing collections of songs that... [Read more]
Blues in Britain December 2005 Gordon Baxter - Review of RED With three acclaimed albums to his credit already, “Red” looks set to make it four in a row. The Rev Jimmie Bratcher is a fine guitarist, singer and songwriter, delivering powerful music with a passion that is all too rare in many albums from the blues genre nowadays. Jim Gaines has brought out the best in the band, ensuring that “Red” is an album that will make people sit up and take notice. Rating: 8 of 10 The Phantom Tollbooth November 2005 Jonathan Avants Review of RED What makes... [Read more]
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