Artists
- CORY BRANAN
- ERIC LEWIS & ANDY RATLIFF
- KEITH SYKES
- LUCERO
- ROB JUNGKLAS
- THE PAWTUCKETS
- THE TENNESSEE BOLTSMOKERS
Mailing List
CORY BRANAN
The Hell You Say
12 Songs
Management:
Brian Mann, Boogie Does It
P: 615.469.5682 | F: 615.469.5783
email: boogiemann100@comcast.net
Booking:
Andria Cline, Skinny River Productions
P: 901.857.8116 | F: 270.573.2506
email: corylive@corybranan.com
Cory Branan. He’s honest, sometimes a little dark and chock full of self-deprecating humor-traits that lend themselves well to his songs. Songs that, like Cory, are original and unpredictable. “No set list, no script,” says Cory, “I never play a song the same way twice. It’s the only way I’ve found for me to keep the music honest and immediate and more importantly, to keep myself amused.”
Surrounded early on by musicians including his father, drummer Dallas Branan, Cory grew up in Southaven, Mississippi honing a love of music. A young Cory played Death Metal before moving on to a Black Sabbath cover band. However it was not until he discovered the work of musician John Prine that he felt the life of a singer/songwriter was for him. Aside from “recreational self-destruction, and the lamentations of the women,” Cory’s influences change daily, but could typically include “Henry Miller, Cole Porter, Mark Twain, [his] little brother, [his] Dark Lord Satan, Strongbad, the girl from last Thursday…”
Perhaps finding inspiration in the world around him, no matter where he may be, is his strongest asset and the easiest explanation for his growing reputation as a prolific songwriter. The truth in his lyrics married to the picking of his guitar has earned Cory much acclaim. The Memphis chapter of NARAS presented Cory with the Phillips Award for Newcomer of the Year of 2000 and a nomination for Songwriter of the Year-all before ever releasing an album.
His songs, often times deal with women, love, and loss and while he admits that most of the songs are about women, very few are actually written to them. Once accused by an interviewer for dating the wrong women because “all the affairs in these songs always end up poorly.” Cory laughs, insisting that it’s rarely the fault of the women, “In retrospect, it’s probably just me.”
