TONY BRAUNAGEL

BIOGRAPHY

Tony Braunagel is an American drummer, record producer and composer, from Houston, Texas. He was the drummer in Paul Kossoff‘s band Back Street Crawler, renamed Crawler after Kossoff’s death in 1976.
In 1979 Braunagel relocated to Los Angeles where he found work touring and recording with artists such as Eric Burdon, Rickie Lee Jones and Bette Midler. In 1984 Tony took the drum chair in Bonnie Raitt’s band, playing on the albums Nick of Time and Luck of the Draw and touring with her until the early 1990s.

Throughout the 1990s Braunagel played on many sessions including drumming on two Grammy award winning albums by Taj Mahal – Señor Blues and Shoutin’ in Key, the latter of which Braunagel produced. He also spent several years touring with Taj Mahal and The Phantom Blues Band.

Ruhr Valley Meets Los Angeles – Soul Doctor from Schwerte Records Debut with US Session Legends! German singer Theo released his sensational soul album on 21 October 2016! "Heart of Soul" was conceived by the hard work of the following musicians : Theo - soul singer and pianist Tony Braunagel drummer and producer Johnny Lee Schell - guitarist Reggie McBride - bass Mike Finnigan - pianist and organist Dean Parks - guitarist Lenny Castro - percussionist Darrell Leonard - trumpet player Julie Delgado - background vocalist

Heart of Soul is the first video from the album with the same title. Ruhr Valley Meets Los Angeles – Soul Doctor from Schwerte Records Debut with US Session Legends! German singer Theo released his sensational soul album on 21 October 2016! "Heart of Soul" was conceived by the hard work of the following musicians : Theo - soul singer and pianist Tony Braunagel drummer and producer Johnny Lee Schell - guitarist Reggie McBride - bass Mike Finnigan - pianist and organist Dean Parks - guitarist Lenny Castro - percussionist Darrell Leonard - trumpet player Julie Delgado - background vocalist