Topic: One cool guy
Spent last weekend with Cutter Brandenburg hangin out at the Bricktown Blues Fest. He was in town to do promotion for his book and SRV ride in November. I met him last October when he stopped by the Granada Theatre to see Joe and Donnie Opperman, Joe's sound engineer. He had a ruff draft of the book. He mentions Joe in the upcoming stars section so I figured the guy was alright. Well he is more than alright. He is truly one of a kind. A true lover of music and artists with some amazing stories to tell. Well they are all in the book. He writes the way he is, just having fun telling stories. Check the book out. The SRV ride has Jeff Healey headlining this year and they are raffling off a custom SRV chopper for $20.00. Might be worth a chance to win. All procceds go to a foundation for music education that Mrs. Vaughan set up. If you stop by and see him tell him James in OKC sent you.
www.mrceecutter.com
You Can't Stop a Comet
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Cutter Brandenburg was 20 years old when he walked in a bar and witnessed a 15 year old skinny white boy playing guitar like no other and thought, “This is not your everyday guitar player just trying to play the blues, I know this guy will be super well-known.” This kid was Stevie Ray Vaughan. They quickly became best friends, anywhere Stevie played, Cutter was right there to help him along the way with several bands in Dallas and Austin. Cutter knew nothing about the music business, but had a burning passion for what he was suddenly surrounded by, and had the desire to help those that were dear to him. Through the years Cutter learned the difference between the gig business and entertainment business by touring the world with bands like Johnny Winter, JoJo Gunne, Tom Scott, Andy Gibb, and Ian Hunter among others, yet he always retuned home to work with Stevie.
Now 15 years after Stevie’s untimely passing, Cutter has written his autobiography about his life with his beloved friend Stevie and many other unforgettable artists. Feel the passion of the dreams these artists have that makes them keep going, those who make our lives so much more enjoyable through the power of music. The good times, the bad times, the struggles that a band goes through to achieve the dream, it’s
all felt right here. You will laugh, you will cry, and you will know what it was like from a master storyteller that has been there and done it.
Book Size: 8.5 x 11
Over 300 pages of stories, Over 250 pages of rare photographs