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There are one-hit wonders throughout the history of music, but very few one-album wonders like the Arc Angels. After the death of blues-rock guitar hero Stevie Ray Vaughan, fellow singing guitarists, Texans, and Vaughan devotees Doyle Bramhall II and Charlie Sexton formed the quartet with Vaughan's rhythm section of bassist Tommy Shannon and drummer Chris Layton. Their 1992 debut release would also be their swan song, but the self-titled album would prove to be one of the best rock/pop/blues recordings of the decade as well. The opening "Living in a Dream" is the only tune Sexton and Bramhall II co-composed, and is perhaps the closest that the Arc Angels come to re-creating Vaughan's signature sound. "Paradise Cafe" is one of a handful of tracks Sexton co-wrote with pop composer Tonio K., but he and Bramhall II engage in some ZZ Top-like call-and-response vocals, and Bramhall II's Vaughan dedication, "Sent by Angels," features some of the album's most impassioned singing. Funky tunes like "Sweet Nadine," "Good Time," and "Carry Me On" lighten the mood, and Shannon, Layton, and guest keyboardist Ian McLagan play brilliantly throughout in setting up the singing guitarists. The spirit of Vaughan permeates the recording, from the production of Little Steven to the liner notes ("Dedicated to our friend, Stevie Ray Vaughan. We miss you"), yet never sounds forced, purposeful, or contrived. Alas, the final two songs -- the rocking "Shape I'm In" and epic "Too Many Ways to Fall" -- sport titles that point toward the Arc Angels being a Vaughan-like comet rather than a future veteran group. Sexton's solo recording career had started as a teenager; Bramhall II and his father Doyle Bramhall were friends of Vaughan's (the elder Bramhall even composing and co-composing tunes with the guitar giant). But the two frontmen who complemented each other so well nonetheless couldn't blend their egos as easily. Arc Angels stands as testimony that a band needn't have a long career to have a lasting legacy.
© Bill Meredith /TiVo
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Charlie Sexton, ComposerLyricist - Doyle Bramhall II, ComposerLyricist - Dave McNair, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Little Steven, Producer - Arc Angels, MainArtist
℗ 1992 Geffen Records
Charlie Sexton, ComposerLyricist - Tonio K., ComposerLyricist - Dave McNair, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Little Steven, Producer - Arc Angels, MainArtist
℗ 1992 Geffen Records
Doyle Bramhall II, ComposerLyricist - Dave McNair, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Little Steven, Producer - Arc Angels, MainArtist
℗ 1992 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Charlie Sexton, ComposerLyricist - Tonio K., ComposerLyricist - Dave McNair, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Little Steven, Producer - Arc Angels, MainArtist
℗ 1992 Geffen Records
Doyle Bramhall II, ComposerLyricist - Dave McNair, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Little Steven, Producer - Arc Angels, MainArtist - S. Piazza, ComposerLyricist - Sammy Piazza, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1992 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Doyle Bramhall II, ComposerLyricist - Dave McNair, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Little Steven, Producer - Arc Angels, MainArtist
℗ 1992 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Charlie Sexton, ComposerLyricist - Tonio K., ComposerLyricist - Dave McNair, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Little Steven, Producer - Arc Angels, MainArtist
℗ 1992 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Charlie Sexton, ComposerLyricist - Tonio K., ComposerLyricist - Dave McNair, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Little Steven, Producer - Arc Angels, MainArtist
℗ 1992 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Charlie Sexton, ComposerLyricist - Tonio K., ComposerLyricist - Doyle Bramhall II, ComposerLyricist - Dave McNair, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - CHRIS LAYTON, ComposerLyricist - TOMMY SHANNON, ComposerLyricist - Little Steven, Producer - Tommy "DJ Grand" Shannon, ComposerLyricist - Arc Angels, MainArtist
℗ 1992 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Doyle Bramhall II, ComposerLyricist - Dave McNair, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Little Steven, Producer - Arc Angels, MainArtist
℗ 1992 UMG Recordings, Inc.
D. Bramhall, ComposerLyricist - Doyle Bramhall, ComposerLyricist - Doyle Bramhall II, ComposerLyricist - Dave McNair, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Marc Benno, ComposerLyricist - Little Steven, Producer - Arc Angels, MainArtist - Mark Benno, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1992 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Charlie Sexton, ComposerLyricist - Tonio K., ComposerLyricist - Dave McNair, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - CHRIS LAYTON, ComposerLyricist - TOMMY SHANNON, ComposerLyricist - Little Steven, Producer - Tommy "DJ Grand" Shannon, ComposerLyricist - Arc Angels, MainArtist
℗ 1992 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
There are one-hit wonders throughout the history of music, but very few one-album wonders like the Arc Angels. After the death of blues-rock guitar hero Stevie Ray Vaughan, fellow singing guitarists, Texans, and Vaughan devotees Doyle Bramhall II and Charlie Sexton formed the quartet with Vaughan's rhythm section of bassist Tommy Shannon and drummer Chris Layton. Their 1992 debut release would also be their swan song, but the self-titled album would prove to be one of the best rock/pop/blues recordings of the decade as well. The opening "Living in a Dream" is the only tune Sexton and Bramhall II co-composed, and is perhaps the closest that the Arc Angels come to re-creating Vaughan's signature sound. "Paradise Cafe" is one of a handful of tracks Sexton co-wrote with pop composer Tonio K., but he and Bramhall II engage in some ZZ Top-like call-and-response vocals, and Bramhall II's Vaughan dedication, "Sent by Angels," features some of the album's most impassioned singing. Funky tunes like "Sweet Nadine," "Good Time," and "Carry Me On" lighten the mood, and Shannon, Layton, and guest keyboardist Ian McLagan play brilliantly throughout in setting up the singing guitarists. The spirit of Vaughan permeates the recording, from the production of Little Steven to the liner notes ("Dedicated to our friend, Stevie Ray Vaughan. We miss you"), yet never sounds forced, purposeful, or contrived. Alas, the final two songs -- the rocking "Shape I'm In" and epic "Too Many Ways to Fall" -- sport titles that point toward the Arc Angels being a Vaughan-like comet rather than a future veteran group. Sexton's solo recording career had started as a teenager; Bramhall II and his father Doyle Bramhall were friends of Vaughan's (the elder Bramhall even composing and co-composing tunes with the guitar giant). But the two frontmen who complemented each other so well nonetheless couldn't blend their egos as easily. Arc Angels stands as testimony that a band needn't have a long career to have a lasting legacy.
© Bill Meredith /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 01:00:49
- Main artists: Arc Angels
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: DGC
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1992 The David Geffen Company ℗ 1992 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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