Brannen Temple (born August 26, 1970) is an American three time Grammy Award winning drummer, who is best known as a drummer for acts such as Eric Burdon, Robben Ford, Lizz Wright, Eric Johnson, and currently Ruthie Foster.
Born in Austin, Texas, he started playing drums at the age of 10, soon to play in school jazz bands.
Since the early 1990s, Temple is an accomplished session drummer and played on records by Chris Duarte, Patrice Rushen, Chris Smither, Abra Moore, Stephen Bruton, Jody Watley, Alejandro Escovedo, amongst others. In 1996, he was part of the first G3 Tour, drumming for Eric Johnson and was featured on their 1997 live album G3: Live in Concert.
Since the new millennium he has also played on records by Toni Price, Bob Schneider, Lavelle White, Darden Smith, Robben Ford, Bobby Whitlock, Katie Armiger and appeared on Robert Rodriguez's motion picture soundtrack for Grindhouse: Planet Terror (2007).
He was the live drummer of Eric Burdon & The Animals from 2009 until 2013. Since 2010 he also tours on and off with Chris Duarte Group, jazz vocalist Lizz Wright and keyboardist Bobby Sparks. Temple received several Austin Music Awards over the years in the "Best Drummer" or "Best Jazz Band" categories for his bands Hot Buttered Rhythm, Blaze and Black Red Black. In 2020 as part of the studio band for Gary Clark Jr. he received a Grammy Award for "Best Rock Performance", "Best Contemporary Blues Album" and "Best Rock Song" for the album and song title This Land.
He resides in Austin and has several local jazz/funk bands, amongst them 'Temple Underground' and 'Black Red Black' (featuring Red Young and Ephraim Owens) and now 'The Brannen and Red Show' (drums and organ duo). He has worked with Janet Jackson, Rose McGowan, Fastball, Monte Montgomery, Sheena Easton, Kevin Paige, Jimmie Vaughan, Dixie Chicks, Lee Roy Parnell, Jody Watley, Patrice Rushen and Chaka Khan.
Discography 1992 – Mitch Watkins – Strings With Wings 1994 – Chris Duarte Group – Texas Sugar 1994 – Chris Duarte Group – Austin. Texas 1994 – Patrice Rushen – Anything But Ordinary 1995 – Chris Smither – Up on the Lowdown 1995 – Jody Watley – Affection 1995 – Abra Moore – Sing 1995 – Stephen Bruton – Right on Time 1995 – Mitch Watkins – Humhead 1996 – Alejandro Escovedo – With These Hands 1996 – Tormenta – Tormenta 1996 – Joel Nava – Soy Otro 1997 – Abra Moore – Strangest Places 1997 – Lavelle White – It Haven't Been Easy 1997 – Hot Buttered Rhythm – Hot Buttered Rhythm 1997 – G3 – Live in Concert 1997 – David Ryan Harris – David Ryan Harris 1997 – Chris Smither – Small Relevations 1998 – Ramino Herrera – Con El Mismo Amor 1998 – Jeff Robinson – Any Shade of Blue 1999 – 8 1/2 Souvenirs – Twisted Desire 1999 – Stephen Bruton – Nothing But The Truth 1999 – Chris Smither – Drive You Home Again 2000 - Clay Moore - To A Tee 2000 – Tina Lear – The Road Home 2000 – Seela Misra – Something Happened 2000 – Willie Oteri – Concepts of Mate Matoot 2001 – Toni Price – Midnight Pumpkin 2001 – Brent Palmer – Boomerang Shoes 2001 – Laura Scarborough – The Project Live 2002 – Bob Schneider – The Galaxy Kings 2002 – Stephen Bruton – Spirit World 2002 – Chris Thomas King – A Young Man's Blues 2003 – Lavelle White – Into The Mystic 2003 – Blaze – Aural Karate 2003 – Nicknack – Mustard Seed 2004 - Clay Moore - ¡Damelo! 2004 – Javier Vercher – Introducing Jarvier Vercher Trio 2004 – Fastball – Keep Your Wig On 2004 – Darden Smith – Circo 2006 – Leni Stern – Love Comes Quietly 2006 – Gecko Turner – Chandalismo Illustrado 2007 – Bobby Whitlock – Lovers 2007 – Greg Koch – Live on the Radio (featuring Joe Bonamassa and Robben Ford) 2008 – Michael Cross – Blues Lovin' Man 2009 – Radney Foster – Revival 2010 – Katie Armiger – The Confessions of a Nice Girl 2010 – Carrie Rodriguez – The New Bye & Bye 2010 – Betty Buckley – Bootleg: Boardmixes From The Road 2011 – Geno Stroia II – From The Hip 2011 – Lizz Wright – Tiny Desk Concert 2012 – Erik Sanne – De Fantastische Expeditie 2013 – Eric Burdon – 'Til Your River Runs Dry 2016 – Will Knaak – The Only Open Road 2017 – Eric Johnson – Collage
DVDs 2005 – Robben Ford – New Morning: The Paris Concert
References
External links Official website