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Arc Angels
12+ albums
blues rockSouthern Rockbluesrockaustin
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There are several bands by this or a similar name: 1. an Austin-based blues rock band, 2. a Los Angeles post-hardcore band spelled Arc Angles and redirected here. --- 1) The Arc Angels formed in Austin, Texas around Charlie Sexton (vocals/ guitar), Doyle Bramhall II (vocals/guitar), Tommy Shannon (bass) and Chris Layton (drums). Previously Sexton had a mildly successful solo career that peaked in 1985 with the song "Beat's So Lonely" while Bramhall, the son of Lightning Hopkins drummer and Stevie Ray Vaughan collaborator Doyle Bramhall, was a seasoned musician himself working with bands such as The Fabulous Thunderbirds. Shannon and Layton were the rhythm section for Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble and a song on Arc Angels debut was dedicated to Vaughan, who died in a helicopter crash in 1990. Their self-titled debut album Arc Angels garnered rave reviews, and even managed to hit #127 on the Billboard charts. After the tour the band went their separate ways (due in part to Bramhall's drug addiction) and Sexton and Bramhall resumed solo careers. Doyle Bramhall II recorded many outstanding solo albums, played for Roger Waters on the In The Flesh tour and was Eric Clapton's live guitarist besides Derek Trucks. After playing together periodically since their breakup, the newly reformed band (sans Tommy Shannon) released a DVD in 2009, tour extensively -- including two appearances at the 2009 Austin South By Southwest music festival and a short stint with Eric Clapton in
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Arc Angels
Living in a Dream
The Best Of Charlie Sexton The Millennium Collection
Southern Rock Gold
Doo Wop Madness
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The Best Of Charlie Sexton The Millenium Collection
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Boogie woogie train
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Southern Rock Gold [Disc 2]
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Holidays For Guitar
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KGSR Broadcasts Vol. 17 [Disc 2]
Too Many People (Special Version remix)
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Austin City Limits Festival