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Cory Branan (born 12/15/1974) is an American singer-songwriter, born in Southaven, Mississippi. "With immeasurable talent, the freedom to follow his muse and a growing number of devout fans, Cory Branan is poised to attain that which eludes even the most successful musicians, a career marked by longevity."〔(【引用サイトリンク】location=Chicago )〕 By his teens, Branan was playing hard rock and heavy metal, eventually fronting a Black Sabbath cover band. In his early 20′s he began to explore the music of John Prine, a move which urged him to pick up a guitar and start writing songs.〔from an interview on (episode 216 of the Americana Music Show ), published October 20, 2014.〕 In 2000, the Memphis chapter of NARAS awarded Branan with the Phillips Award for “Newcomer of the Year.” He didn’t even have a recording contract yet, and the acclaim started rolling in. Two years later, Branan made his label debut with Memphis’ MADJACK Records with the release of The Hell You Say. In 2003 he appeared on both The Late Show with David Letterman and Last Call With Carson Daly.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.madjackrecords.com/the-artists/cory-branan/ )〕 "Cory Branan is a natural-born storyteller, his seemingly conversational, painstakingly crafted anecdotes benefitting from a hard-eyed stare at hydra-headed life experiences. Not unlike his musical and literary pedestal sitters, from John Prine and Leonard Cohen to Raymond Carver and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Cory's gift for detail and phrase-turning is a thing of wonder."〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.bloodshotrecords.com/artist/cory-branan )〕 == ''The Hell You Say'' == Although initially self-released in 2001, Cory Branan re-released his debut full-length album, ''The Hell You Say'', on Madjack Records on October 8, 2002. The rejuvenated album replaced three songs from the original issue with newbies "Skateland South" and "American Dream", in an effort to streamline the concept of the album. Paste (magazine) draws the following analogy: "What Paul Westerberg did for sensitive Minnesotans, Cory Branan does for sensitive Southern boys on The Hell You Say. In lyrics wry, sweet, sad and utterly true (imagine if Westerberg’s Tim consisted solely of tracks like 'Kiss Me on the Bus' and 'Waitress in the Sky'), Branan’s characters populate skating rinks and dive bars, work dead-end jobs and chase after dead-end girls." It was these reactions that landed Branan a spot on The David Letterman Show in 2003. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cory Branan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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