Al 'TNT' Braggs
Dynamite UK Vocalion / Peacock
Earthquake Vocalion / Peacock USA
Died 3rd December 2003 - Dallas, Texas
Both were obscure tracks
to obtain at the time on the UK Vocalion label but
great, great ones from Al 'TNT' Mr Dynamite
Braggs, heavily played at the Twisted
Wheel.
In 2000 Al was still doing live blues gigs just as he did in
the 1960s touring with Bobby
Bland. Sadly, Al who came from Dallas, died of a heart attack a couple of years later.
He was also a songwriter, his credits include Share Your Love With Me, a Top
five hit for Kenny Rogers and recorded by Aretha Franklin.
I JUST CAN'T GET OVER YOU, Soul of a Man he wrote for Bobby Bland as well as Crying Man in 1966 for the Boogie
Kings.
In the eighties he appeared in the group Forever Fabulous Chickenhawks
Showband and All Star Revue.
