Bekka Bramlett
Bekka was born to Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett, who had much musical success of their own performing as a duo in the early '70's with a unique combination of country, rock and R & B. Bekka was four when she sang on her first record, Delaney's solo album "Mobius Strip" on the song "California Rain", and had her first developmental deal at age 12.
At 17, another demo deal came about. "This time, they wanted me to be the next Whitney Houston," Bekka says. "I told them that wasn't my niche. They'd pat me on the head a lot and say, 'you don't know, honey. We'll make you a million dollars.' It was trendy, and I just never believed in trendy. So I went out on the road doing backup for 10 years."
In 1992, Bekka worked with Mick Fleetwood and his band "The Zoo" on the album "Shakin' The Cage". Later that year she joined Fleetwood Mac in 1993.
In 1995 the Fleetwood Mac's "Time" album is released. Bekka co-wrote two songs for that album. Bekka - "Even before Fleetwood Mac, I listened to Billy's records. I love his songwriting, although he's also my favorite singer. When we finally got together, I realized that we had something that never existed with Fleetwood Mac. They always said I sounded too country and that Billy sounded too country. They'd pull our reins back to a certain extent. There was just a down hominess that Billy and I had on tape that didn't really fit in with Fleetwood Mac. There was Mick Fleetwood in his knickers and Billy in his sequined jacket looking like a cowboy. The stuff I enjoyed singing most fell in line with what Billy was doing on his own".
At the end of 1995, Bekka moved to Nashville, where she and Billy got the attention of Garth Fundis, best known for his production work with Trisha Yearwood. "Mick wanted to take a hiatus, and so did John McVie, so the band broke up at the end of 1995. For Billy and me, it was a great opportunity to push forward with the duo. It opened the door for me to move to Nashville. I was able to buy Whispering Bill Anderson's home on Old Hickory Lake.
We just jumped headfirst on this. We fell in love with Garth Fundis instantly. He understood what we wanted to do. We've just been plugging our way, writing. The deal with Almo Sounds kind of fell in our laps, but Billy and I had been planning to do a record together for about two years. Previously, we had a commitment to Mick and John, both contractually and as a friendship, so we weren't about to leave them.
But when they broke up, that opened the door for us to do what we really wanted to do -- a duet record." That country album with Billy Burnette from Almo Sounds called "Bekka & Billy” was released in April 1997 with a certain amount of success.
Faith Hill covered the Bekka and Billy song 'Better Days' with Bekka singing backup on her album "Faith". Bekka has done background vocals for artists like Kenny Rogers, Rita Coolidge, Bad Company, Richie Sambora and many more.
In 1998, she broke up with Billy Burnette. Bekka went on tour with Vince Gill and Billy Joel. Also, she appeared on several album's, including Jonny Lang, Rita Coolidge, The Why Store, Travis Tritt, Buddy Guy, Paul Craft and Jim Horn. Also, her dad Delaney's album "Sounds From Home".
Recently, Bekka is working on an album with Steven Seagal, for which she will do the backing vocals. Also, on a few new albums including Faith Hill's new CD "Breathe" which she also wrote the first song on the CD, called "What's In It For Me".
