Erik Brann aka Erik Braunn aka Erik Braun, American musician, was a guitarist with the 1960s acid rock band Iron Butterfly. He is featured on the band's greatest hit, the legendary 17-minute piece In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968), recorded when he was just 17. A Boston, Massachusetts native and a violinist, Braunn was accepted as a child into the prodigy program at the Boston Symphony Orchestra, but was soon lured away to become a rock guitarist, joining Iron Butterfly at 16.
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- Erik Brann aka Erik Braunn aka Erik Braun, American musician, was a guitarist with the 1960s acid rock band Iron Butterfly. He is featured on the band's greatest hit, the legendary 17-minute piece In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968), recorded when he was just 17. A Boston, Massachusetts native and a violinist, Braunn was accepted as a child into the prodigy program at the Boston Symphony Orchestra, but was soon lured away to become a rock guitarist, joining Iron Butterfly at 16. He played with Ron Bushy, Lee Dorman and Doug Ingle from 1967 to 1969. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida sold over 20 million copies, went platinum and stayed on Billboard magazine's charts for over a year. With arrangement assistance from Lee Dorman, Braunn wrote the song "Termination," which was featured on the In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida album. The album's mini-bio, written when he was 17, tells of an acting ambition he once had, clothing and food preference and the ease with which rock 'n roll artists were able to arrange sexual encounters. It reads: "Although music has always been his one great love, Erik studied drama and before joining the Butterfly, his acting ability had landed him the lead role in a local play. ... Erik hopes to, one day, continue in the acting field. Right now, however, his only concern is the Iron Butterfly, turtleneck sweaters, bananas and the fairer sex. " In 1970 Erik Braunn, along with another ex-Iron Butterfly Darryl DeLoach, formed Flintwhistle. Not much is known about this band except that they performed live for about a year before breaking up. Between 1972 and 1973 Braunn worked solely in the studio on various demos. In 1973, he recorded a couple demos with MCA Records, these demos can be found on various bootleg sites. Notable songs from these demos include very early versions of "Hard Miseree," "Am I Down" and "Scorching Beauty. " In 1974, he reunited with Ron Bushy to form a new version of Iron Butterfly. The 1975 LP "Scorching Beauty" featured Braunn on lead guitar and vocals, Bushy on drums, Philip Taylor Kramer on bass and Howard Reitzes on keyboards. A year later, the band released "Sun and Steel" early 1976 with Bill DeMartines replacing Reitzes on keyboards. Neither album sold well, and the band disbanded shortly afterward (around summer 1977). Braunn occasionally reunited with Iron Butterfly for concerts, and was working diligently on his solo debut when he died of a heart attack in 2003. This followed an ongoing struggle with complications from a birth defect that Braunn had battled for years.
- La sua notorietà è legata al gruppo hard rock psichedelico Iron Butterfly, con il quale esordì a diciassette anni nel 1967.
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- Erik Brann aka Erik Braunn aka Erik Braun, American musician, was a guitarist with the 1960s acid rock band Iron Butterfly. He is featured on the band's greatest hit, the legendary 17-minute piece In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968), recorded when he was just 17. A Boston, Massachusetts native and a violinist, Braunn was accepted as a child into the prodigy program at the Boston Symphony Orchestra, but was soon lured away to become a rock guitarist, joining Iron Butterfly at 16.
- La sua notorietà è legata al gruppo hard rock psichedelico Iron Butterfly, con il quale esordì a diciassette anni nel 1967.
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