Cory Branan pictures on June 14, 2016. Credit: Photo by Nicole Kibert/elawgrrl.com
Cory Branan’s last Tampa Bay gig was also at a local watering hole, and the 47-year-old Tennessee songwriter is at it again, on the other side of the Bay, for this free show on Friday, Nov. 11 at Grand Central Brewhouse in St. Petersburg.

The Music City sweetheart and Bay area favorite is on the road in support of his first album of new music in five years, When I Go Ghost. The LP features lots of Americana A-listers (including Jason Isbell, Brian Fallon) helping Branan explore what WMOT calls “doubt, loss, depression, and general stir-craziness,” and while the album’s guests won’t be there to help, Branan’s loyal fanbase will have plenty of energy to sing along.

St. Pete’s very own Southern psych-rocker Doug South opens the show.

This article appears in Nov 3-9, 2022.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...