Brach Rauchle “Brach Rocks” | Beats, Brews & Buddies | Ep. 20

Brach Rauchle has lived in the New River Valley for the past decade performing in groups such as Urth, Chupacabras, Ripejive & Lazy Man Dub Band as well as in horn sections with many different groups. He is principally a guitarist, saxophone player & vocalist & likes to build strange things to hit with his feet & other appendages. A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Brach spent most of his musical career in the Los Angeles area prior to his life in Virginia. While on the West coast for about 15 years he performed & recorded with many groups on both guitar and saxophone. His funk / progressive trio, Urth, performed their original music regularly at venues such as the Knitting Factory, the Coconut Teaser & the world-renown jazz/fusion nightclub the Baked Potato while also working as the rhythm section of a jazz quartet, performing at many weddings, casuals & various events where he wouldn't normally be allowed to loiter like the Johnathon Club in downtown LA. During his college years Brach began to develop his multi-instrumental approach which led to the formation of the band Urth in it's original trio format in which he played guitar & bass simultaneously on a self modified 7-string guitar while also incorporating his first instrument, the alto saxophone. By building an elevated stand out of some drum stand, guitar stand & sax stand parts, he was able to play the sax along with the 7-string. Some years later, he would ultimately build the world's craziest solo rig in the pursuit of true spontaneous improvisation of form. It was very very heavy... and big. Nowadays Brach is loving playing music with his beautiful brothers and sisters in Chupacabras, Lazy Man Dub Band & Ripejive as well as enjoying working with and getting to hear the music of so many other fantastic musicians in the NRV area, all while carrying as little gear as possible whenever he possibly can.