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Brad Peterson

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About Me

This is my previous record -only available here:
The Red Album's at iTunes
The Red Album's at CD Baby
Brad Peterson - Facts & Stuff
Location: Chicago, IL - Ukrainian Village
Vocation: singer/songwriter
Genre: alt-pop-country-rock
Influences: too many bad ones and some that I've been under...
Brad Peterson invites you to hear his most heartfelt and melodically compelling body of work to date:

The Red Album:
Steeped in warm tones, evocative lyrical imagery and haunting melodies, The Red Album succeeds in channeling some of the great recordings of the 60's, with a wistful and bittersweet touch. Lyrically, The Red Album draws on memories over the course of Brad's life - giving voice to the songwriter's creative vision.

Having spent much of the last several years -devoting his time to producing and recording fellow artists, BP has just recently thrown himself back into his own orbit. With the Red Album, Peterson emerges with an honest enthusiasm and vocal power. Listen to The Red Album and you will hear a songwriter who truly is wearing his heart on his sleeve.

As a founding member of critically acclaimed, college radio darlings "Peatmoss" in the mid-90s, Brad has toured and played with Jeff Buckley, Cake, The Wallflowers, Alanis Morrisette and The Dave Matthews Band - to name a few. In performance settings ranging from solo acoustic to full band, Brad has cultivated a loyal grass roots following, from LA's Viper Room to New York's CBGBs (and many points in between).

The thrilling band playing live with Brad these days includes Grammy-award winner (and member of Keith Richards' band) John Pirrucello on pedal-steel guitar, drummer Larry Beers (formerly, Sonia Dada), the excellent Mike Troglia on guitar and brother Ted Peterson on bass and backing vocals.


About Brad's music:
Time Out: "a miracle of an album."
Chicago Tribune: "a pop gem"
Jeff Buckley: "Brad has an amazing voice"
Chicago Reader: "Excruciatingly tasteful and pretty"
Chicago Tribune: "The band to hear"
All Music Guide: "Peterson's voice takes on a certain raspy delicacy"
Daily Herald: "energetic, soul-powered vocals"
The Chicagoist: "Peterson's new songs burn slow and hot as magnesium"
Chicago Sun Times: "cool vocals and Dylan-esque songwriting"
For a limited time, the entire Red Album is available for free download on www.bradpeterson.com .
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/8/2004
Band Website: bradpeterson.com
Band Members: Brad Peterson, John Pirruccello, Ted Peterson, Mike Troglia, Larry Beers
Influences: Preview The New BP-Record:

Eleanor: Your cat's dead.
Steve: What? Which one?
Eleanor: Marmalade. I'm sorry.
Steve: What happened?
Eleanor: A rattlesnake bit it in the throat.
Steve: Goddamn it, Eleanor, why do you have to say it like that? You couldn't try to break it a little bit nicer?
Steve: She's a rich bitch, you know. She was raised by maids. Her parents paid for this island and two of my worst movies. People say she's the brains behind Team Zissou.
Ned: People say a lot of things. What kind of cat was it?
Steve: Who gives a shit..............

Steve: I think it was a tabby.

Coffee, Sleeping on cot in my big brother Mark's room and listening to his records with enormous headphones, Watching the Monkees and wanting to live in a beach house w/ my band like they did, Indie Rock, 60s Folk-rock, 80s college radio, My father's reel to reel, my mother's good heart.
Sounds Like: Haunting melodies and nostalgic memories that pour over you like liquid night

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Record Label: BP Labs
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Check out this video: the BP Winter Party

Check out this video: the BP Winter Party Add to My Profile | More Videos...
Posted by Brad Peterson on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 08:38:00 PST

BP Winter Party

Hosted By: Brad PetersonWhen: Thursday Jan 24, 2008 at 9:00 PMWhere: the Double Door1572 N. Milwaukee AveChicago, Illinois|14 60622United StatesDescription:Brad Peterson Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Brad Peterson on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 05:25:00 PST

contempt

Does she still roll her eyes when ever you mention my name I always took the blame What's a fella supposed to do Oh no My beloved mortal enemy What made your heart so black But I guess...
Posted by Brad Peterson on Sun, 23 Dec 2007 04:25:00 PST

Today Is One Ill Rue (Ive demolished all the things of any meaning)

Forgive me if the words get in the way of what I'm sayingI guess I'm not accustomed to this language that I speak inI had a few bucks in the bar until I drank themThat's why the words ...
Posted by Brad Peterson on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 03:09:00 PST

I’m so proud of him...

This is my nephew Luke; I'm so proud of him... ...
Posted by Brad Peterson on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:17:00 PST

...not going to watch Lost anymore

Spoiler Alert (kind of). I've decided I'm not going to watch lost anymore. Those jack holes at ABC allowed for the killing-off of my favorite character, Charlie. My loyalty to (let's call him my frien...
Posted by Brad Peterson on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:11:00 PST

The Serenity Prayer (BP Version)

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. Because I obsess over everything. Help me to not submit to my c...
Posted by Brad Peterson on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 02:23:00 PST

aether

I was telling a friend, the other day, of a time I was on a Lollapalooza stage as the Broken Social Scene played before the Chicago skyline against a setting sun. The crowd was electrified, wanting mo...
Posted by Brad Peterson on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:26:00 PST

Thanksgiving and Method 2.0

Yesterday was thanksgiving, here, in the United States of America; it's a day where many of us take pause and extra consideration of the things we should be thankful for. These days, this is not diffe...
Posted by Brad Peterson on Sat, 24 Nov 2007 05:56:00 PST

Best Songs Ever List

One may feel that the very idea of creating a list of the best songs ever, ridiculous, so who better than the ridiculous [me] to create it.  These songs qualify for the simple reason that they mo...
Posted by Brad Peterson on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:50:00 PST