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Brady

About Me

Brady is a Solo/Duo/Trio singer/songwriter playing energetic, soulful acoustic Americana. Classically trained in theatre and voice, Brady can slide effortlessly between folk, dirt floor blues, reluctant country, and driving bluegrass. With over 100 songs of his own and 300 covers, Brady has the variety of material necessary to please the most discerning of audiences. When accompanied, Brady employs musicians of exquisite cross-genre ability, such as Windham Hill recording and performing artist Sean Harkness (guitar), Bob Coons (guitar, Jerry Garcia Band), Gordon Stone (Banjo and Pedal Steel for GSB, Phish, Pine Island, and many others). Brady has shared the stage with Reid Genauer (Assembly of Dust, Strangefolk), Spookie Daly Pride, MTV music licensing phenoms Motorplant, members of the Jerry Garcia Band, NYC East Village ragtime sensation Chris Lowe (Van Ronk ragtime) and more. If you are looking for a family friendly show sung by a thoughtful, clever tunesmith, a toe tapping cover show with a rippin' lead player, or any combination of the two, you have found it. Brady has a proven track record in colleges, bars, and ski resorts from New York City to Boulder, CO. Drawing from a dizzying array of influences, your audiences will love him for his voice, his lyrical sensibility, his self-effacing humor, and the variety of his songwriting styles.

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Member Since: 07/10/2005
Band Website: www.cdbaby.com/rnbc
Band Members: Brady (Lead vocals, rhythm guitar); Rotating lead guitar - Sean Harkness (Windham Hill), Aaron Cowan (JRDA), Jeff Poremski (Luv Machine), Bob Coons (Jerry Garcia Band); Bass/baritone guitar - Sean Harkness; Alto and soprano sax - Christopher Peterman; Percussion - Marty McGreevy
Influences: Greg Brown, Johnny Cash, Phish, Willie Nelson, James Taylor, Kris Kristoffersen, Townes Van Zandt, The Beatles, Rye Cooder, David Allen Coe, Hank Williams, Mozart, George Gershwin, Jack Johnson, G Love, Ben Harper, Robert Johnson, Taj Mahal, Ken Kesey, Jack Kerouac, Tom Robins, J. D. Salinger, Shakespeare.
Sounds Like: James Taylor, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristoffersen, and Eric Clapton thrown in a blender on the setting "chop."
Record Label: Who's Yer Daddy Productions - self published

My Blog

new album?

so Im getting close to the drum track recording session for my new album "Black and Blue" with my band Bloody Knuckles....This album has been held up, kicked around, pushed down, everything, but I lis...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:55:00 GMT

best quote ever

This blog has nothing really to do with me. I just got a newsletter for Jack Grace (one of NYC's premier alt-Country dudes, also check out his other band, Van Hayride... www.myspace.com/vanhayride), ...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 04:00:00 GMT

violence in a living room

I try to be a peace loving guy.I just watched two roomates beat each other to hamburger, one a close friend of mine.Wading into them like fighting dogs, separating them, and having to put one into som...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 19:28:00 GMT

NEW, PREVIOUSLY UNDISCOVERED CHUCK NORRIS FACT

The Palientological scholars at the Reverend Nathan Brady Crain institute for palientological scholarliness have unearthed a new Chuck Norris Fact.Chuck Norris doesnt pass time. He kills it. Just to...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 11:23:00 GMT

Ani DiFranco

All that I can say is WOW.Quite posibly the best show ive ever seen...right up there with David Grisman, and Mikhail Baryshnikhovs White Oaks troupe.Excellent. See my www.myspace.com/rnbc blog for th...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 05:17:00 GMT

Last Wednesdays Show...Applesauce

So the show at Charlie-O's went well. I played one of my best shows ever...EVER.P sang beautifully, and played rippin guitar...the first time Ive ever really played lead guitar well, and most of it w...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 16:03:00 GMT

PATTY LARKIN!

MY MOMMA BOUGHT ME A PATTY LARKIN TICKET FOR MY BIRTHDAY!!Shows tonight! Yaaaaaay!NBC
Posted by on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 15:58:00 GMT

NY, NY

So, I went to NYC on Thursday, played a show, and drove right back.Crazy.I have to keep reminding myself that this is the life that I have chosen, lol.The show went well though, the monthly thing down...
Posted by on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 11:56:00 GMT

Singer songwriter search

So two years ago, I swore "No More Contests."I violated my rule. I got what I deserved, but it was an excellent learning experience. I got onstage to do a very complicated fingerpicking song that I ...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 07:06:00 GMT

Delaware and late night fatigue musings

So the Delaware trip was a success, if a modest one.Friday night at 1AM I got onto a tourbus, and headed out to Boston to pick up some Chad Hollister Band fans. I went to sleep at maybe 330AM, and go...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 06:50:00 GMT