Brad Wilson
www.bradwilsonlive.com
GREETINGS MUSIC FANS:
WOW! This is already the wrap-up of 2009! Did it go by fast for you, too? It was a big year. So much happened for us, you and everyone! We have to take time out to reflect on all four seasons, and remember some of the highlights of the family get-togethers, birthdays, road trips, holidays and all the huge music nights at the clubs, casinos, festivals and bike rallies.
This newsletter has a highlight list of the events at which the band performed - and each and everyone was a blast! Traveling to all four corners of California and parts of Oregon and Nevada, meeting people and Rockin' the Blues was the best time. Sometimes the traveling can get long, but once we're at the shows, it's a lot of fun, with everyone having such a good time, you forget about all the hours it took to get there!
How will we ring in the New Year you ask? This December 31, we will be in the Bay Area at The Broadway Lounge in Redwood City. We have had some terrific nights there in 2009 and New Year's Eve will be filled with Rippin' guitar, lots of dancing and good friends getting together for the big countdown to 2010! Make plans to join us if you can!
To start the year off right, we will be in Santa Cruz at the Seabright Brewery on New Year's Day, Friday, January 1st. It's on one of California's most famous coastal boardwalks and a fun club to party at! We're looking forward to it!
The band is back in Southern California on Sunday, January 10, performing at Roscoe's in Chino Hills, Great food and a Rockin' Blues crowd make this a cool early-evening event!
Also in January, we're Rockin' the Blues for three nights in the Summit Room at Eagle Mountain Casino in Porterville on January 22, 23 & 24. Eagle Mountain Casino is a super place to see us with lots to do, fine food and room for dancing!
Then, traveling to Central California's best all around bar, the band is at Vinny's Place in Chowchilla on Saturday, January 16th! It's always a wild night at Vinny's!
Looking ahead to next year, we are very excited to announce we will be performing at the Laughlin (Nevada) Blues and Brews Festival on April 2, 3 & 4, and returning for the Laughlin River Run on April 21 through 24. We will be on the incredible Colorado Belle Casino stage! We love playing in Laughlin. We've made a lot of friends there over the years, and it's always fun seeing everyone again.
I want to thank the folks at Visalia Harley Davidson, Howie And Sons and The Broadway Lounge for their very good work for Toys For Tots. The band was proud to be a part of their very successful events.
We are a live act, traveling statewide, so the band and I would like to say thank you to all the promoters, talent buyers, and club staff that have been very supportive and there for us at each show. I would also like to say thank you to the friends and professionals in media: print, radio and online, for their help in promoting the shows, CDs and playing my songs.
To all the music fans, a huge hug for sharing your love for music with us! What do I like about music? Everything!
Looking forward to a brand new year and seeing everybody again for some Rockin' Blues and Rippin' Guitar!
Wishing you the very best holidays ever!
See you further on up the road.....BW
- The singer/songwriter/guitarist's has released 15 albums.
- Brad's music has been featured in John Carpenter's last two films and soundtracks, Vampires and Ghosts Of Mars.
- His song "Teaser," from Vampires, which BMG Records in Europe released as a single, was not only as the first cut on the soundtrack, but the only song on the record with vocals. The record won a Saturn Award that year for Best Music against some heavy competition. Saturn Awards are given annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films.
- With legendary producer Bruce Robb at the helm, the guitarist's stunning solo guitar work is featured throughout the instrumental track, "Can't Let You Go," on Ghosts Of Mars.
- As session guitarist for record producers, The Robb Brothers at LA's Cherokee Studios, Brad played lead and rhythm guitar on the Vanguard Records CD, Still Loving You, from Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise.
- The NBC soap opera, Passions, has chosen many of Brad's songs for use in episodes airing 2000
through 2006.
- A half-page rave review of Brad was recently featured in Thunder Press Magazine, the nation's leading Harley Davidson and American motorcycle news publication. And another national publication, Vintage Guitar Magazine, featured Brad in two recent issues, with a super CD review, and then a great interview.
- Digital music leader DMX Music added three of his songs to their "Rock and Blues" channel which has a daily listening audience of 80 million worldwide.
- Legendary national blues show, "Blues Deluxe," which broadcasts to over 80 radio stations throughout the U.S. featured Wilson. Says Dave Johnson, host of the syndicated show, "If you are a fan of Gregg Allman, the Doobie Brothers and Marshall Tucker, you're all set for the sound of Brad Wilson. Wilson's sound is that of liquid metal: Hot and Smooth!"
- Upon the record's release, LA's top rock radio station, KLOS, chose the new solo album for a rare
thirty-minute airing of four songs.
- All Access Music Awards in Los Angeles voted Brad "Best Songwriter", and then nominated him again
for "Best Songwriter" as well as "Best Blues Group/Artist." He was also nominated for "Best Blues Band"
at LA's Rock City News Awards. Brad has already won this award three times.
- Brad's CD is available worldwide: In Europe, it's available through CD-WOW.COM, down under in Australia, you can purchase it thru BMUSIC.COM.AU, which had Brad as the Featured Artist on their home page, and North American CD buyers can get their copy of this impressive debut at AMAZON.COM and CDBABY.COM.
- Brad has opened for Tonic, Paula Cole, Cheap Trick, .38 Special, Derek Trucks, Cinderella, Dokken, Walter Trout, blues greats Coco Montoya and Lynwood Slim and many others.
- Many of Brad's songs are about his travels on the road - his tours have taken him throughout the United States many times.
- Brad and his band play over 150 shows a year, up and down the state every weekend, appearing at music venues, clubs, city events, casinos, motorcycle rallies, fairs and festivals, including California's Strawberry Festival and the famous Gilroy Garlic Festival.
For more information, contact Laurie Gorman at 310-550-5256 or laurie3g@aol.com |
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