The fourth String Band Boogie night at Newhampton Arts Centre and another great line-up for you.
CLINT BRADLEY BAND.
Clint says "Every singer/songwriter or musician has a seminal moment at some time in their lives. You hear or see something that makes you want to pick up an instrument and play. For me it was hearing ‘Marty Robbins’ sing his gun fighter ballads. I have a vivid memory of hearing that sound for the first time, it totally captivated and drew me in. I think I was probably around 9-10 years old. If memory serves me correctly, the first song I learnt the chords to was ‘Running Gun’. I later discovered the Sons of the Pioneers, Gene Autry and others and with each step I took further into the world of Western music the more enchanted I became." and later "I then began working on a collection of songs that have now become the basis of my first ever dedicated Western album ‘RIDING AFTER MIDNIGHT’ released by Finnish record label Bluelight on the 23rd May 2014. Here at long last I’ve done what I’ve wanted to do for so many years and record an album of songs in a style that I am truly passionate about. Music and what it does to people spiritually, is a powerful force. All of us are drawn to particular styles and sounds, we can’t explain why, it just is. For many of us the source of our passion can be thousands of miles from where we are born and live. So it is with me, I cannot claim to have lived a life on the prairie or even on the same continent as the artists who have always inspired me. All I have is the passion and the pure belief in the music" Clint now has the band he had been seeking behind him and his latest album Soul Of The West has won critical aclaim all over the world
