Everett Bradley | |
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Born | Greenwood, South Carolina, U.S. |
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Years active | 1997–present |
Member of | Bon Jovi |
Formerly of | The Original |
Website | www |
Everett Bradley is an American musician and singer. [1] He is currently a member of the rock band Bon Jovi. [2]
Born in South Carolina, He then moved to Muncie, Indiana where his was the drum major at Northside High school as well as the lead in several musicals. Bradley attended Indiana University on a vocal scholarship. [3] He first came to the East Coast to play with John Eddie. [4] He has toured as a background vocalist and percussionist with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, [5] Bon Jovi, [4] and Hall & Oates. [3] His theatre credits include being part of the creative team of Swing! (Theatre World Award 2000), [5] being the first American to perform with and direct Stomp , [6] for which he was nominated for a Grammy, [5] and performing in the Cotton Club musical revue After Midnight . [4] He has served as musical director for Carly Simon and NBC's The Meredith Vieira Show , for which he also wrote the show's theme song and other music included in the program. [3] He has recorded with GRP Records' Dee Carstensen, Joey Ramone, Polygram act Jane Williams, Verve's Chris Botti and Cyndi Lauper. [1]
Bradley also performed vocals on the 1995 hit single from the Original, "I Luv U Baby". [7] Starting in 2002, he began putting on his own funk-influenced holiday production, Holidelic, [6] which has seen guests such as Fred Schneider, Vernon Reid, John Forté, Elmo Shropshire and Celeste Holm. [4] He has also worked and performed as a percussionist and backing vocalist with American rock band Bon Jovi in 2003 during This Left Feels Right Live session, and he became the touring percussionist for Bon Jovi in 2016 to support the band's This House Is Not for Sale Tour. [4] In video games, he provided the voice of Paul Chuck in Um Jammer Lammy, [8] as well as his vocals to the songs "Throw It All Away", "Rhythm and Balance", "The Supernatural", "For True Story" and "Supporting Me" for the character Shadow the Hedgehog in Sonic Adventure 2 . [ citation needed ]
Bon Jovi is an American rock band formed in Sayreville, New Jersey in 1983. The band consists of singer Jon Bon Jovi, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, guitarists John Shanks and Phil X, percussionist Everett Bradley, and bassist Hugh McDonald. Original bassist Alec John Such left the band in 1994, and longtime guitarist and co-songwriter Richie Sambora left in 2013. The band has been credited with "bridging the gap between heavy metal music, rock and pop with style and ease".
Richard Stephen Sambora is an American musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Bon Jovi from 1983 to 2013. He and lead singer Jon Bon Jovi formed the main songwriting unit for the band. He has also released three solo albums: Stranger in This Town in 1991, Undiscovered Soul in 1998, and Aftermath of the Lowdown released in September 2012.
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Hector Samuel Juan "Tico" Torres is an American musician, singer, artist, and entrepreneur, best known as the drummer, percussionist, and a songwriter for American rock band Bon Jovi. In 2018, Torres was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Bon Jovi.
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This Left Feels Right Live is the third of Bon Jovi's live concert videos. Filmed at Atlantic City, New Jersey, this features the band's performance at the Borgata on November 14 and 15, 2004. The DVD was directed by Tony Bongiovi - Jon's younger brother, not his cousin of the same name.
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