REMINDER! Sam Bradley Supporting NeedToBreathe

Thursday, 29 November

Venue:  KoKo London

TICKETS

Sam to take the stage at approximately 7:30pm

Sam Bradley Merch -- Lighters, Posters and Hoodies, OH MY!

Per Sam's Twitter... Merch Alert!!

"2 lighters for $5. Poster $5. Cd $10. Hoodie $40. Everything $50. Keeping warm and starting a signed Sam Bradley camp fire... priceless!"

"Hoodies have arrived! Now I have Sam Bradley lighters, posters, CDs, hoodies. Just waiting for those tote bags and I'll be all set. Excited"

Hoodie, so warm and cozy, it's like getting Sam Cuddles ALL DAY LONG

tote bag

Per Sam's chat with Butterflies Radio, when you buy the complete "SamPak", you will be entered into a drawing to win one of his guitars!  

Bring  your pocket money!!

Sam Bradley Talks with The Honolulu Pulse

An 8 a.m. telephone interview with Sam Bradley — 2 in the afternoon for him — sounded OK when his publicist said that was the time he was available. Little did I know that I’d be working on other assignments for the paper until 2:30 a.m. the day of the interview, or that I wouldn’t be able to sleep until almost 4.

I was at my desk at 8 a.m. as agreed, but felt like death warmed over.

I placed the call. “How are you?” Sam asked politely. I decided he deserved the truth.
“I’m a little tired as well,” he replied. From that moment on it was like talking with an old friend.

“I’m in a car, traveling to St. Louis,” he added, getting those preliminaries out of the way. The trip was going to take four hours, so we had plenty of time for an interview.

Bradley, a native of London who’s best known for “Too Far Gone,” the song he co-wrote with Robert Pattinson of “Twilight” fame, is in town this weekend for two solo acoustic shows at the-Venue.

Though he’s been doing a lot of work recently with a small band, he said, “the acoustic thing is definitely something that I am very comfortable with and want to explore more as well.”

“I hope it’s touching people when it’s supposed to … (but) I’m not taking myself too seriously. That is something that I really think is coming across; it’s something I’m really happy about,” he said.

As of this week Bradley had performed in 48 of the 50 states. Now he can add Hawaii to the list.

He’s bringing CDs with him. Much of his work to date has been available only as digital downloads, but “Zuni,” released last November, is a traditional CD, with five first-time recordings plus remastered versions of three songs from a 2009 self-titled debut project.

BRADLEY’S “Twilight” song, “Too Far Gone,” appeared on the “Twilight” soundtrack album as “Never Think.” Pattinson was the vocalist, but Bradley’s career has been accelerating ever since.

His fan base is international, and a concert tour of the Philippines made in the aftermath of Typhoon Ondoy was documented in a digital film.

Writing “Too Far Gone” didn’t feel like work, he said: “I definitely work on songs, but that one was extremely organic in its approach in that I was drunk and so was the other writer, and we were just chilling out. … It just so happened that that song really boosted my career.”

Some artists hit big with a song that isn’t really representative of what they do — Don Ho and “Tiny Bubbles,” for example. Bradley is comfortable for the moment with “Too Far Gone” being his best-known work.

“I skip lightly across a few genres, so that’s a ballad and I’ve definitely got more of those, (but) I try to be as eclectic as possible, or as my acoustic guitar
allows.”

“My writing for the most part is from personal experience. I do have some story-based songs, but that still comes from personal experience or from me being affected by something I’ve read or watched.”
His experiences have not been conventional. At 16 he left school in London, then moved to Vancouver with his mother.

“It bought me some time to figure things out,” he said. “If I’d stayed in London, I’d have had to get a job immediately. I ended up going to high school (in Canada) for a couple of months, just to meet people, really; it wasn’t for education purposes,” he said. “I met someone and she became my girlfriend.”

Girlfriend aside, Bradley “couldn’t really fit in” in Vancouver and returned to London. He “hopped between places, doing odd jobs and odd things” while he explored different options.

“That was kind of when I started playing guitar, too,” he noted, “so I hopped around and started writing.”
Soon, Bradley made a complete commitment to music as a career.

The commitment paid off, and at 24 he’s an internationally known artist.

“The biggest payoff for me is being able to travel and meet people,” he said. “That’s something that I’ve always loved doing, ever since I can remember, and the fact that I get to do it through something I completely love and am completely committed to is pretty special.”

SAM BRADLEY
Where: The Venue, 1144 Bethel St.
When: 8:30 p.m. tonight and tomorrow (doors open at 7:30)
Cost: $20 at the door
Info: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/ or http://www.sambradley.com/


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Sam Bradley's Zuni Heard West On Interstate 84

Great story from a fellow Sam supporter! 

"Today on my daily commute home I was sitting in the epicenter of hell, otherwise know as rush hour traffic on  I84 West of Hartford CT. 

I had my windows down and was flipping through the radio stations looking for something to hum along to so the time would pass.  When I found nothing I switched to the CD player and popped in my Zuni CD.

The intro to 'Lights' came on and I'm tapping the steering wheel to the beat enjoying the musical magic that is Sam Bradley.  Cars are not even crawling by, but all is well for me as Sam sings me through it.

I was suddenly startled by the guy in the car next to me

*Not the actual guy*

He reached over and tapped my passenger door and when I looked at him he said 'Who are you listening to?'  I replied 'Sam Bradley'.  I could tell the guy didn't know Sam's name yet.  He listened for a moment and then our cars crawled forward a few feet and we stopped again.  'It's good' he said, 'what's the album?' the cars started to move again as I reached for the cover and showed it to him 'It's called Zuni, SAM BRADLEY, ZUNI .' he nodded and started to pull away.  When I caught up with him again I said 'You can get it on iTunes' He nodded looking for something beside him and then he held up an envelope and a pen 'Zuni?' he asked writing on the envelope.  I nodded back and his car started to move again and I yelled out the window 'SAM BRADLEY' once more. He waved out the window as he drove off."

Now that's what we call "Going Global"

One highway at a time

Purchase Zuni, for yourself or a fellow commuter... HERE.  

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Sam Bradley's Fall US Tour Begins

On September 15, 2011, Sam Bradley kicked off a short fall tour at The Space in Hamden, CT .

In this intimate setting Sam entertained the crowd with a set containing songs from his latest album "Zuni".

Sam wowed the audience with a beautiful cover of Chris Stapleton's "Whiskey And You"



He also included this beautiful rendition of "Too Far Gone".

Tour Dates