John Braden (musician)
John Braden | |
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| Born | January 17, 1946 North Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | July , 1987 New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, Producer of Children's Records |
John Braden (January 17, 1946 – July, 1987) Was a musician, writer and producer of children's records for Kid Stuff Records. He created several narrative stories and songs for various Atari games including Asteroids, Missile Command, Super Breakout, and Yars' Revenge. He had nine gold records with Kid Stuff and produced the 'Masters of the Universe' story album for them as well. and was said to have worked on "dozens" of musicals. Braden often collaborated with arranger Jeff Waxman.[1]
Braden also released an eponymous album in 1968 on A&M records. Ry Cooder played guitar on a few of the tracks, as did Chris Ethridge and Sneaky Pete of Flying Burrito Brothers, Richard Bell (keyboardist for Janis Joplin and The Band), and folk musician Bruce Langhorne. .
References
- ^ "Windfarm: John Braden". Retrieved 2015-06-30.