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Everett Bradley (musician)

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Everett Bradley
BornGreenwood, South Carolina, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • singer
Instruments
  • Percussion
  • guitar
  • vocals
Years active1997–present
Member ofBon Jovi
Formerly ofThe Original
Websitewww.everettbradley.com

Everett Bradley is an American musician and singer.[1] He is currently a member of the rock band Bon Jovi.[2]

Biography

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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]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Everett Bradley - Latin Percussion". Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 21 Dec 2016.
  2. ^ "Bon Jovi set for Irish return next summer". 30 October 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2018 – via www.rte.ie. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ a b c "Everett Bradley - About". Retrieved 21 Dec 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d e Jordan, Chris (15 Dec 2016). "Bon Jovi, E Street: Everett Bradley's 'Holidelic' mood". Asbury Park Press. Retrieved 21 Dec 2016.
  5. ^ a b c "Everett Bradley - The Official Bruce Springsteen Website". Retrieved 21 Dec 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Holidelic - Hoplite". Retrieved 21 Dec 2016.
  7. ^ "Everett Bradley | SAY".
  8. ^ "Everett Bradley (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 17 August 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)