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Brannigan (Band) Brannigan is an American alternative pop-rock band originating in Texas. Their formation began as many bands do with founding members David Jeremy "Jay" Baker and Richard "Mac" Carl in April of 2005 in Longview, Texas. Within a month, guitarist and vocalist Jay Baker and drummer and vocalist Mac Carl invited Nick Baker to play bass and sing. Within weeks material was written and a self-titled demo under the band's original name, "The Vehicle Reason" was recorded. Only 2000 copies of the demo were pressed, but it shared demo versions of several songs that would be recorded later.

As crowds began growing regionally, the band joined the Dallas producer Alex Gerst to record their debut album, "Odds on Occurrence." Production began in July of 2006 and it was released on November 15, 2006, with a live sold-out performance at the Hard Rock Cafe in Dallas, TX. Although the album was received favorably regionally, it was not until 2007 that any national notoriety was achieved. A licensing contract was offered by Los Angeles based firm BK Entertainment, and three songs from the first effort were placed on MTV's popular programs "The Hills" and "The Real World."

With TV placements came new relationships, most notably a partnership with L.A. based Ue3 Promotions CEO Jennifer Lyneis. Lyneis began a radio campaign with the single, "Beautiful One," which was received favorably in small markets across the states, but without budget, the band began recording their Sophomore release titled "Dead Reckoning."

The single "Firestorm" was an immediate fan favorite and the band filmed a video with a regional director, Samuel Haun. By this time, the band began receiving offers to perform at music festivals such as South by Southwest and Atlantis Music Festival.

According to David Baker, father of Jay and Nick, the band became restless with the lack of opportunity in rural Texas, and took a trip to visit drummer Mac Carl's family in Denver, Colorado and were considering relocation. Although Dallas's Alternative rock station KDGE was receiving requests for several singles from both albums, DJ's were mostly playing the material on specialty shows such as "The Local Show" and "The Adventure Club." The band took a short hiatus over the summer of 2009 after bassist Nick Baker abruptly quit due to, according to a blog on the band's twitter page by Nick himself, personal issues. During those months, the remaining members held several tryouts for both bassists and guitarists. Bassist Jordan Snyder of Baton Rouge based "Ethylene." Soon Nick Baker returned to the band and Snyder returned to "Ethylene." Both bands schedule shows together to date.

Upon N. Baker's return, he learned that Jay Baker and Mac Carl had met Matt Noveskey of Blue October, and were planning to record a third record with Noveskey producing the album, and engineer Andy Sharp recording in Austin, Texas. Upon completion of pre-production with Noveskey, a dinner conversation solidified a future working relationship in which Noveskey would help shop the record. Noveskey eventually took over management duties. When Jennifer Lyneis of Ue3 heard the first mix of the title track of the new album, "Lucky Sound," she and Noveskey joined forces in management roles for the band as they prepared the release. In the next few months the band decided to change their name, something that according to Carl in an interview with L.A. Weekly, "they had wanted to do for a very long time." Carl cited the main reason for the change as the feeling that they "had outgrown it." With a new name, "Brannigan," and new material being mixed by Chuck Alkazian of Pearl Studios in Detroit, the team decided it was time to release the title track to Clear Channel Radio's internet radio network known as iheartradio. Within days, the unsigned band's single was positioned in the #1 spot in the signed alternative category, a spot the single held for over two and a half months. Two subsequent singles were released to iheartradio, each topping out at the number two position respectively.

Members Founding Members Jay Baker-Guitar, Vocals, Keys Mac Carl-Drums, Backing Vocals Nick Baker-Bass, Vocals, Keys

Former Members Jordan Jackson-Guitar 2007-2009

Discography Demo-2005 "Odds on Occurrence"-2006 "Dead Reckoning"-2008 "Lucky Sound"-2011

Influences The band has cited many influences in various articles. In L.A. Music Blog, Carl attributes a wide, diverse group of influences, including Thrice, The Beatles, Jimmy Eat World, Third Eye Blind, Pink Floyd, and others. In Bob Legget's interview with Brannigan in January of 2011, many influences were discussed, including classic country such as Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, and George Jones. The band has often cited Ft. Worth, Texas based Flickerstick as a major influence as well. "Lucky Sound" is scheduled for release in early summer 2011, and the band is currently in the process of shopping the new record.