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Brad Paisley
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Contemporary country singer/songwriter Brad Paisley was born October 28, 1972, in Glen Dale, WV; given his first guitar at age eight, he delivered his first public performance at church two years later. With his 50-something guitar teacher Clarence "Hank" Goddard and two of the older man's seasoned musician buddies, the teenaged Paisley formed his first band, the C-Notes, and at age 12 began writing his own material. After performing in front of the local Rotary Club, he was invited to appear on Wheeling station WWVA's famed Saturday night broadcast Jamboree USA. Paisley's debut was so well received that he was invited to join the program full-time, and in the years to follow he opened for the likes of the Judds, Roy Clark, and Little Jimmy Dickens. He later attended Nashville's Belmont University, serving an internship with ASCAP; the contacts Paisley made there helped him land a songwriting deal with EMI, and he also appeared on countless demos. Signing to Arista, he issued his debut solo album, Who Needs Pictures, in 1999. The record produced two chart-topping singles in "He Didn't Have to Be," an ode to loving stepfathers, and "We Danced" and also earned generally positive reviews for its diversity of country styles. In the meantime, Paisley recorded a duet with Chely Wright, "Hard to Be a Husband, Hard to Be a Wife," for the Backstage at the Grand Ole Opry compilation; the two later collaborated on several songs for Wright's Never Love You Enough album. The sequel to Paisley's debut, Part II, was released in 2001 and promptly returned him to the Top Five with "Two People Fell in Love." "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)" gave Paisley his third chart-topper, and "Wrapped Around" fell one spot short of becoming his fourth. "I Wish You'd Stay" became the fourth Top Ten hit from the record in early 2003. At the beginning of August 2005, Paisley put together a short "director's commentary" preview of his next album for his fan base to download. The full album, Time Well Wasted, appeared two weeks later and narrowly missed the top of the album charts, though it did hit number one on the country charts. In 2006 Brad Paisley Christmas, a collection of both originals and covers, came out, followed by 5th Gear in 2007. ~ Steve Huey, All Music GuideMore

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Oct 26th, 1:50pm
Brad is hosting the CMA with Carrie Underwood! Her CD on Nov. 3rd should be pretty big!

http://www.imeem.com/artists/carrie_underwood/

-Madison
Aug 16th, 11:10pm
Hey guys! I just found out the Dave Matthews and Kenny Chesney did a song together. They are releasing it as a single. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpXNGtS2dBs
Jul 19th, 12:39am
Good stuff, You got me in to Country music. I'll be seeing you September 5th! In Buffalo NY!
Jul 2nd, 8:59am
Ahhh! Brad Paisely’s new cd “American Saturday Night” is streaming live! I just took a listen and its amazing =). Of course I then had to enter the contest to see him live at Madison Sqaure Garden in NYC!!!
I want to share the link with you guys and good luck with the contest! I hope I win!!
http://www.iheartradio.com/cc-common/news/sections/special/bradpaisley.html?cmp=ncle_bradpaisley
Jun 28th, 1:43pm
Love your music Brad!! Wish you'd load some videos... I'm a video kinda girl :)
Jun 20th, 7:15am
Thank you for your music, I usually try to see you when you come to Wisconsin. :)
Jan 16th, 7:50pm
Me too ~ love your songs
Dec 17th, 4:01pm
love love love yur music!