2012!
posted Jan 15,2012 07:01 pm
Well the New Year has arrived and I am very excited about what we have in store for 2012! I am needless to say getting very anxious to start getting back out and playing some shows. I already have a handful booked up through March and am always in the process of getting more shows down in the books. ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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2012!
posted Dec 14,2011 09:12 pm
Well the New Year has arrived and I am very excited about what we have in store for 2012! I am needless to say getting very anxious to start getting back out and playing some shows. I already have a handful booked up through March and am always in the process of getting more shows down in the books. ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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My Recent Trips to Nashville
posted Oct 23,2011 04:10 pm
It has for sure been a really great month since I was last on here talking to you guys. I still am not sure if I’ve gotten over the excitement and high that came of the Fresh CD Release Party. I just want to say thank you one more time for all who came. The show sold out!! So many people playe ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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“FRESH” CD RELEASE
posted Sep 25,2011 11:09 pm
I don’t know if I will ever be able to say thank you enough to the incredible crowd that came out this past Friday to the “Fresh” CD Release Party at The Square Room. In everything I have done in my career up to this point there has been a constant stream of love and support coming ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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The Weeks Leading up to The CD Release Party
posted Sep 06,2011 12:09 pm
I hope all have been well since the last time I posted. As usual, a lot has gone on in my world and there is much more to come. I have been working diligently mostly on things associated with the Friday, September 23rd CD Release party at the Square Room. Up to this point I have:
- created ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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The Past Month and the Month Ahead
posted Aug 20,2011 02:08 pm
Hello everyone!
A lot has gone on since my last legitimate post on here. All of the album songs have been recorded and mastered, the album artwork is completed, all details have been checked and rechecked and just yesterday all was successfully approved to be printed!! So the final prod ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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CD Release Party!!!!
posted Aug 03,2011 04:08 pm
The CD release part for my second album "Fresh" has been set!!!
It will be on Friday, September 23rd at The Square Room!
I will be posting more information in the upcoming days!
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July 7-10 Nashville Recording Session
posted Jul 08,2011 12:07 pm
Hello everyone!
We are currently in Nashvill recording the finial five songs for my upcoming album "Fresh." These five songs will be combined with the four from last session and the three from my already-released EP to make a grand toatal of 12 songs!
We finished up all the tracki ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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The Square Room in Review
posted Jul 08,2011 12:07 pm
I absolutely cannot thank all of those who came out to my June 30th show at The Square Room enough! That was one of, if not the highest points in my life. To look out into the crowd and see people you know and love AND some that you've never met before singing the words to your songs is something t ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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Nashville Recording Session June 23-25th
posted Jun 22,2011 02:06 am
Well the show at Willy’s last night went extremely well! Unfortunately it got cut a little short due to a mini-monsoon that blew through right in the middle of my second set. Thanks so much to all those who helped get everything inside before the rain or wind could cause any damage. I actually had t ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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Willy's Tuesday, June 21st @ 6:00pm!
posted Jun 20,2011 10:06 pm
I will be live out at Willy's Bar and Grill near Choto Marina tomorrow night. It is a really cool place and has a great summer atmosphere. I hope you all can make it. I will be letting everyone there know all the details I have coming up Such as: our recording session coming up this weekend!!! June ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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Radio Interview on 106.1 The River
posted Jun 15,2011 09:06 pm
I will be doing a Radio Interview tomorrow morning with Bruce Patrick on 106.1 The River! Interview will start around 7am and be broken up into segments till around 9am! We will be talking about my upcoming Square Room show on Thrusday, June 30th and also will be introducing some new songs! Hope all ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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Thursday, June 30th @ The Square Room!
posted Jun 05,2011 08:06 pm
It has been quite a while since I have last spoken with everyone and a lot has gone on in the time that has passed. I have been on vacation, played a handful of great shows, done photo shoots, designed fliers, booked more gigs, yada yada yada yada. I hope everyone has been doing as well as I have be ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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The lowdown
posted May 15,2011 09:05 pm
I hope you all have been doing well since I last posted on here. Since the last post I have finished up exams and officially begun summer, played the Cru (awesome gig!), booked my first full-band official show at the Square Room! (June 30th!!! Mark you calendars!), played Willy's Bar and Grill for t ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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Recap of the Finals and the Cru tonight!
posted May 07,2011 01:05 pm
I first would like to thank everyone so much for all the love and support that was shown throughout the whole Star 102.1 Battle of the Bands Competition. Though we did not come out with the outcome we had hoped for we did absolutely everything we could to put ourselves in the best chance to win. So, ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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Tomorrow Night! The Finals! Finally
posted May 03,2011 01:05 pm
Well after a week's delay tomorrow night, Wed., May 4th, is the Finals of the Star 102.1 Battle of the Bands competition! Again, as all who are on Facebook or have checked out this blog are well aware, the winner of this event gets to open for TRAIN!! Sunday, May 15th at Smokies Stadium as apart of ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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We've made it to the Finals!!!!
posted Apr 19,2011 01:04 am
Thank you so much to everyone who came out and supported this past Wednesday for the first round of the Star 102.1 Battle of the Bands Competition!!! All the love, support, signs, loud screaming, etc... was an essential part in getting us on to the FINALS!!! I am so fired up/excited/honored to be a ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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Busy Week Ahead!
posted Apr 10,2011 07:04 pm
This past week and weekend were equally great as they were busy with band rehearsal, one major exam, traveling, and shows on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. This week is just as busy!
Monday and Tuesday I will be meeting with my newly acquired band for rehearsal. Then Wednesday, April 13th, ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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Star 102.1 Battle of the Bands Competition
posted Apr 05,2011 12:04 pm
This is some exciting stuff!!! I have been invited to participate in the Star 102.1 Star Jams 2011 Battle of the Bands contest!
The winner of the competition gets to open for Train!! Sunday, May 15th at the Smokies Stadium!
I will be playing in the round on Wed, April 13th! The com ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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The week ahead....
posted Apr 05,2011 11:04 am
I have got a whole whole whole bunch of stuff going on in the upcoming week.
Don't forget that this Thrusday, April 7th I will be playing at The Down Home in Johnson City, TN. The show will start at 8:00 with Denver Stevens opening and then I will be going on around 8:40ish. From all that ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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The Down Home
posted Mar 22,2011 11:03 am
My show at the Down Home will start at 8:00 with my main man Denver T. Stevens opening for me with a short set. I will go on around 8:40ish and play till around 10:30
Some informtion about buying tickets and making reservations is listed below. I just copied and pasted this off of their web ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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I'm back home and back to work
posted Mar 22,2011 11:03 am
I am now back in Knoxville after what proved to be an incredible spring break! It is definitely good to be home.
This Friday, March 25th I will be playing at Mulligan's from 7:00- 10:30! I hope to see all my peeps there! It feels like its been forever.
I would just like to say than ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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Spring Break
posted Mar 18,2011 12:03 pm
For all this who have been wondering where I've been the past week...I'm currently on spring break! It has been a very nice break.
The week started last thursday when my good buddy Zack Kramer asked me to come to the SEC mens basketball tournament with him in Atlanta. His grandfather is the ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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Thank you to everyone!!
posted Mar 06,2011 02:03 pm
I just want to give thanks from the bottom of my heart to everyone who came out to the cd release party at the orangery!! I hope you all had as great of a time as I did. I was so amazed by not just how many people showed up but the quality of the people that showed up. Everyone there was so kind and ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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CD Release Party Today!!!
posted Mar 04,2011 09:03 am
We are anticipating a great crowd for this event! Me and Jim were at The Orangery last night getting everything set up and it looks awesome. It is one of the coolest buildings in Knoxville and the upstairs room is really beautiful.
The upstairs concert area will open at 7:00. However, you m ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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Radio Interview with 106.1!!
posted Mar 03,2011 12:03 am
My interview with 106.1 "The River" about this Friday's CD Release Party will be on the air for all those driving to work early in the morning tomorrow starting at 7:15!! I was joined by Denver T. Stevens and we both had a blast. The interview was done by the one and only Bruce Patrick who is offici ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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CD Release Party
posted Feb 28,2011 02:02 am
The cd release party is rapidly approaching!! I have had an incredible amount of people inform me that they will be attending and I absolutely cannot wait to see everyone there. The upstairs room at the Orangery holds approximately 250 people and from all that I have heard we are well on our wa ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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Down home and CD Release stuff
posted Feb 14,2011 03:02 pm
I just locked in a booking at The Down Home in Johnson City, TN for April 7th!! If you have not heard about this place I highly suggest you look into it. I am from the tri-cities area and this is probably one of the most well known places to play in the area. It's an awesome atmosphere and the ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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Mulligan's tonight 6 to 9:30!!!!
posted Feb 12,2011 11:02 am
Hope to see everyone there!
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Upcoming Shows!!
posted Feb 03,2011 11:02 am
Hello All!!
There has been much to discuss since I last spoke with you guys. I have just recently booked a handful of shows at places such as Mulligans and The Down Home, and have multiple multiple other shows pending and other little things like weddings, and parties and what not too. So t ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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Work Work Work!!
posted Jan 13,2011 10:01 pm
Well the new year- and unfortunately, new semester- have officially arrived and we (by "we" I mean Jim and I) have already begun putting in the work for what what we hope to be a monumental year for Brad Blackwell inc!!
We are currently in the process of booking as many shows as reasonably ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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Rush St!!!
posted Jan 05,2011 10:01 am
Hello All!!!
I have returned home from a long and awesome string of vacations. Now it's back to business though!
This Thrusday, Jan 6th I will be playing at Rush Street here in Kingsport. It'll be the first time I've played here and it should be awhole lot of fun. I hope people wi ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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This Past Tuesday at Stir Fry
posted Dec 31,2010 12:12 am
I truly cannot tell all the folks who came to my show at stir fry this past Tuesday how much you guys mean to me. That was such a great moment for me and I truly am so blessed and thankful to have so many great people in my life.
I hope everyone had as good of a time as I did. I love all you gu ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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Thank you and Merry Christmas!!!
posted Dec 23,2010 08:12 pm
Last night was so great. I'm so blessed with such great fans and friends. I can't tell everyone who came out last night how much i appreciate you guys. I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!!!!
Tuesday, Dec. 28th at 8:00 will be my last show of 2010 at Stir Fry Cafe in my hometown King ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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Mulligan's this Wednesday Dec. 22nd!!!
posted Dec 21,2010 09:12 am
Hey everyone!!!! I sincerely hope yo uall are having a great holiday season. In addition to that, I sincerely hope you can come to Mulligan's this Wed Dec. 22nd! There is already a good amount of confirmed guests attending and I am super excited about it. My goal is to pack the place out. I want thi ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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This weekend!
posted Dec 08,2010 05:12 pm
Hey everone! I hope everyone is doing well. This is the final week of the semester for me and I am greatly looking forward to it being almost over.
This Friday I am playing for the Comcast Christmas Party at Chilhowee Park. I played this event last year and it was absolutely great! If you' ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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Stuff.......
posted Nov 29,2010 12:11 pm
This past saturday was great! Big thanks to everyone that came out. That was probably one of the best crowds we've had there so far! Lets keep getting bigger!Thank you to all the birthday party girls too as well as Kim and the whole gang.
It's exam time for me so I'm going to be doing my be ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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I'm back!
posted Nov 23,2010 04:11 pm
I am happy to announce that i have returned safely from my trecherous journey into the great smokey mountains. It was a very successful cabin weekend indeed! I have returned back from my weekend getaway just in time for Thanksgiving and this time its a week-long getaway!
Me and Jim are cur ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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The week ahead
posted Nov 15,2010 02:11 pm
I had an absolute blast this past saturday at Mulligans. I hope everyone who came had as much fun listenin as I did playin. I unveiled a brand new song that me and Jim just got finished writing only a few days ago. At the end of the night I played it unplugged for those still there listening. That w ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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Saturday!
posted Nov 10,2010 08:11 am
I play this Saturday night at Mulligans! I hope to see all of my closest friends there! Me and Jim have been working on some new songs for our next recording session too. So I'll be throwin a new song into the set. Can't wait!
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UT's Got Talent Finale
posted Nov 09,2010 09:11 am
Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you to everyone who voted and also to everyone who came to see the finals of UT's Got Talent this past Sunday. I cannot tell you how much it meant to see you guys there.
Congrats to Glenda on the victory. She absolutely dese ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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UT's Got Talent!!!!!!!!!
posted Nov 04,2010 04:11 pm
Ok everyone! The final show for UT's Got Talent will be held on Sunday, Nov. 7th in the Cox Auditorium of the Alumni Memorial Building located on UT's campus. If you google it it comes right up. The show starts at 7:00...I need as many people here as I can get. This would be a big win for team Black ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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Tonight! Nov 4th at Sapphire
posted Nov 04,2010 03:11 pm
Hey guys tonight I will be playing at Sapphire down on Gay Street!!! I will be playing from around 9 pm to 10 pm. I am opening for Nashville recording artist Kassie Miller. I hope you guys can make it out!!! Should be cool.
Also, I mentioned earlier ...all those who came to the square room ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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Nov. 7th Final Round of UT's Got Talent!
posted Oct 29,2010 01:10 pm
Thank you so much to everyone who voted this past week. I am in the final round of four!!! I jsut got done giving a tour of my house as part of this upcoming weeks show. They're doing an episode kind of taking people into the day-to-day lives of the final contestants. Should be up around next thursd ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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Mulligan's Tonight!
posted Oct 29,2010 01:10 pm
Everyone who came to Mulligan's last time when my show got cancled...COME BACK TONIGHT!!!!
It should be a great show. I'll start around 6:30 or so . I hope to see all my friends there!
Brad
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Brad's in UT's Got Talent!!
posted Oct 26,2010 12:10 am
To anyone who is a UT student or knows a UT student!
I am in the university wide talent show "UT's Got Talent." I have made it past the first three rounds and voting is now open for the contestants trying to make it to the final round. There are six contestants and based on student-voting i ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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Thank you!
posted Oct 17,2010 09:10 pm
To everyone that came to Mulligan's on Friday night I am really sorry for the unfortunate mixup. You don't know how much it means though that all you guys showed up anyways.
Also I would like to say thank you to everyone that voted for me as East TN Best Local Musician. I am honored and owe it a ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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Recent Interview
posted Oct 04,2010 02:10 pm
Hey everyone! It's been a very good month. The show at the square room on Sept. 17th went absolutely awesome! A huge thank you to everyone that showed up and helped make that a very special night for me and everyone involoved.
Posted here is a recent interview I did. Check it out!
http: ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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My First Entry
posted Sep 02,2010 09:09 am
Things have been going great over the past several months and there are a lot of things
coming up in the future that I am very excited about. The September 17th show at the square room with Stephen Hunley is a big one on the calender for this month. Please contact us if you have any interest in ... [READ FULL ARTICLE]
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