Mario Bradley

Mario Bradley, by now a familiar name on the scene, has been passionate about his music since an early age. He recalls being influenced quite early on by such favourite artists as Joe Clay, Hardrock Gunter, Jack Earl, Big Joe Turner, Elvis, Carl Perkins and Big Boy Arthur Cruddup. Mario was already playing double bass by the age of 17, but his musical career began in the late seventies and early eighties when he was playing with such bands as The Marvels, and later on The Blue Ridge Mountain Boys and The Bootleggers. In the years that followed, Mario had turned his hand to other instruments including piano and drums, as well as the double Bass and guitar which he was already accomplished in, and was by now experimenting with recordings. It seemed a natural progression that he would eventually build his own recording studio, and in 1998, this finally happened. Soon followed the amazing 'Shake It Don't Break It' CD which received a tremendous response from DJ’s and listeners alike, all over the world. The CD, which was released by Fury Records (FCD 3063) demonstrated Mario's ability, as almost all the instruments were played by himself, as well as writing much of his own material and recording and engineering the whole CD. Since then, Mario has appeared on several radio shows and has enjoyed some great reviews. In November 2005, Mario released his long awaited second CD ‘ Rhythm Junction’ with Pink’n’Black Records (PBCD 007) Again, a different blend of blues, rockabilly, jive and neo-rockabilly. This too has received some great reviews, and also featured a name from the first album, Mick Lewis, who played lead guitar on Metronome Mama and Beale Street. Most of the tracks on ’Rhythm Junction’ were again written by Mario. Two of the tracks, ’Hey Baby’ and ’Metronome Mama’ saw a collaboration between Mario and old friend Volker Houghton on the lyrics. Another familiar name is Glen Hallam who played drums on all the tracks on Ryhthm Junction. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.