Bradley Nowell - Hit Me With Music

Brad, One of the great guitar players/singers of the 20th centery. We lost this one way to early. For those of you who have not heard Brad's solo and acoustic stuff I will post some of it here.

Buy some cds if you can.

I own all that I can find and never stop looking for unreleased and rare music from this artist.

Bradley Nowell is probably the only person besides Bob Marley that can perform a Marley Song and make you feel good about it.

He was really touched by music and it shows in his soulful playing smooth voice and guitar playing. Some might even want to hurt me after what Im about to say but I like Brad's acoustic version of "Zimbabwe" better than Bob's and thats only my preference(MP3 Play Count is 50 times). I'm not saying it's better. What is better? Better is subjective to the listener. Could Brad write a song that good? yes, but he didnt write that one.

Brad is the reason I got into Bob Marley. I was listening to alot of Sublime when i discovered that they covered Bob Marley songs and an even better discovery was Brad's acoustic versions of a few Marley songs. That peaked my interest. He must have listened to Marley quite alot because his covers are amazing.

I let my friend Greg (I would say he's the Marley expert) hear Brad from the Firecracker Lounge and he thought "most people in the place were not listening and just talking, only Brad cared and he was singing with a lot of sincerity, he felt the music".

Sublime covered the following Bob Marley songs.

One Cup Of Coffee/Judge Not, Trenchtown Rock, I Shot The Sheriff

Bradley played these songs. Almost as if he was paying respect to the original artist for the love of the music that influenced him.

I think thats why his acoustic covers (studio and live) of Bob Marley Songs were so amazing the passion and the love of music.

Wanting to play music and sing regardless of how it sounds. Sometimes Brad was drunk when he was performing and his playing/singing wasnt always on key but it was passionate.

Im writing about Brad because I feel the muisc that he is performing I have just listened to Zimbabwe & Marley Medley over and over for the last hour. So I will share these heart-felt recordings with anyone who might stumble upon them.

DOWNLOADS:

Bradley Nowell - Firecracker Lounge - Zimbabwe - Marley Medley (Guava Jelly, This Train and Cornerstone) also Sublime Covering I Shot The Sheriff from a live performance on a boat.
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