Guitartown CT Presents Dale Ann Bradley

GuitartownCT is very excited to present, in a special Sunday matinee concert, the Dale Ann Bradley Band. Sunday, August 24, at 2:30 PM, at the Spaceland Ballroom, 295 Treadwell Street, Hamden.

Kentucky native Dale Ann Bradley is blessed with one of the most natural and expressive voices in bluegrass history. She's in the highest echelon of bluegrass singers, along with Alison Krauss, Claire Lynch and Rhonda Vincent. A former member of the illustrious Coon Creek Girls, she is a five time International Bluegrass Music Association "Female Vocalist of the Year". She's renowned for her covers of non bluegrass tunes by artists like U2 and Tom Petty. 

She's also a noted songwriter and, like many bluegrass singers, a fine guitar player. Her talented band features some hot young pickers, and includes noted Nashville singer/songwriter Steve Gulley. Tickets for this concert, at Hamden's Spaceland Ballroom, are $25 general admission and $35 for reserved table seats, and are available at www.guitartownct.com, or by calling Chris Wuerth at 203-430-6020.

She grew up in southeastern Kentucky and has lived in the bluegrass state for most of her life; her father was a coal miner and Baptist minister. Bradley auditioned unsuccessfully for the New Coon Creek Girls in 1988 and then spent the next couple of years working as a solo artist in Renfro Valley. She finally joined New Coon Creek in 1991 and performed on the group's 1994 Pinecastle Records debut, The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore. Bradley's first solo album, East Kentucky Morning, came out in 1997 and largely consisted of compositions by Dale Ann Bradley and New Coon Creek ally Vickie Simmons. The project also featured a celebrated take on U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For," which helped the album go Top Ten on both the Gavin Americana and Bluegrass Unlimited charts and earn high critical praise.

When the final New Coon Creek Girls album appeared in 1998, "featuring Dale Ann Bradley" was added to the group's name. Shortly after, the outfit would become Dale Ann Bradley and Coon Creek. Bradley's sophomore release, 1999's Old Southern Porches, featured a cover of Stealer's Wheel's 1973 hit "Stuck in the Middle With You." Members of Coon Creek, who by this time featured male players, performed on the album. Bradley put out the solo effort Songs of Praise and Glory in 2001; that same year, signing to Doobie Shea Records, Dale Ann Bradley and Coon Creek released Cumberland River Dreams.

The Ballroom now features a delicious menu of hot food, a wide selection of craft beer, and fine wines too. Comfortable, intimate, plenty of free parking.

What better way to relax on a Sunday afternoon....burgers, beer and bluegrass!