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Sony Music Nashville
With the ink barely dry on his record contract with Sony Music Nashville's Columbia Records, newcomer Bradley Gaskin has been sent on a whirlwind trip he had only dreamed about while growing up in Duck Springs, Alabama.
Just two months ago, Bradley made his debut in front of numerous music executives and radio programmers as he performed at the Sony boat show during the annual Country Radio Seminar. In between songs by Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood, Sara Evans, Jake Owen, Chris Young, Josh Thompson and Gwyneth Paltrow, the young country singer stood on stage with just his guitar and sang 'Mr. Bartender' to normally what is considered the toughest audience in the genre. When he sang the last note, the audience scrambled to their feet, filling the room with thunderous applause. Less than 24 hours later, radio stations were tying up the phone lines at Sony asking -- no, demanding -- that 'Mr. Bartender' be released as a single. Bradley was just beginning to record his debut album, and the song had not even been chosen as a single, much less been ready to hit the airwaves. The 31-year-old was scheduled to put out his first single in May, but the record company rushed to get 'Mr. Bartender' mixed to send out to radio as soon as possible.
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