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Brad Paisley Biography |
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Brad Paisley will be the first to tell you he''''''''s led a charmed life-that everything just seems to fall into place for him. What he doesn''''''''t say-although it gradually becomes evident-is that his run of good fortune has been enhanced enormously by hard work, astounding musical talent and a clear, unwavering vision of where he wants to go.
If ever circumstances conspired to create an all-around country entertainer, the result is surely Brad Paisley. Who Needs Pictures, Paisley''''''''s debut album for Arista Records/Nashville, is marked by a prodigy''''''''s freshness of sound and a veteran''''''''s instinct for emotional truths.
Paisley wrote or co-wrote every song. He plays all the guitar parts as well. "If I had to pick a phrase that embodies the whole album," he ventures; it would be ''''''''laughter through tears.'''''''' That''''''''s the feeling you get when you hear these songs; there''''''''s a little wink of humor along with the seriousness." Some of them may make you laugh out loud-like "Me Neither" or "It Never Woulda Worked Out Anyway." But there are others-like "Who Needs Pictures" and "He Didn''''''''t Have To Be"-that might bring you to tears.
Born October 28, 1972, in the tiny Ohio River town of Glen Dale, West Virginia, Paisley seemed predestined for a life of music. "My earliest memory," he says, "is of running down the road to my grandfather''''''''s house. He was a railroad worker who worked the night shift. So he''''''''d be at home all afternoon playing guitar. I''''''''d go down there and spend the day watching him play. He loved Chet Atkins and Merle Travis and Les Paul. And he''''''''d play everything from ''''''''Under The Double Eagle'''''''' to ''''''''Wildwood Flower'''''''' to ''''''''Shortenin'''''''' Bread.''''''''" When Paisley was eight, his grandfather gave him his first guitar-a Sears Danelectro Silvertone with an amp in the case. Although fascinated by his new instrument, Paisley admits it wasn''''''''t exactly love at first sight. "As a little kid, you''''''''re out playing baseball and running in the woods. There are other things that are a little more fun than holding a guitar. But a year or so into it, I found myself waking up and thinking, ''''''''Man, I love to do this.'''''''' Then I really got serious about it. By the age of 10, I was playing well enough to accompany myself." At that point, a family friend suggested that Paisley perform in church. "I got up and did a song," he recalls. "And, I realized then that people seemed to take more to my singing than my guitar playing. Once you sing in church, it''''''''s just a matter of time until someone invites you to do the Lion''''''''s Club meeting! Or you go and sing for the Fraternal Order of Elks. Pretty soon, I was performing at every Christmas party and Mother''''''''s Day event they''''''''d come up with. The neat thing about a small town is that when you want to be an artist, by golly, they''''''''ll make you one."
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