A certain sparkle

Once upon a time, Sam Bradley was an expat, living in England with his pal Robert Patterson. Robert has gone on to enjoy a certain amount of fame in recent years as a prime player in the Twilight movie franchise and when he set out to record a track for the soundtrack he naturally called on Bradley. Bradley blends rock, soul folk and pop into his work, touching on such performers as The Boss and Bill Withers. I enjoy his performance, even if it sounded a bit mainstream to my notoriously wonky ears. By the time he got on stage, the audience was almost down to family and friends, but he still put on an ebullient performance.

Sam sings! The shadowy figures to his left and right are guitarist John Notto and drummer Mark Kerrey.



Bassist Jeff Riedlinger rounds out the combo.



Sam bends!



Notto frets!



The whole lot!



Soulful Sam action!



Showing off a few moves ...



More Jeff!



Gripping action!



Kerrey not only hits the skins, he also helps on the songwriting.



Greenish action!



And so forth!





He's now touring out on the West Coast, before hitting California and the U.S. South.

• Show reminder: The Beatdown, The Beer Barons, The Living Sound System, Mudplots and Lost Youth find themselves at Mavericks; Monday I Retire, Courtney Thorman, Rostov Metro, Titan Rain and The Red Light Saints play The Live Lounge; Meadowlark Five, The Amalgamation and The Ticket rock Zaphod's; Barrelhouse roll into the Rainbow. The Elmdale hosts The Brothers Chaffey; Jehan Khoorshed & His Problems and Ken Workman and The Union perform at Irene's.