- Brad Cotter
Infobox Musical artist
Name = Brad Cotter
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Background = solo_singer
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Born = birth date and age|1970|9|29
Origin =Opelika, Alabama ,USA
Instrument = Vocals
Genre = Country
Occupation =Singer-songwriter
Years_active = 2004-present
Label = Epic Nashville
Adobe Road
Associated_acts = Silverado
URL = [http://www.bradcotter.com/ www.bradcotter.com]Brad Cotter (born
September 29 ,1970 ) is an Americancountry music singer who won the 2004 "Nashville Star " competition, aired on theUSA Network .From
Opelika, Alabama , Cotter trained with Jerry Redd, who had performed withElvis Presley and thegospel music groupThe Stamps Quartet . His first public performance was at the age of nine in a church inColumbus, Georgia . He recorded five gospel records in the next eight years, and was voted the "top child Gospel soloist in America". He dropped out of performing in his late teen years, then returned to music in Auburn, where he joined the group Silverado. The band toured with such acts asDr. Hook ,The Byrds ,Vertical Horizon , John Anderson andLorrie Morgan .Cotter left Silverado in 1993 and moved to
Nashville, Tennessee , where he tried to get work as a solo act and a songwriter, landing cuts byTommy Shane Steiner andChad Brock . He was unable to obtain a major record deal until his win on "Nashville Star", which gained him a recording contract withEpic Records , who released his debut album "Patient Man " in mid-2004. This album produced three chart singles on the country charts, including the Top 40 "I Meant To". In 2007, Cotter signed with Adobe Road Records in Nashville, releasing an EP called "Continuity".Discography
Albums
ingles
*A Failed to chart.
External links
* [http://www.bradcotter.com/ Brad Cotter official website]
* [http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/cotter_brad/artist.jhtml Brad Cotter at CMT]
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