Brad Paisley Biography

3-time Grammy Award-winning Country Music Singer and Songwriter; Named best Male Vocalist for 3 consecutive years by the Country Music Association and for 4 consecutive years by the Academy of Country

Contemporary country singersongwriter Brad Paisley was born October 28, 1972, in Glen Dale, WV. He was given his first guitar at age 8 and delivered his first public performance at church two years later. With his 50-something guitar teacher Clarence Hank Goddard and two of the older mans seasoned musician buddies, the teenaged Paisley formed his first band, the C-Notes, and at age 12 began writing his own material.

After performing in front of the local Rotary Club, he was invited to appear on Wheeling station WWVAs famed Saturday night broadcast Jamboree USA. Paisleys debut was so well received that he was invited to join the program full-time, and in the years to follow he opened for the likes of the Judds, Roy Clark, and Little Jimmy Dickens. He later attended Nashvilles Belmont University, serving an internship with ASCAP. The contacts Paisley made there helped him land a songwriting deal with EMI, and he also appeared on countless demos. Signing to Arista, he issued his debut solo album, Who Needs Pictures, in 1999. The record produced two chart-topping singles in He Didnt Have to Be, an ode to loving stepfathers, and We Danced and also earned generally positive reviews for its diversity of country styles. In the meantime, Paisley recorded a duet with Chely Wright, Hard to Be a Husband, Hard to Be a Wife, for the Backstage at the Grand Ole Opry compilation; the two later collaborated on several songs for Wrights Never Love You Enough album. The sequel to Paisleys debut, Part II, was released in 2001 and promptly returned him to the Top Five with Two People Fell in Love. Im Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin Song) gave Paisley his third chart-topper, and Wrapped Around fell one spot short of becoming his fourth. I Wish Youd Stay became the fourth Top Ten hit from the record in early 2003.

At the beginning of August 2005, Paisley put together a short directors commentary preview of his next album for his fan base to download. The full album, Time Well Wasted, appeared two weeks later and narrowly missed the top of the album charts, though it did hit number one on the country charts. In 2006 Brad Paisley Christmas, a collection of both originals and covers, came out, followed by 5th Gear in 2007. Brad Paisleys first best-of collection, Hits Alive,

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