Soap Opera Star Brad Cole to Perform at Bay City Red Cross Benefit May 29
"Guiding Light" Performer to Make First Appearance Here
May 13, 2005
By: Dave Rogers
Bradley Cole is not only an actor but also a singer-songwriter specializing in pop rock.
Bradley Cole will bring some of his "Nomadic Music" here from California on May 29.
Cole, whose father Jerry Cole, local stockbroker, is a native of Bay City, is branching out from acting to music. He records under the Nomadic Music label andhas produced three albums of original music.
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Singer Cole will appear Sunday, May 29 at the Kingfish, located at Water and Third in historic downtown Bay City. He will be on hand from4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. for the Tsunami relief effort to benefit the Bay County Chapter of the American Red Cross. There will also be an auction for the relief effort.
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Local folks don't see much of Brad because "Guiding Light" is not televised here, but they'll get a chance to mingle with him, get his autograph and talk about the tremendous talent that seems to run in the family. His cousin, Kevin Cole, is one of the nation's leading interpreters of Gershwin music and makes frequent appearances here.
Brad Cole currently appears as Jeffrey O'Neill in the CBS daytime drama, "Guiding Light." He has appeared in many stage, television and movie roles. He was born and raised in Southern California and has spent the last four years in New York City.
Cole lived in Europe in the late 1980s where he established considerable success, both as an actor in two popular TVseries, and as a singer/songwriter. He returned to California in 1996 but briefly returned to Paris to share the stage with one of his idols, French actor Jean Paul Belmondo, in the play "Frederick." His extraordinary popularity first as the Prince then as an attorney have helped establish an American fan base for Cole and high viewership in several markets for "Guiding Light."
His third album, "In Our Time," was released in 2002 and is comprised of 13 tracks of original music and features NewYork musicians Jon Pusette-Dart, Fernando Saunders, Shawn Pelton, Mark Pender and "The Church's" Marty Wilson-Piper.
Another critic wrote: "Cole has a gift for penning fresh arrangements and uplifting AC pop melodies on his latest album, 'In Our Time.' Influences of CSNY, Traveling Wilburys and the breezy feel of Jimmy Buffet can all be heard in Cole's contemporary sound," wrote a critic in "The Rage" entertainment mag.
"In Our time is a collection of original Pop-Rock tunes, with afew Blues-Folk detours. Compelling melodies, guitars, and harmonies are blended together to provide a potent, addictive sournd. the songs are the kind of songs you just have to listen to again right away."For more information visit http://www.BradleyCole.com and http://www.NomadicMusic.com
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