Daily Discovery: Darrin Bradbury, “Sophie’s Got a Brand New Apartment”

June 9, 2014 1:13 pm

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ARTIST: Darrin Bradbury

SONG: “Sophie’s Got a Brand New Apartment“

BIRTHDATE: 12/14/1986

HOMETOWN: Ridgewood NJ

CURRENT LOCATION: East Nashville TN

AMBITIONS: To one day cease having ambitions

TURN-OFFS: Carpeting

TURN-ONS: Hardwood Floors

DREAM GIG: Would have been to open for Steve Goodman

FAVORITE LYRIC: “I could build me a castle with memories just to have somewhere to go”- Blaze Foley

CRAZIEST PERSON I KNOW: My instinct is to name the most seemingly “normal person” I know assuming that deep down they’re absolutely crazy. So let’s go with Brian Englishmen (a buddy of mine from NJ )

SONG I WISH I WROTE: I try not to go down that rabbit hole. When you write a tune it’s easy to see the flaws in it even if others don’t so why ruin the mystery.

5 PEOPLE I’D MOST LIKE TO HAVE DINNER WITH: John Prine, Todd Snider, Dar Williams, Guy Clark and Jon Stewart

MY FAVORITE CONCERT EXPERIENCE: Watching David Dondero (A huge hero of mine) play at an Elks Club in my hometown for a bunch of my closest friends last holiday season.

I WROTE THIS SONG: Live, I introduce this song as a protest song disguised as a love song, disguised as a protest song about the “Post graduate student housing crisis”…Otherwise it’s a true story.