Bradley Walker (singer)

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Bradley Walker
Born1978 (age 47–48)
Athens, Alabama
GenresCountry, Bluegrass
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active1998–present
LabelsGaither Music Group
Websitebradleywalker.com

Bradley Walker is an American bluegrass and country music singer and songwriter.

Early life

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Bradley Walker is a native of Athens, Alabama. He was born with muscular dystrophy, and has been in a wheelchair all his life. He was a student at East Limestone High School where he played percussion in the school band.[1]

Walker started singing when he was two or three years old, and began performing in public when he was four.[2] When he was ten, he was invited on stage to perform with The Oak Ridge Boys, and when he was eleven, he sang with The Oak Ridge Boys on The Nashville Network's Nashville Now as well as on the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon.[3]

He works at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant as a Material Inventory Coordinator while pursuing a music career.[2]

Music career

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In 1998, Walker formed a band, The Trinity Mountain Boys, and began to perform at bluegrass festivals.[3] In 2001, he joined the Georgia-based group Lost Horizon.[4] He was signed to Rounder Records, and released his debut album, Highway of Dreams, in 2006. The album was produced by Carl Jackson.[5] For his performance on the album, he won the Male Vocalist of the Year Award from the International Bluegrass Music Association.[6]

2016: Call Me Old-Fashioned

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Walker's second album, Call Me Old-Fashioned, was produced by Rory Feek and recorded at the Joey + Rory studio out on their farm. Walker had known Joey and Rory Feek since 2007, and he was asked by Rory Feek to sing the hymn "Leave It There" at the funeral of Joey Feek in accordance with her wishes.[6] Bill Gaither of the Gaither Music Group, who was also at the funeral service, heard Walker's performance and signed Walker to his label.[7] The album includes a posthumous duet with Joey Feek, "In The Time That You Gave Me", using vocals she recorded before her death.[6] The album was released on September 23, 2016,[8] and debuted at No. 9 on the Top Country Albums chart.[9]

2017–19: Blessed: Hymns & Songs of Faith

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On October 6, 2017, Walker released Blessed: Hymns & Songs of Faith. The album, produced by Ben Isaacs, features collaborations with Vince Gill, Alison Krauss, Rhonda Vincent, Jimmy Fortune, The Oak Ridge Boys, The Isaacs and Ricky Skaggs.[10] The album received a GMA Dove Award for the Bluegrass/Country/Roots Album of the Year in 2018.[11]

He also performed a song "Leave It There" in the Homecoming CD/DVD release Give the World A Smile in 2017.[12]

Walker appeared at the Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019 alongside Vince Gill.[13]

2020–present: Brothers of the Heart

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In 2020, Walker collaborated with Jimmy Fortune, Ben Isaacs, and Mike Rogers to release an album Brotherly Love and a concert DVD/TV special filmed at Rory Feek's barn/studio near Columbia, TN.[14] The album was released digitally on May 29, 2020, and the DVD and CD released on September 4, 2020.[15] The concert film aired on the Circle network on October 20, 2020.[16] The collaboration was successful and they decided to continue with another project, and while they were recording their second album they named their group Brothers of the Heart.[17]

In February 2023, Brothers of the Heart released the second album, Listen To The Music. The album reached No. 5 on the Top Christian Albums chart, and No. 32 on Top Album Sales.[18]

Discography

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Albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
US
[19] 		US
Country
[20] 		US
Christian
[21] 		US
Bluegrass
[22]
Highway of Dreams[23]
  • Released: September 12, 2006
  • Label: Rounder Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 — — — 10
Call Me Old-Fashioned[24]
  • Released: September 23, 2016
  • Label: Gaither Music Group
  • Formats: CD, Digital download
 155 9 4 1
Blessed: Hymns & Songs of Faith [26]
  • Released: October 6, 2017
  • Label: Gaither Music Group
  • Formats: CD, Digital download
 — — 18 1
Brotherly Love[28]
(with Jimmy Fortune, Ben Isaacs, and Mike Rogers)
  • Released: May 28, 2020
  • Label: Gaither Music Group
  • Formats: Digital download, CD, DVD
 — — 19 —
Listen To The Music
(as Brothers of the Heart)
  • Released: January 20, 2023
  • Label: Gaither Music Group
  • Formats: Digital download, CD, DVD
 — — 5 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

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Year Single Album
2016 "Why Me" Call Me Old-Fashioned

Music videos

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Year Video
2006 "A Little Change"

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Work / Nominee Result Refh
2017 GMA Dove Awards Southern Gospel Recorded Song of the Year "The Right Hand of Fellowship Nominated [29]
Bluegrass/Country/Roots Recorded Song of the Year "Don't Give Up on Me" Nominated [29]
Bluegrass/Country/Roots Album of the Year Call Me Old-Fashioned Nominated [29]
2018 GMA Dove Awards Bluegrass/Country/Roots Recorded Song of the Year "I Will Someday" Nominated [30]
Bluegrass/Country/Roots Album of the Year Blessed Won [11]
Southern Gospel Artist of the Year Himself Nominated [30]
2021 GMA Dove Awards Bluegrass/Country/Roots Recorded Song of the Year "Go Rest High on That Mountain" – Fortune/Walker/Rogers/Isaacs Nominated

References

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