Gloucester, MA: Rockport native, Nelson Bragg will return to Cape Ann following the latest leg of his Canadian tour with the Brian Wilson Band. An LA resident now, Bragg returns home to play music and enjoy the 4th of July festivities.
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• Bragg plays percussion with Dan King and Tony Goddess on Wednesday, June 29 at the Dennis Monagle Sessions at Minglewood Tavern in Gloucester (9pm, 25 Rogers St, Gloucester, MA, free).
• On Thursday, June 30 Bragg joins Dan King at the new Jalapenos Restaurant in Saugus (7-9pm, 168 Broadway St, RT 1, Saugus, MA, reservations recommended).
• On Friday, July 1 Bragg will sit in with groove, funk band, Down & Derby, live at The Studio on Rocky Neck. Derby features longtime friend and Rockport native, Brian O’Connor (9pm, 51 Rocky Neck Ave, Gloucester, MA, free).
• And ,on Sunday, July 3 Bragg will sit in with live 80s band, SAFETY, at a private engagement.
Bragg has been playing and touring with Brian Wilson since 2003 when he was asked to play percussion on the Beach Boys singer’s Grammy award winning solo album, Smile. The Grammy was for the “Best instrumental” category–Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow featuring Bragg on virtually all of the whistles and sound effects at the top of the piece. In 2005, the Smile two-DVD set was released featuring a full-length documentary of Brian Wilson’s Smile story and the making of it both in 1966-67 and newly in 2004. That documentary aired on Showtime in October 2004 and was directed by Beach Boys and pop authority David Leaf. A live concert performance of Smile is featured on the second disc.
Nelson Bragg has continued on for many tours worldwide including Smile performances (12 nights at London’s Royal Festival Hall) and two nights at Carnegie Hall (broadcast on NPR radio, nationally on Thanksgiving Day 2004), two nights at The Sydney Opera House, The Hollywood Bowl 3 nights w/The L.A. Phil – 2008, Royal Albert Hall, The Montreaux Jazz Festival, The New Orleans Jazz Festival, The Newport Folk Fest, Brandenburgh Gate – Berlin for the worldwide Live 8 benefit and at The 2005 Glastonbury Festival in the UK, setting attendance records. Bragg has also performed with the band on several television appearances including Late Night With Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien. Recordings include Brian Wilson’s Christmas album All I really Want For Christmas released in 2005 and “That Lucky Old Sun” released in 2008. In 2006-2007, the band performed the Pet Sounds album in the U.S. and Europe, celebrating its 40th anniversary. Beach Boy Al Jardine joined the band for the U.S. leg of those concerts.
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