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Bradley Matthew was born October 2, 1979 and grew up in a small town in southwest Missouri. He was raised listening to Southern Gospel and Country music and was heavily influenced by greats from both industries like Merle Haggard, Keith Whitley, Vern Gosden, Jonathan Wilburn, and Jason Crabb. Like many artists, he got his start singing in church and although his dad is a Baptist preacher, Bradley didn’t start singing at an early age. Even though his younger sisters started at the ages of eight and nine, they performed as a duet for several years until Bradley joined them in 1998 to form the southern gospel trio The Praters. As the group’s baritone, Bradley and his sisters traveled all across America singing at churches and festivals, averaging 200 dates per year. In 2004, The Praters pulled off of the road and now Bradley Matthew is back!
“Brad Matthew Prater — or Bradley Matthew, if you know him by his stage name — grew up in Buffalo with the sounds of country and southern gospel music in his ears. Now, with a a CD release and touring schedule of his own, Prater wants to bring those sounds back to the Ozarks and just about everywhere else, too.His debut album, “Common Man,” is for sale online, in stores and on iTunes today, Friday, May 20, and a CD release concert will kick off at 8 p.m. this evening at the Ozark Hills Theater in Lebanon.”
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