When Bradley Gaskin finally picked up his Gibson J45 after a decade of self-doubt, he was responding to a relentless pull he could no longer resist. Gaskin had left Nashville behind but couldn’t quite shake the feeling there was something there for him. Upon garnering the attention of a Music Row exec in 2008 after posting a rough demo of a self-penned song, Gaskin quickly signed a publishing deal, then a record deal. Poised to release his debut album in 2011 once his first single became a Top 40 country hit, everything came to a halt when his label deemed him too traditional.

After Gaskin was released from his contract, he packed away his guitar, picked up his hammer and drywall tools and headed back to Duck Springs, AL, to resume real life. There, he worked at a sawmill, helped out in the family business, and eventually worked as a janitor for five years at his daughter’s elementary school—which is where Jack Cole, a seasoned businessman and longtime fan, eventually found him. Offered the deal of a lifetime, Gaskin put down his broom and jumped at the chance to get back in the studio with the promise of recording the kind of music he wanted to write. True to his word, Cole started 30A Life Records, signing Gaskin as his first artist and brokering a deal with legendary producer Keith Stegall to produce Gaskin’s new album.

For further inquiries on Bradley Gaskin or 30A Life Music, contact:

Melissa Mathews | MPR

Phone:  615-310-5859

melissa@mathewspr.com