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James Easter Bradford

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James Bradford (b. James Martin Blackford in St. Louis, Missouri, USA) is an American singer/songwriter and actor. His schizophrenic birth mother put him up for adoption wherein at the age of 2 1/2 he became James Warnock. When choosing a stage name, he selected the last name Bradford under the mistaken impression it was his original birth name.

Born in Missouri but raised in Shreveport, Louisiana, Bradford came out of the closet in his teens. He moved to New York City at age 17 to attend The American Musical and Dramatic Academy. At 19 he was working in musical theater when he was discovered by DJ/remixer Richard Morel, who signed him to the short-lived Outsider Music label.

Morel elected not to release their collaborative work, but Bradford (then going by "Easter Bradford") released it independently. The hard house/electronica/pop album, "Mnemosyne's Lounge," went largely unnoticed, though the first and only single, "Relationship Destruction Machine," was included on the compilation "DCide: the 40" from DCide Records.

Bradford took a break from music to work in a variety of branches of entertainment. Between the ages of 21-26 he worked as a stand-up comedian, improvisational actor (with troupe "Far From Kansas,") and appeared on several television shows and in independent films.

In 2005 he was cast in the VH1 reality show "Can't Get a Date", where he was portrayed as a negative, effeminate man who had become disillusioned with life after gaining weight and having minimal career success. The show proved popular; on it he teamed up with musician Toshio Mana (of "The Bootlickers"). The show included footage of a concert he performed at legendary Manhattan cabaret The Duplex, and spotlighted the song "Bayou Refueling Station" from his first album. This revitalized interest in Bradfords' music, particularly within the gay community.

In 2006 Bradford and Mana collaborated on his second album, an acoustic folk record called "Metronomosexual". This included several acoustic versions of songs from "Mnemosyne's Lounge" as well as new tracks; notably a cover of "Sugar Daddy" from the musical "Hedwig and the Angry Inch." They also released an alt-country E.P., "The Fumes of Burning Bridges".

The same year he had featured roles on the television shows "L.A. Forensics" and "Veronica Mars". Additionally, five of the songs from the "Lounge" album and "Destruction" single were utilized in the LOGO television programs "Dante's Cove" and "The Lair".

A concert album recorded at Manhattan's Rockwood Music Hall, "Live at Rockwood," followed in 2007. Released later that year was a b-sides and remixes collection, "Medium Rare". This included a remix of "Burning Bridges" by Shardcore, the pseudonym of musician Neil Forrester (from "The Real World London".)

In 2008 he released a three disc 56-song retrospective boxed set called "AyeAyeAye Tunes Exclusive: The Collected Works". A one-disc promotional version also circulated, called "Hatest Grits". A free E.P., "The August E.P.," was made available as a digital download on his website. A full length-album project (to have included the songs from "The Fume of Burning Bridges") called "Ipecac Kisses" was scrapped; instead two more singles - "Artificial Reality" and "One Day Behind" were released.

In 2009 another free E.P., "The February E.P.ebruary" was released digitally. Bradford began performing live, either solo with Toshio Mana or with a full band called "Hazlenut Highway," at a variety of high-profile gigs (often connected to the LGBTQIA community.)

In 2010 he toured with the "Bearapalooza" concert. In 2011 he created a sold out Fringe Festival Show, "James Bradford is... Thick!", which he then toured with. James began to branch out into live storytelling and stand-up comedy, appearing at the Boston Comedy Festival and eventually touring throughout 2012-2016 as a comedian.

He was selected as the mascot, "The Official Dum-Dum," of the longrunning "The Chris Gethard Show", and appeared on multiple episodes of the show. He wrote and co-starred in the indie horror comedy "Queers of the Western Zombie Apocalypse," which debuted at the 2015 Fringe Festival.

James continues to work in film, television, music and comedy in 2020. His newest album "Syrup" is slated for release, and his autobiography is being published by Penguine Books in April.
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William Gregory Lee and Gregory Michael in Dante's Cove (2004)
Dante's Cove
5.7
TV Series
  • Soundtrack("Kissable")
James Easter Bradford, Pebbles McWhorter, Ellen Bischoff, Carolanne Tomaziefski, and Bradley Tomaziefski in Queers of the Western Zombie Apocalypse (2015)
Queers of the Western Zombie Apocalypse
  • Digger
  • 2015
Black Mirror (2011)
Black Mirror
8.8
TV Series
  • Script and Continuity Department
Small Town Murder Songs (2010)
Small Town Murder Songs
5.9
  • Soundtrack("I Don't Want to be Your Friend")
  • 2010

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  • Connor Ratliff, Hallie Bulleit, Chris Gethard, Noah Forman, Keith Haskel, Shannon O'Neill, Bethany Hall, Robert Malone, David Bluvband, Dru Johnston, J.D. Amato, Riley Soloner, Murf Meyer, Gary Richardson, Alex Clute, Bill Florio, and Jon Vafiadis in The Chris Gethard Show (2015)
    The Chris Gethard Show
  • James Easter Bradford, Pebbles McWhorter, Ellen Bischoff, Carolanne Tomaziefski, and Bradley Tomaziefski in Queers of the Western Zombie Apocalypse (2015)
    Queers of the Western Zombie Apocalypse
  • Callum Blue and Ellen Muth in Dead Like Me: Life After Death (2009)
    Dead Like Me: Life After Death
    • (as James Bradford)
  • Small Bits of Happiness (2008)
    Small Bits of Happiness
  • Doug Friedman in LA Forensics (2006)
    LA Forensics
    • (as James Warnock)
  • John Travolta and Scarlett Johansson in A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004)
    A Love Song for Bobby Long
    • (uncredited)

Writer

  • Sal Vulcano, Brian Quinn, James Murray, and Joe Gatto in Impractical Jokers (2011)
    Impractical Jokers
  • James Easter Bradford, Pebbles McWhorter, Ellen Bischoff, Carolanne Tomaziefski, and Bradley Tomaziefski in Queers of the Western Zombie Apocalypse (2015)
    Queers of the Western Zombie Apocalypse

Director

  • James Easter Bradford, Pebbles McWhorter, Ellen Bischoff, Carolanne Tomaziefski, and Bradley Tomaziefski in Queers of the Western Zombie Apocalypse (2015)
    Queers of the Western Zombie Apocalypse

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    • February 6, 1979
    • St. Louis, Missouri, USA
    • Aaron DamianiJuly 7, 2006 - October 10, 2009 (divorced)
  • Other works
    "Metronomosexual," album, 2005

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    Grew up in Shreveport, Louisiana with actress Lee Eddy and actor Blayne Weaver, with whom he did children's theater.
  • Quotes
    I'm sweatin' like a Hilton in church!
    • Square framed glasses and a goatee

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