Brad Shultz
{{Short description|American guitarist}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Brad Shultz
| image = 2019 RiP Cage the Elephant - Brad Shultz - by 2eight - ZSC4337.jpg
| caption = Brad Shultz performing at Rock im Park 2019
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1982|05|15}}
| birth_place = Bowling Green, Kentucky, U.S.
| genre = {{flatlist|
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| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Musician
- songwriter
- producer
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| instrument = {{flatlist|
- Guitar
- keyboards
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| associated_acts = {{flatlist|
- Cage the Elephant
- Perfect Confusion
- Juliette Lewis
- Dan Luke & the Raid
}}
}}
Donald Bradley Shultz Jr. (born May 15, 1982) is an American musician. He is the rhythm guitarist and one of the founding members of the band Cage the Elephant, and is also a record producer. He is the older brother to current Cage the Elephant bandmate, Matt Shultz.
History
Before Cage the Elephant, Shultz was in a band with current bandmates Jared Champion and Matt Shultz known as Perfect Confusion.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bgamplifier.com/artists/bands/perfect-confusion/article_0b3b5e3d-d221-56b0-bd49-33d6962766df.html|title=Perfect Confusion|website=The Amplifier|language=en|access-date=January 23, 2019}} Perfect Confusion formed in 2001, and played smaller music venues around their hometown, Bowling Green. The band broke up in 2005, but the former members occasionally have reunions and performances.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bgdailynews.com/community/perfect-confusion-reunion/article_4395ce0e-9dfc-11e5-8359-a768eeb5fbff.html|title=Perfect Confusion Reunion|last=Simmons @wkudn|first=Natasha A.|website=Bowling Green Daily News|date=December 8, 2015 |language=en|access-date=January 23, 2019}}
Career
After Cage the Elephant formed in 2006, Shultz, along with the rest of the band, moved to the United Kingdom to gain moderate success with their self-titled debut LP, releasing in Europe on June 23, 2008, and in the United States on March 24, 2009.{{Cite web|url=http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/cage-the-elephant-clears-up-hippie-commune-rumors/7395|title=Cage the Elephant Clears Up Hippie Commune Rumors – BlackBook|date=July 20, 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720201259/http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/cage-the-elephant-clears-up-hippie-commune-rumors/7395|archivedate=July 20, 2009|url-status=bot: unknown|access-date=February 8, 2017}}
Along with being a member of Cage the Elephant, he is a record producer. He has produced Juliette Lewis' Future Deep EP,{{Cite web|url=https://www.axs.com/juliette-lewis-makes-a-big-return-with-new-ep-future-deep-109955|title=Juliette Lewis makes a big return with new EP 'Future Deep'|website=AXS|language=en-US|access-date=January 23, 2019}} Nashville band Bad Cop's The Light On EP,{{Cite web|url=https://badcopmusicnashville.bandcamp.com/album/the-light-on-ep|title=The Light On EP, by Bad Cop|website=Bad Cop|access-date=January 23, 2019}} and Bowling Green band Dan Luke and The Raid's debut LP, Out Of The Blue,{{Cite web|url=https://danlukeandtheraid.bandcamp.com/album/out-of-the-blue|title=Out Of The Blue, by Dan Luke and The Raid|website=Dan Luke and The Raid|access-date=November 23, 2019}} among other indie artists' EPs and LPs.
Personal life
In May 2007, Shultz and his wife, Lindsay, got married. In September 2013, the Shultz's first child was born.{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/CageTheElephant/status/375302103511871488|title=Tweet: Say hello to Miss Etta Grace! I am in love! My wife Lindsay did an amazing job birthing and I can truly say she...|last=Elephant|first=Cage The|date=September 4, 2013|website=Cage The Elephant|access-date=January 23, 2019}} In November 2019, the couple welcomed their second child.{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/CageTheElephant/status/1197920739401388032|title=Julian James Shultz pic.twitter.com/eoh3GO5BJk|last=Elephant|first=Cage The|date=November 22, 2019|website=@CageTheElephant|language=en|access-date=November 23, 2019}}
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Category:21st-century American guitarists
Category:American rock guitarists