Pony Bradshaw

DOORS AT 7:30 / SHOW AT 8:30

VENUE INFO

• Enter through Ponyboy, not Tower Theatre

• Downstairs bar opens at 4 PM

• Box office / check in located past downstairs bar

• Box office and will call opens 30 minutes before doors

• Free parking lot directly south of the building across 23rd street

• No weapons of any kind are allowed in the building

• Limited seating available - first come first serve

• Visit our website for more information!

21 + ONLY

ARTIST BIO

Pony Bradshaw didn’t know he could sing because he’d never tried. His dad was a military man turned Elvis impersonator whom a young Pony helped keep stocked with scarves on stage for admirers. Pony had always listened to music, but he’d never made it. He played baseball. He joined––and got kicked out of––the Air Force. It was about five years ago when Pony discovered not only that he could make music, but that he should. On his debut album Sudden Opera, 38-year-old Pony offers a convincing argument in favor of art made by adults who have had time to live, screw up, try again, and find their voice. The record’s title is an apt description: its sound hits abruptly then steadily, like a flood––swells of moody strings, thundering low ends, and dramatic keys, led by Pony’s swinging soul vocals yearning, consoling, and questioning. “I’m a big questioner, for sure,” Pony says. “Flannery O’Connor said she doesn't know what she believes until she writes it. It’s a way of figuring out your own belief system, there for everybody to see as you work through it. Writing tells me about myself.” He pauses. “It helps a lot.”