Storyteller Bob Bradshaw crafts compelling characters and brings them to his audiences with intimacy and conviction. One moment he’s an impulsive daredevil, the next, a sea-weary pirate, or next simply one of us, an ordinary soul searching for meaning, hope, and redemption. With The Ghost Light, every track inhabits a different little world.

Bradshaw comes by his style honestly. As a young journalist in his native Cork, Ireland, Bradshaw wrote a mix of news and short stories, learning to write with a vivid eye for detail. Years later, after landing in San Francisco, as a musician, his band Resident Aliens was offered studio time, and they needed some original material to record.

“That’s how I got tricked into becoming a songwriter,” Bradshaw recalled. His songwriting follows much the same path as his journalistic style, but today he invites people to bring themselves into his stories.

Bradshaw told Elmore a bit about the video for “Gone.” He said, “In this playful shuffle, the full moon has a strong negative effect on our protagonist, who is hounded from place to place by ‘shafts of lunar light.’ The track was recorded live from the floor at Woolly Mammoth Studio, Waltham, Massachusetts, by engineer Dave Westner. Steve Pellinacci edited the video, and cut in some footage from the 1920 silent horror film classic, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.

Bradshaw wrote “Gone” with Andy Santospago, who plays baritone guitar; Bradshaw is on vocals and National Resophonic guitar; Andrew Stern (electric slide guitar), James Rohr (Hammond B-3 organ), Dave Westner (bass) and Mike Connors (drums).

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