Brad Corrigan is a musician who is a member of the indie band Dispatch

Dispatch (band)

Dispatch is an American indie/roots band. The band consists of Brad Corrigan , Pete Francis Heimbold , and Chad Urmston ....

, which reunited in 2011 after a several year hiatus. He is often known by the stage name Braddigan and has been pursuing a successful solo effort since 2003 under that name, having released two albums independently on his own label, Third Surfer Music.

Personal life

Brad Corrigan was born in Denver, Colorado

Denver, Colorado

The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...

 and was a graduate of Littleton High School

Littleton High School (Colorado)

Littleton High School is a public high school located in Littleton, Colorado, United States. It is a part of the Littleton Public Schools school district.- History :...

. After playing lacrosse

Lacrosse

Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...

 at Middlebury College

Middlebury College

Middlebury College is a private liberal arts college located in Middlebury, Vermont, USA. Founded in 1800, it is one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States. Drawing 2,400 undergraduates from all 50 United States and over 70 countries, Middlebury offers 44 majors in the arts,...

, he joined Pete Heimbold in Woodriver bandits

Woodriver bandits

Woodriver Bandits was founded in the year 1993 as a project of Brad Corrigan, who was a student at the Middlebury College in Vermont. After Tape 1993 was recorded Brad was informed by a friend that someone at his school played guitar very well and suggested he meet Pete Heimbold...

. They then got together with Chad Urmston

Chad Urmston

Chad Stokes Urmston is an American musician. Urmston was a member of the band Hermit Thrush which later gave birth to the band Dispatch. He is the frontman for the Sherborn, Massachusetts-area band State Radio, as well as a constant activist for improved living conditions in Zimbabwe...

 to create the band Dispatch

Dispatch (band)

Dispatch is an American indie/roots band. The band consists of Brad Corrigan , Pete Francis Heimbold , and Chad Urmston ....

. Current bandmates include Reinaldo DeJesus from Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...

, Tiago Machado from Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

, and Paul Stivitts from New York.

Recently, Brad made a number of visits to Managua, Nicaragua where poverty and social injustice is prevalent. Today, he continues his fight against the devastating living conditions there with support to the non-profit organizations of Jedidiah and Love Light & Melody. Braddigan's most recent album, The Captive

The Captive (Braddigan Album)

The Captive is the second album by former Dispatch member Braddigan.-Track listing:#"Valeu Valeu" - 2:27#"Customs" - 5:17#"Ileana" - 5:14#"Fare Thee Well" - 5:50#"Five For Rose" - 3:16#"De El" - 3:59#"Ketchwa" - 3:31#"Solace" - 4:31#"Walk On The Captive is the second album by former Dispatch member...

, draws its inspiration from the band's experiences in Managua, Nicaragua.

EPs

• 2002: Dirt Level Demos
• 2003: Take Two
• 2007: Braddigan and Friends

Studio albums

• 2005: Watchfires
  Watchfires
  Watchfires is a 2005 album by former Dispatch member Braddigan.-Track listing:#"Walls" - 4:27#"Daggers" - 5:10#"Sweet Jah" - 3:46#"Fallin'" - 3:32#"Pura Vida" - 3:52#"Sailin'" - 3:54#"Sweet Uncertain" - 5:11#"The Crossing" - 3:48...
  
  - Third Surfer Music
• 2007: The Captive
  The Captive (Braddigan Album)
  The Captive is the second album by former Dispatch member Braddigan.-Track listing:#"Valeu Valeu" - 2:27#"Customs" - 5:17#"Ileana" - 5:14#"Fare Thee Well" - 5:50#"Five For Rose" - 3:16#"De El" - 3:59#"Ketchwa" - 3:31#"Solace" - 4:31#"Walk On The Captive is the second album by former Dispatch member...
  
  - Third Surfer Music

Live albums

• 2002: Live at the Gothic
• 2006: Live at Goucher College
  Live at Goucher College
  Live at Goucher College is a live album by former Dispatch member Braddigan recorded at Goucher College near Baltimore, Maryland on May 5, 2006...
  
  
• 2008: Live at the Belly Up - Third Surfer Music

Compilation albums

• 2005: The Relief Project: Vol. I by Various Artists (as part of The Relief Project
  The Relief Project
  The Relief Project is an organization of musicians who want to deliver aid to communities in need.Brad Corrigan, a member of Dispatch, and Jon-Erik Borgen a member of J.E. Borgen, established The Relief Project. The initial goal of the project was to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina and other...
  
  )

External links

• Braddigan.com - The Official Braddigan Site
• Braddigan collection on the Internet Archive
  Internet Archive
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  's live music archive