Friday, Feb 6 – Justin Pate, Greg Luce and myself will be playing The Corkyard at The Fort Worth Stock Show. It’s located right outside Dickie’s Arena on the NE side of the plaza. Here’s the details. You’ll need to have a rodeo ticket to get in.
Doors Open: 5:30 p.m.
Before the Rodeo 6:15–6:45 p.m.
After the Rodeo 9:45–10:30 p.m.
Event
Stock show web site
Saturday, Jan 31 – My debut performance at the lovely Magnolia Wine Bar! Incredible wine selection, killer food and me. It’s indoors and a free show too!
Web site: https://themagnoliafw.com
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2280608299089412
Saturday, Jan 17 – Special solo show at the great Neighborhood Wine in Fort Worth’s Near Southside. Indoor show, no cover charge, food, beer & wine available!
7:30p start
It’s the one year anniversary of Crystal Springs Hideaway! Come celebrate with us. Food and drink specials all day.
Deric Merrill plays from 3-6p and I’ll be up from 7-10p.
Charming and locally-owned live music venue in River Oaks / Fort Worth. Great food, wine, and service. We’ll take it inside if the weather is bad. No cover charge!
Brad Thompson Solo at Crystal Springs Hideaway | 1 Year Anniversary
We’d like to wish you all a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa. However you celebrate this season, we hope you are finding joy, warmth and comfort as we close out 2025. And we hope you’ll enjoy our take on this classic from Jose Feliciano.
I took the trio (Justin Pate, Chris Raspante, and me) on a little road trip down to Dripping Springs, TX this weekend. We played a Christmas party for some fine folks who actually have a stage built in their backyard!
The catering by Gourmet Gals Catering & Events was excellent (they’ve been in business in Dripping Springs since ‘76!) and Suzanne and her husband at Drink To Remember were fabulous (they took the band photos for us)
I stayed the night at 13 Acres Tribe, near Hamilton Pool. This place is wild. As Hill Country as you could possibly get. We’re talking community outdoor showers, meditation areas, scenic views and a magic forest!
Big thanks to GigSalad for connecting us with these great people. It was a real treat!
It was such an honor to get to be a part of H.E.B. and Central Market‘s 19th Annual Feast of Sharing in Dallas, TX. They served thousands of free meals for the community, offered free showers and haircuts too.
There were 100’s of student volunteers from all over the city that came to serve food. One of my favorites were the kids from St. Rita Catholic School, pictured here with the band. They had an amazing spirit and such awesome energy 
It was a pleasure to share the stage with MSRP Band, TEJAS Classics Band, and the great Michael Hix. All super talented, and super generous people. High fives to AV Shop out of San Antonio for their fantastic sound and video for the event too 
And finally I want to give lots of love to McKinlee Mapes for her excellent event coordination. She’s only two years in to this massive event and already crushing it! Such an amazing way to kick off the holidays!
The recent White Coat Gala benefitting the JPS Foundation of Fort Worth was a huge success! The band and I were so honored to be a part of it. It was a gathering of over 600 generous supporters of the foundation. With a Roaring 20’s theme expertly carried out by the talented crew at Pugnacious Marketing. Here’s a few pics from the event taken by the great Roman Peña.
Higher by Creed! From their 1999 album Human Clay. This was a huge song for them and a pretty awesome challenge for us to do it in this mostly “unplugged” style. Kevin played the lead guitar part on a Resonator guitar and we added keys and a bunch of harmonies in the bridge and chorus that we thought sounded pretty cool.
I think the wildest thing for me was to sing it normal and try not to sound like Scott Stapp ‘s vocal stylings. I mean, practically everyone I know can do an impersonation of him!
Drums: Jon Mosig
Bass: Lee Allen
Keys: Justin Pate
Guitar: Kevin Grove
Vocals: Alaina Gunter
Vocals: Lydia Smith-Osborne
Audio/Mix: Kevin Grove
Video: Xavier Muñoz
Recorded live at the Dorathea Leonhardt Lecture Hall at the @FWBG
Our dear friends in Weatherford, TX have been bringing the band and me out to their ranch on the Brazos River for their massive Halloween party for 16 years now. And when it comes to costumes these people don’t hold back, it’s epic! This year’s Full Haunty was as wild and amazing as ever. Tex-Mex from Rosa’s Cafe, Jell-O shots, and a costume contest – good times! The band and I decided to go classic scary monsters. So fun!
