Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brady Blade


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The result was   keep. Nominator withdrew the nomination.  kur  ykh   07:29, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Brady Blade

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I de-prodded this unsourced musician biography article as there appears to be some coverage in Google News Archive. Having scrolled through the first several pages of the 316 results, I can find only passing mentions or unrelated articles about an athletic director. This article appears to fail Notability (people), Verifiability, and Biographies of living persons. Cunard (talk) 08:54, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Since, as Cunard says, there are only passing mentions, there is no evidence of notability. Incidentally I don't follow Cunard's logic: if there is "some coverage" but that coverage is "only passing mentions or unrelated articles" then why de-prod? However, I agree with Cunard apart from that. JamesBWatson (talk) 10:08, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I de-prodded the article so that there will be more eyes on whether or not this is notable. Although I could not find significant coverage in reliable sources, someone who is more experienced in this topic may be able to find something useful in the rest of the 316 Google News Archive results that I did not check. Additionally, the following is a credible indication that this biography passes Notability (music): Early 1995 saw Emmylou Harris persuade Brady to return to his kit as part of her touring band Spyboy, along with Daniel Lanois and Darryl Johnson. The following year they were joined by Buddy Miller and toured throughout the mid-nineties, culminating in a live album Spyboy, released in 1998.

Touring the world with Emmylou Harris led Brady to encounter and be seen by some of the key figures in the American music scene which resulted in Brady becoming one of the most in-demand session drummers around. Brady took part in extensive tours and sessions with the Steve Earle during his El Corazón period; Jewel throughout her 1998 Spirit world tour; and the Indigo Girls on their 1999 album Come on Now Social, 2002's Become You and 2004's All That We Let In. If sources could be found for this, I will withdraw the AfD. Cunard (talk) 22:47, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete looks to be a respected session musician. An honorable thing to be. But there are no sources to allow for the construction of a proper encyclopedic biography. Notability not inherited, fails creative, bio, artist, in his own right.Bali ultimate (talk) 15:19, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. As member of several respected bands, which is now sourced, he may just meet WP:MUSIC. I did also find a source for his work with Indigo Girls but it stated that he was female, so I didn't take much notice.--Michig (talk) 15:53, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Withdrawn/Keep: The sources added by Michig that Brady Blade has been in multiple notable bands. Blade thus passes WP:MUSIC and thus notability has been established. Nice job! Cunard (talk) 22:08, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep article is still a mess, but not hopeless. Chutznik (talk) 02:49, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
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