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| Born | May 15, 1982 Bowling Green, Kentucky, U.S. |
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Donald Bradley Shultz Jr. (born May 15, 1982) is an American musician. He is the rhythm guitarist and one of the founding members of the band Cage the Elephant, and is also a record producer. Born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, he now resides in Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife and two children. He is the older brother to current Cage the Elephant bandmate, Matt Shultz.
History
[edit]Before Cage the Elephant, Shultz was in a band with current bandmates Jared Champion and Matt Shultz known as Perfect Confusion.[1] Perfect Confusion formed in 2001, and played smaller music venues around their hometown, Bowling Green. The band broke up in 2005, but the former members occasionally have reunions and performances.[2]
Career
[edit]After Cage the Elephant formed in 2006, Shultz, along with the rest of the band, moved to the United Kingdom to gain moderate success with their self-titled debut LP, releasing in Europe on June 23, 2008, and in the United States on March 24, 2009.[3]
Along with being a member of Cage the Elephant, he is a record producer. He has produced Juliette Lewis' Future Deep EP,[4] Nashville band Bad Cop's The Light On EP,[5] and Bowling Green band Dan Luke and The Raid's debut LP, Out Of The Blue,[6] among other indie artists' EPs and LPs.
Personal life
[edit]In May 2007, Shultz and his wife, Lindsay, got married. In September 2013, the Shultz's first child was born.[7] In November 2019, the couple welcomed their second child.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Perfect Confusion". The Amplifier. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
- ^ Simmons @wkudn, Natasha A. (December 8, 2015). "Perfect Confusion Reunion". Bowling Green Daily News. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
- ^ "Cage the Elephant Clears Up Hippie Commune Rumors – BlackBook". July 20, 2009. Archived from the original on July 20, 2009. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Juliette Lewis makes a big return with new EP 'Future Deep'". AXS. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
- ^ "The Light On EP, by Bad Cop". Bad Cop. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
- ^ "Out Of The Blue, by Dan Luke and The Raid". Dan Luke and The Raid. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
- ^ Elephant, Cage The (September 4, 2013). "Tweet: Say hello to Miss Etta Grace! I am in love! My wife Lindsay did an amazing job birthing and I can truly say she..." Cage The Elephant. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
- ^ Elephant, Cage The (November 22, 2019). "Julian James Shultz pic.twitter.com/eoh3GO5BJk". @CageTheElephant. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
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