Here are a few words from kind people, starting in 1999 and moving to 2004. Ah, the kind words of others....

THE TENNESSEAN: 12 FEBRUARY 1999
NASHVILLE ENTERTAINMENT ASSOCIATION
EXTRAVAGANZA FEBRUARY 12, 1999
THE SUTLER; NASHVILLE TN
Bob Bradley and Hi-Beams mounted a moody, five-guitar attack. It was eyes, not headlights, song-poet Bradley turned on the Sutler audience. "Look out on the crowd with a little love in your eyes," he intoned on the opening number, and he followed with a dreamy road song, "Wild Blue Yonder." Bradley has been working these parts for a while. His extravaganza performance has to rank as one of the key revelations of the weekend. --JAY ORR

NASHVILLE SCENE: 7 MAY 1999
…redoubtable Renaissance man Bob Bradley.

NASHVILLE SCENE: 10 MARCH 1999
Not only is the man a first-rate music writer who takes a hard-liner's stance against flowery pretension, he's also a teacher who knows true, tough poetry from word wallpaper. Bradley is a resolute rock 'n' roller. At live shows he flanks himself with a Panzer division of guitarists, downs a cold shot of James Dickey's wounded machismo, and declares war. Have a straight espresso, pretend it's 1959, and howl at the moon.--JIM RIDLEY

BILLBOARD MAGAZINE, 17 SEPTEMBER 1999
He's a cross between Dwight Yoakam and Waylon Jennings…

NASHVILLE SCENE: 7 OCTOBER 1999
The first song on RCA recording artist David Mead's new THE LUXURY OF TIME CD is a whirling rocker called "Robert Bradley's Postcard," a tribute to the Nashville-based poet, playwright, teacher, bon vivant, and roots-rock bandleader. Mead's song suggests that a poet knows when he's right, and that greatness means taking risks. Sure enough, Bradley's own music is right more often than not, and he's always ready to take chances.--Michael McCall

NASHVILLE MUSIC GUIDE: SEPTEMBER 1999
Bob's show the other night at the Sutler was inspiring: his music blends Dylan, Neil Young, and Lefty Frizzell--a fat sound that didn't bury the music, and his band had more guitars than Lynyrd Skynyrd. His songs split the edge so that one could be getting Country format radio airplay, while another was getting Active Rock format radio airplay: the new sounds that…labels are searching for to outright new Southern Rock anthems. Whether you're a die-hard Country fan, a die-hard Southern Rock fan, or just love great music, Bob is your man.--BARYE CASSELL.

NASHVILLE SCENE: OCTOBER 13, 2004
On the verge of releasing a long-overdue new album, Bradley now sports a buff, slimmed-down look to offset his spare poetic howls of wounded machismo.

THE RAGE: OCTOBER 14, 2004

Bob Bradley—poet/songwriter/muse—always a compelling performer