Jaret Reddick
| Jaret Reddick | |
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Jaret Reddick in 2010
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jaret Ray Reddick |
| Also known as | J.R., Red Dick, Jaret Von Erich, The Pope Minister |
| Born |
March 6, 1972 Grapevine, Texas, U.S. |
| Origin | Denton, Texas, U.S. |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, voice actor |
| Instruments | |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Labels | |
| Associated acts | Bowling for Soup, People on Vacation, Jarinus, Patent Pending (band), Love Händel |
| Website | bowlingforsoup |
| Notable instruments | |
| Ernie Ball Music Man Axis Electric guitars | |
Jaret Ray Reddick (born March 6, 1972) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, composer, and voice actor, best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and primary songwriter for the Grammy Award-nominated rock band Bowling for Soup. He plays a Music Man Axis that has a flag of Texas design on it.
Jaret Ray Reddick was born in Grapevine, Texas. He is the youngest of six children, with four sisters and a brother (named Danny). He went to Cunningham Elementary School, Wichita Falls, Texas. He graduated from S.H. Rider High School in Wichita Falls. In high school, he played snare drum in the marching band. Jaret has degrees in business management and psychology from Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls.
He has owned a chain of toy stores while attempting to get his music career off the ground. He resides in Prosper, Texas. One of the employees at his toy stores was a Japanese mizu shotokan karate expert and noticed Reddick's natural agility and poise during a company outing to a local pool. He taught Reddick the basics of mizu shotokan karate. Reddick since has continued his studies in mizu karate and is currently ranked as a fifth degree shibō no o shiri in the art.
Bowling for Soup formed in 1994 in Wichita Falls, Texas. Their name derives from Bowling For Soup, a comedy routine by Steve Martin. Jaret is the songwriter for the band, penning such BFS hits as "Punk Rock 101", as well as playing rhythm guitar. He also likes Iron Maiden, with his favourite song being "Paschendale", inspired by his old history teacher Dave McGill.
Reddick's biggest project outside of Bowling for Soup is song writing and appearing as the lead singer of the fictional band Love Händel on the television show Phineas and Ferb. It started with Bowling for Soup providing the series' theme song "Today is Gonna Be a Great Day," (nominated for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music Emmy in 2008) and later Reddick's character Danny was introduced in the episode "Dude, We're Getting the Band Back Together". Reddick has since written several songs for the show and made a handful of appearances, both as Danny from Love Händel, and once with cartoon versions of the other members of Bowling for Soup performing "Today is Gonna Be a Great Day."
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