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's band, The 400 Unit.

Biography

Sadler Vaden was born on February 19, 1986, in Charlotte,

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. He and his family moved to

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when he was one and to Charleston, South Carolina. when he was twelve. When Sadler was eighteen, his father died of alcoholism and on his twenty-first birthday, his mother passed away as a result of breast cancer. Sadler is married to his wife, Candice. They gave birth to their first son, Townsend (after

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) in 2020. They welcomed their second son, Theodore Sadler Vaden, on December 27, 2023.

Career

Vaden was first captivated by the guitar when his father took him to see

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in Columbia, South Carolina in 1996. He was particularly impressed with Neil Young and Crazy Horse. When they got home, his father produced a guitar and showed Vaden some of the rudiments of the instrument. Vaden began playing the guitar when he was a teenager and started his first band, a power trio called Leslie when he was eighteen. Vaden and band opened for a number of national and regional artists, including

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and

. Vaden joined

as a guitar player in 2011. He produced the bands' series of ''Songs'' EPs. In 2013, he was hired by

to become guitarist for Isbell's band, The 400 Unit. He has since appeared on all of their albums as of 2023, including 2017's '' The Nashville Sound'', which won the

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for Best Americana Album. His major influences include

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and

. Vaden has also released his own albums, starting with the self-titled ''Sadler Vaden'' for Glass Jaw Records in 2016. This was followed by '' Anybody Out There'' in 2020, which Vaden referred to as his "finest work to date" and '' No Depression'' magazine described as "a rock and roll masterpiece". He also released two live efforts in 2020, '' Live at the Mercy Lounge'' and '' Live at the High Watt''. In 2021, he produced the highly acclaimed debut album for Morgan Wade, '' Reckless'', as well as playing guitar on that record. In 2022, he produced Blue Dogs album ''Big Dreamers''. In August of 2024, Vaden released the album "Dad Rock".

Discography

References

External links

* * https://www.jasonisbell.com/ * https://www.wideopencountry.com/sadler-vaden/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Vaden, Sadler 1976 births Living people Singer-songwriters from North Carolina Musicians from Charlotte, North Carolina 21st-century American guitarists 21st-century American singer-songwriters Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit members