Tim Spradlin
Tim Spradlin does a wide variety of music. Pop, Show Tunes, R&B, Spiritual and Cabaret. All of that can be found on his Cd "Belt, Ballad and Blues". Tim is best known for his ability to belt out the high notes but on this CD you will find that Tim can also bring it way down and sing soft and sweet.
Tim is known for pop songs like Moondance, Crying and You And I. Each song showing his upper range. With Cabaret songs like Cry Me A River and So In Love and Le Jazz Hot you get that small smokey room feel. Joined by Brenda Williams Tim ventures into R&B with Baby Come To Me and on his own with This Masquerade. It is easy to feel Tim’s spiritual side in We Can Be Kind and in Bridge Over Troubled Water. Coming from a Stage background Tim could not leave out some of his favorite songs from the stage such as Don't Rain On My Parade and the duet with Lori Ecker Last Night Of The World. Last but not least if you are going to do a CD called “Belt, Ballad and Blues” you need a Blues number and The Low Down Blues is just the ticket.
Tim Spradllin has had starring roles in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, EVITA,GODSPELL and THE LAST FIVE YEARS. Tim also was a regular with THE AMERICAN CABARET THEATER for five years. Along with his partner in TimBru Productions Bruce Mclaughlin, Tim helped produce his own shows including MOTOWN SOUND and MOTOWN AND MORE (with Brenda Williams) along with two one man shows, SPRADLIN SINGS STREISAND and SPRADLIN SINGS MANILOW. NUVO listed Tim as one of the top male singers in Indianapolis.
Tim has been entertaining audiences in Indiana for a long time and it is now a pleasure to bring his CD to a wider audience. This CD will complement anyone’s CD collection.
In March of 2008 it was my pleasure to play the part of Edward Rochester in Footlite Musicals production of “Jane Eyre”. I had such a good time. I did learn something. I can’t wait so long between musicals. I had to work very hard to get back in the grove. Brian is an amazing director and the cast was extraordinary. I will have very fond memories of it and miss everyone very much.
In the summer of 2007 I was requested to be commencement speaker at the Oakland City University Graduation. It was such an honor. Oakland University provides is an education to the ladies in “The Women’s prison”. Over the years I have performed for them and over New Years performed the “Cosmic Garbage Man”, an inspirational talk about putting out the junk in our lives. I had a very good time and was proud to be the speaker at the graduation. I will never forget this and wish all the graduates well.
In the summer of 2007 I did something a little crazy. I set out to “Put more Cabaret on the Map”. I put together a group of shows called, FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE WITH TIM SPRADLIN. We did four different shows on four Friday nights in a row with a special guest each night. Some said it would never sell and others said it would be a hit. Our stage was set in a small room at UNITY OF INDIANAPLIS. The seating capacity was 52. In my mind I was thinking I would get about 35 to 40 a night. The first night we had a full house. On night two we had a big weekend in Indy and so many things going on so we just had 46 people come ( I was so sad NOT). On week three we had so many people we had to move to the auditorium and the same for the last night. I am happy to say that Cabaret is alive and well and the people here in Indianapolis do get it. This was hard but gratifying work. I had to learn 18 or more new songs each week and at the same time prepare for my next CD. It has been a busy and productive summer.
Thanks to the people who helped me Bruce, Fran, Joanne, Megan, Dillon and Sheila, I thank you so much. Thanks also to my guest performers, Anne, Lori and Denise for bringing your voices to my shows. This was just what I needed to bring back faith in cabaret in Indianapolis. Thanks also to Jeff for the help with the set. Thanks most of all to Matt and Loesje for accompanying me. We did something that not many would try. I don’t like to play small and I am happy to say I don’t play small alone.
In 2005 I recorded my first CD, “Belt, Ballad and Blues” now available on CDBABY.COM You will find a link to this website. I have been in talks with my dear friend Lori Ecker who performed with me in THE LAST FIVE YEARS about a follow up play. So be on the look out.