Bradley strikes a chord across N.H.
If the most a songwriter can hope to do with his art is to create something that resonates with the listener, then Chris Bradley '92 is one of the most successful songwriters in New England today. Since it was released as a single, Bradley's personal tribute to the Old Man in the Mountain, "Goodbye Old Man Goodbye," has reached the hearts of people in New Hampshire and beyond. "When I was thinking about writing it, I thought 'Gosh it'd be great to have sort of a song that would buoy people up in a strange way and be a cheerleader for people from New Hampshire,'" Bradley recalled in an interview with The Dartmouth. Once Bradley, put pen to paper, he found inspiration by remembering his own personal reaction to the media coverage of the Old Man in the Mountain's collapse. "Nobody was talking about the symbolism," Bradley said, "people were talking about lost tourism money.