Todd Bradshaw / joined The Ship at inception in 1971
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2021
Hometown, Urbana, Illinois; currently living in Madison, Wisconsin.
Attended the University of Illinois as a sculpture major (mostly learned how to build boats). Active in The Ship from 1971 to 1975, primarily playing bass, occasionally playing twelve-string guitar and doing vocals.
After The Ship: Around 45 years of one form or another of the boat and/or ski business, including 36 years as a professional sailmaker. Diversions along the way included writing a book, three years flying a
commercial hot air balloon, and several years writing a weekly newspaper column. Retired and married to a molecular biologist from Latvia.
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circa 1974