Bands
Between 2000 and 2010, Bragg joined and played with dozens of Los Angeles pop bands, that include The Now People, The Quarter After, Cloud Eleven, The Mockers, and The Mellow Cads. In 2001, Bragg joined Stew for his album, titled Naked Dutch Painter, and played subsequent shows promoting the album, which was named Entertainment Weekly's "Album of the Year" for 2002. Bragg also played with pop group The Negro Problem, Stew's former band and alter ego.
In 2003, Nelson joined Brian Wilson's band as a percussionist-vocalist for live performances and the recording of Wilson's unreleased album Smile. The February 2004 premiere in London and subsequent tours was followed by a formal recording of Smile, released in September 2004. Smile received multiple nominations for the 2004 Grammy Awards, including Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical (for Mark Linett). The album later won a single Grammy, in the category of Best Rock Instrumental Performance, for the track "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow", a track whose intro of toys and whistles was played by Bragg exclusively.
In 2005, the Smile two-DVD set was released, featuring a full-length documentary of Brian Wilson's Smile story, and the making of it, both in 1966-1967 and newly again in 2004. The documentary aired on Showtime in October 2004, and was directed by Beach Boys authority David Leaf. A live concert performance of Smile is featured on the second disc.
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