Influences: The Creators who set us on this Earthpath, Mildred & Cornelius, Ozella, Darin, Lu, Marsha, Zeola, Eula Mae, Gladys, Carrie Mae, Nita, all the prophets & avatars, EWF, Octavia Butler, George Benson, Bobby Caldwell, Biggie, Da Vinci, Kahlil Gibran, Bonnie Rait, Beyonce, Jay-Z, Palmer, J. Foxx, Oprah. The heavens above, the earth below and the beauty of our existence we live in between.
Sounds Like: George Benson, Calos Santana, Staple Singers, Norman Brown, Gil Scott Heron, Jonathan Butler and a little Jimi Hendrix on the rock stuff but that's the next CD!
Record Label: ShareLove LLC
Type of Label: Indie
HIS GUITAR TELLS A STORE OF PASSION AND LONGING, MASTERFULLY TAKING THE LISTENER ON A SONIC JOURNEY TOWARDS INTIMACY AND LOVE. HIS VOICE CONJURES IMAGES OF THAT LONG ANTICIPATED KISS THAT SWEEPS LOVERS AWAY TO THEIR FAVORITE SECRET RENDEZVOUS. HIS NAME IS BYRON LENAIR, AND HIS MUSIC IS THE SOUNDTRACK TO THE STORY ABOUT FINDING AND CELEBRATING YOUR TRUEST LOVE.
BYRON LENAIR WAS BORN IN FT. WAYNE, INDIANA, AND BEGAN PLAYING GUITAR IN HIS PARENT’S CHURCH. AS A YOUNG CHILD HE WAS HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY ARTISTS LIKE ANDRE CROUCH, THE WINANS AND THE CLARK SISTERS, AS WELL AS, EARTH, WIND & FIRE, STEVIE WONDER, THE ISLEY BROTHERS AND THE COMMODORES. FROM THESE GREATS HE LEARNED THE ART OF STRONG STORYTELLING THROUGH LYRIC AND MELODY.
A VERSATILE AND EXPRESSIVE GUITARIST, BYRON FIRST BECAME INTERESTED IN HIS INSTRUMENT AFTER HEARING SOME GUEST MUSICIANS PLAYING AT CHURCH. HE RECEIVED HIS FIRST GUITAR WHILE STILL IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND IMMEDIATELY BEGAN SPENDING HOURS IN FRONT OF THE STEREO LEARNING THE RIFFS OF GEORGE BENSON, EARL KLUGH, CARLOS SANTANA AND AL MCKAY. HE CONTINUED TO ADVANCE HIS WRITING AND PLAYING SKILLS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE PLAYING IN SEVERAL GROUPS INCLUDING THE POPULAR EBONY MAJESTIC CHOIR FROM INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY.
AFTER COLLEGE BYRON FORMED A GROUP CALLED ‘SHARELOVE’ AND LATER JOINED A CHRISTIAN ROCK BAND CALLED ‘DAYSTAR’ WHERE HE INSTANTLY BECAME HOOKED ON THE ROCK AND ROLL SOUNDS OF PANTERA AND JIMI HENDRIX. HOWEVER HE NEVER PURSUED COMMERCIAL SUCCESS UNTIL HE CO-PRODUCED, CO-WROTE AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCED 1997’S ‘WHAT KIND OF CHILD?’, A RAP ALBUM FEATURING HIS BROTHER POPPY. THIS EFFORT GARNERED REGIONAL ACCLAIM AND LED TO MANY YEARS OF PRODUCING LOCAL HIP HOP AND R&B ARTISTS IN THE UPPER MIDWEST.
WITH YEARS OF PRODUCTION AND WRITING EXPERIENCE UNDER HIS BELT, BYRON HAS COMPLETED AN ASTOUNDING SOLO POP JAZZ GUITAR PROJECT WONDERFULLY TITLED ‘MAS MOJADA’ (MORE WET). IT IS A MASTERPIECE THAT SHOWCASES HIS SKILLS AS A GUITARIST, COMPOSER, ARRANGER, LYRICIST, VOCALIST AND PRODUCER. DRAWING FROM HIS MANY TRAVELS TO HIS FAVORITE GETAWAY, COLOMBIA, IT FEATURES A CAPTIVATING BILINGUAL FLAVOR THAT PUTS SOME GOOD OLD INNER-CITY SOUL IN THE MIDDLE OF A HOT LATIN NIGHT. CREATED WITH THE SMOOTH JAZZ / SLOW JAM LISTENER IN MIND, ‘MAS MOJADA’ (MORE WET) SUCCESSFULLY INTEGRATES THE SEXY AND THE SACRED BY BALANCING MELODIC GUITAR LEADS SPRINKLED WITH ROMANTIC SOULFUL LYRICS. ‘MAS MOJADA’ (MORE WET) IS AVAILABLE NOW ONLIE AT WWW.BYRONLENAIR.COM FOR CD PURCHASE OR DOWNLOAD.
Feel good, pop jazz guitar music sprinkled with soulful, romantic lyrics. Sounds like the early radio friendly hits from Larry Graham, Carlos Santana, Earl Klugh and George Benson
Hey Byron I just want to thank you and your aunterage for coming out to see me. I truly appreciated that and felt real good getting on that stage about your presence. That you again and have a great day or evening whatever time you happen to find......yourself reading this it wasn't meant to rhyme but that's just what goes on in my mind.... Inna minute Mile A Minute
hola byron .. gracias por tus lindas palabras .. amigo lindo yo tambien te recuerdo mucho ..cuando me vienes a visitar.. tu amiga de cali colombia .. un beso
WHAT WEDDING!??!?!?!?! Oh hecks naw!!!! now im officially hurt!!! :(
And the fam has been doing good. Just stayin up and keepin the faith. im running track now, so when you get a chance to come just come up here. i miss you!!!
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