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CJ BOYD
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Now booking 2009 and 2010 of the "Forever Tour"



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Member Since4/14/2005
Band Websitewww.cjboyd.com
Band MembersUsually just electric bass guitar and/or upright bass, loop pedal, harmonica, occasional voice. ------------------------------------------------------------------- There is also The CJ Boyd Sexxxtet.
Influences"For us, art is not an end in itself ... but it is an opportunity for the true perception and criticism of the times we live in." --Hugo Ball ------------------------------------------------------------------- Beethoven, Mingus, Eno, Godard, Edgar Meyer, Bjork, Reich, Harpo Marx, Joao Gilberto, Silver Mt. Zion, Philip Glass, Nietzsche, Sigur Ros, Miles, Stravinski, Low, Godspeed, Eluvium, Monk, Adorno, Jimi, Nina, 2pac, Aristotle, Coltrane, Zeppelin, Primus, Tarentell, Van Morrison, Tool, Saul Williams, Wooten, Radiohead, Dali, Jaco, Gibran, Virginia Rodrigues, Toni Negri, Pärt, Tortoise, Mahler, Kaki King, Stanley Jordan, Maude, JFJO, Chopin, Lynch, Ani Difranco, Robert Johnson, Matmos, TS Eliot, Bulgarian Women's Choir, Can, Rumah Sakit, Johanna Newsom, Aphex Twin, Ray Brown, Dylan, Arthur Russell, Yes, Stanley Clarke, Uakti, Angelo Badalamenti, Tom Waits, J5, Beans, Silvio Rodriguez, Funkadelic, Big Bill Broonzy, Rothko, Autechre, Sly, Bourdieu, Wagner... ------------------------------------------------------------------- AND I GET BY WTIH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS: The Drift, Sandro Perri, Pillars and Tongues, The Ascent of Everest, Nat Baldwin, Zoe Keating, Roots of Orchis, Baby Teeth Thieves, Scout Niblett, Stationary Odyssey, His Life Not Mine, Dilute, Bonfire Madigan, Lazarus, By the End of Tonight, Create (!), The Six Parts Seven, Castanets, Mike Tamburo, Kayo Dot, Eliot Lipp, ... I continue to be grateful for all the help I get from my mom and sisters. ------------------------------------------------------------------- "Omnia mea mecum porto"
Sounds Like"Writing about music is like dancing about architecture." --Thelonious Monk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves like locked rooms and like books that are written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer." --Rainer Maria Rilke
Record LabelJoyful Noise Recordings, Sounds Are Active
Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Nov 12 2009 9:00P
Skull Alley w/ Karass, On Parallels Louisville, Kentucky
Nov 13 2009 7:00P
The Volrath w/ Prizzy Prizzy Please, Bronze Float, Christian Taylor, Dr. Manhattan, Elsinore Indianapolis, Indiana
Nov 14 2009 8:00P
Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center w/ Skekses, Stationary Odyssey Saint Louis, Missouri
Nov 15 2009 8:00P
Odessa w/ Davy Ray Bennett Memphis, Tennessee
Nov 16 2009 7:00P
Labyrinth House w/ Hell Cake, Grover Stewart and the Pretty Lies Jonesboro, Arkansas
Nov 18 2009 8:00P
Jen and Kyle’s apartment Russellville, Arkansas
Nov 19 2009 8:00P
The Ameroplace Fayetteville, Arkansas
Nov 21 2009 8:00P
Under the Radar @ The Foundation / Pistol Social Club Kansas City, Missouri
Nov 22 2009 8:00P
Clawfoot House w/ No One Conquered Wyoming, Eloine Lincoln, Nebraska
Nov 30 2009 8:00P
Southgate House w/ Stationary Odyssey, Stripe Light, Still Pioneers Newport, Kentucky
Dec 1 2009 8:00P
The Pike Room at the Crofoot w/ Stationary Odyssey, Junger Witt Pontiac, Michigan
Dec 2 2009 8:00P
Boulder Coffee @ Brooks Landing w/ Pegacide, Taurus, Stationary Odyssey Rochester, New York
Dec 3 2009 7:00P
Glasslands Gallery w/ Stationary Odyssey, Binary Marketing Show, Aarkica Brooklyn, New York
Dec 4 2009 9:00P
Danger Danger Gallery w/ Hermit Thrushes, Stationary Oddyssey, New Heaven Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 6 2009 8:00P
Bobo w/ Hatori Hanzo, Stationary Odyssey Asheville, North Carolina
Dec 7 2009 8:00P
Go Bar w/ Stationary Odyssey Athens, Georgia
Dec 8 2009 8:00P
Little Hamilton Collective w/ Ascent of Everest, Stationary Odyssey Nashville, Tennessee
Dec 9 2009 8:00P
River City Food Co-Op w/ Stationary Odyssey Evansville, Indiana
Dec 11 2009 10:00P
Guadalupe Cafe w/ Total War Sylva, North Carolina
Dec 13 2009 8:00P
Remix w/ Nancy and 2 Meteors Hendersonville, North Carolina
Dec 16 2009 8:00P
201212 w/ Josh Berman Group, Great Architect Charlotte, North Carolina
Dec 17 2009 8:00P
Marsh Woodwinds w/ Slicnaton Raleigh, North Carolina
Dec 18 2009 8:00P
Maya Gallery w/ Ghost to Falco, The Three-Brained Robot Greensboro, North Carolina
Dec 19 2009 8:00P
641 rpm w/ Br’er Boone, North Carolina
Jan 1 2010 8:00P
Incognito Dojo Winston Salem, North Carolina
Jan 1 2010 8:00P
Incognito Dojo w/ MC Homeless, hammer no more the fingers, where the buffalo roamed, more Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Jan 23 2010 7:00P
Greenline Cafe w/ Northern Valentine, The New Heaven and The New Earth Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 24 2010 8:00P
The Red and the Black w/ Gary Rouzer Washington DC, Washington DC
Jan 27 2010 8:00P
Twisted Branch Tea Bazzar Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan 30 2010 8:00P
Incognito Dojo Winston Salem, North Carolina
Mar 25 2010 8:00P
Dunk Chateau Zottegem, Belgium
Mar 27 2010 8:00P
Thomas’ place Antwerp, Belgium
Apr 1 2010 9:00P
Schokoladen Mitte w/ Peter Nevins Berlin, Germany
Apr 3 2010 8:00P
Valentin Stüberl Neukölln w/ Wilson Berlin, Germany
Apr 25 2010 8:00P
Maxe’s Place w/ Jae Lyon, France
Apr 26 2010 8:00P
Lizzie’s Place w/ Jae Avignon, France
Apr 30 2010 8:00P
Beltane Festival Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
May 1 2010 8:00P
Beltane Festival Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Jun 5 2010 8:00P
Secret Hero House Show Ghent, Belgium
Jun 23 2010 8:00P
Fusion Festival Neustrelitz, Germany
Jun 27 2010 8:00P
Fusion Festival Neustrelitz, Germany

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   About CJ BOYD
Equal parts ambient and virtuosic, melancholic and playful, CJ Boyd’s bass playing melts glaciers, creating a sea of low, flowing rhythms, while also supplying melodies that soar over the ocean to dizzy the sun in its path. Waves of bass loops are garnished with harmonica drones and constant improvisational exploration. Deep-sea-diving for the hungry and alone. While certainly following in the footstep of great bassists like Mingus and Meyer, Boyd’s aesthetic sensibility also seeks to wed the minimalism of Reich and Riley with what might be called the maximalism of Beethoven's chamber music. Add some Moondog, Authur Russell, Godspeed, Eluvium. But with the improvisational prowess culled from jazz. Not a "bassplayer" in the usual sense of the word. But something refreshing and impressive—with fingers that only know how to dance to the deepest tunes. ---------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- You can buy any of my CDs and LPs by clicking here. You can download any of my albums by clicking here.

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Constellations

Constellations



Nov 11 2009 11:11 AM

Thats great. Just keep me posted and I'll try and help out where ever I can.
Are you likely to still be playing in Europe in Sept/Oct?
- Will
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Nov 11 2009 8:22 AM

how are you?
what do you think of the music? :)
AQM

AQM



Nov 10 2009 10:07 PM

thanks for the add,
your music is great !
peace.

jean





Dustin...

Dustin Poland



Nov 10 2009 9:26 PM

great tunes man
Constellations

Constellations



Nov 10 2009 7:09 PM

'Pensive Pez' is bloody excellent
World Famous Bob's Java Jive

World Famous Bob's Java Jive



Nov 10 2009 3:42 AM


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Hanzelle

Hanzelle



Nov 10 2009 2:11 AM





eimog

eimog
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Nov 8 2009 8:34 AM

it would be ggreat.
w elove your stuff...
we shoult tour europe together.
have a nice day
HUMDRUM

HUMDRUM



Nov 7 2009 10:22 PM

see you soon
Ize B. Pickin

Ize B. Pickin



Nov 7 2009 4:34 AM

it was a pleasure meeting you today. I really dig your style. Hope to catch you live sometime...
SCUN

SCUN



Nov 6 2009 4:00 PM


 

Chris

Christopher Bailey



Nov 4 2009 9:12 PM

hey baby cakes! congrats on the new record!!! i'm soo proud of you CJ!
Ella

Ella



Nov 4 2009 8:06 AM


******* newness *******
hey, how was your summer?
We are finally ready to start promoting my 'I Surrender' single with my album, 'Ella Trip' coming right after -yey!! What d'ya think to the video teaser?
Enoch

Enoch



Nov 4 2009 4:10 AM

No i don't think we talked about that, but of course we would see the same thing! I love you CJ! Nice talking today. See you soon.
Stephen Roberts

Stephen Roberts



Nov 4 2009 1:41 AM

I have two shows this weekend.
you should come to one at leasttt :D
fri- Eisenberg's skatepark in plano at 6pm for 10$
sat- The Door in plano at 7pm for 10$
COME!
DAMEDAS

DAMEDAS



Nov 3 2009 8:43 PM





soothing.







Big Wilson River

Big Wilson River



Nov 2 2009 9:49 PM

How you keep up that schedule I will never know man.  Listening to the tunes and very much enjoying, lets cross paths and rock some day
-Mike/ BWR
menthe de chat

menthe de chat



Nov 2 2009 3:11 AM



thanks, really nice..:)
minimatika

minimatika



Oct 31 2009 2:47 AM


Hungry Forest Art Collective

Hungry Forest Art Collective



Oct 30 2009 2:36 AM

Yeah, my brother Caleb told me about Extra Life a few months ago. I really like Blackmail Blues. Haven't listened to By the End of Tonight as much, but I am pretty sure they did a split with Tera Melos that was pretty great. Tera Melos was the best band I saw at free anti-sxsw stuff this spring.
minimatika

minimatika



Oct 30 2009 2:05 AM

hope you made it "safely" over the untroubled waters and were no further molested by nasty ladies. found the key, all good here. take good care and see you in spring. xox
Laura.

Laura.
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Oct 29 2009 4:52 AM

see you thursday night! TOO EXCITED.
Zoomonk

Zoomonk



Oct 28 2009 7:19 PM

Thanks for the request!
Nice to meet you.
Best regards from Finland,
Pete/Zoomonk
Xiao Shitou

Xiao Shitou



Oct 28 2009 1:11 PM


Hi Sweetie,
I made this video for Good for Cows. Binjch is really busy for the moment.
I gonna see for your next show in brussels.
Miss you
Cha!
Karass

Karass
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Oct 26 2009 1:40 AM


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