Jason Lane Byrd -- electric and acoustic guitars; vocals; sometimes bass -----
Other members vary but may include one or more of the following: Kerry Brooks, Jim Robeson, or Greg Thurman on bass; Brian Sullivan or Antoine Sanfuentes on drums; Zan McLeod on mandolin, guitar, etc.; Jamie Hoover on guitar, bass, or drums...
Influences
Any music/musician I like to listen to: Folk, blues, old-time music, jazz, rock, pop, country, etc...
For example--Dylan, The Band, The Beatles, Doc Watson, Roscoe Holcombe, Tom Ashley, Hobart Smith, The Stanley Brothers, Bill Monroe, Seldom Scene, Miles Davis, Wes Montgomery, Barney Kessel, Pat Metheny, Dexter Gordon, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Eric Clapton, Elvis Costello, Bessie Smith, Muddy Waters, Woody Guthrie, The Carter Family, Bruce Springsteen, Bill Fay, Howlin' Wolf (esp. w/Hubert Sumlin), Steely Dan, The Beach Boys, The Harry Smith Anthology, Grateful Dead, Ed Bickert, Steve Earle, Debussy, Freddy King, Piero, Johnny Cash, Tal Farlow, Tony Rice, Charles Mingus, Clifford Brown, Wilco, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, The Rolling Stones, Gillian Welch, Louis Armstrong, Robert Johnson, Chick Corea/Return to Forever, Lage Lund, Gram Parsons, Dock Boggs, Charlie Poole, Charlie Christian, Charlie Parker, Flatt & Scruggs, Kurt Rosenwinkle, Dave Van Ronk, Duke Ellington, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Lester Young, Loretta Lynn, Gladys Moreno, Ryan Adams, Thelonious Monk, Paul Chambers, Victor Jara, Joe Henderson, Lucinda Williams, Pete Seeger, Neil Young...and many many more to be listed.
Jason Lane Byrd is a guitarist/singer/songwriter who performs many different styles of music -- rock, folk, country, americana, jazz, blues, etc. He works as a solo performer, freelance guitarist, and I as a defacto member of the Charlotte-based band Wavy Train.
Born in North Carolina, Jason Byrd has been a professional guitarist, singer, and songwriter since his late teens. In his early twenties, he co-founded the blues-rock trio The Groov, and in 1996 joined the then-Grateful Dead cover band Wavy Train. Byrd's original songs and guitar work helped Wavy Train to forge a sound that combined pop-oriented melodies with extended improvisation. In 2001, Byrd moved to the DC area. In 2005, Byrd's composition "Olson Still" received an honorable mention in the New Song Festival Folk category. Often performing as a solo artist with his acoustic guitar, Byrd combines elements of country, folk, and bluegrass with pop, rock and jazz, to create songs that both defy categorization and invoke a deep appreciation of honest storytelling and thoughtful melodies.
Check out the possible covers for 2 "new" EPs coming in July! They're up on MySpace, Facebook, and the new website, davidbayles.net. Have any favorites?
Hello, it's me, Ruby Jane.To those who don't know me, I am a 14 year old fiddler, songwriter. I have some songs posted that are fresh out of the studio. Let me know if you like the new songs..be one of the first to hear, even before they are released!Thanks! new videos too! Ruby Jane
The Craic Festival 2009 has invited FairplayCollective to play at this years Festival. All members will be playing in the round. The show is at The Mercury Lounge, March 14th at 8pm. This is the last night of the festival and Foy Vance is also on the bill.
What more can I say, a great night for music and film, with the odd star thrown in. Come show your support.
