Jeff Byrd and Dirty Finch are a rock band out of southern RI. After founding and leading many different bands including Sonnet and most recently The Audiocentrix, Jeff has branched out into a more fitting singer/songwriter genre drawing comparisons to artists such as Ryan Adams and Paul Westerberg. Jeff Byrd & Dirty Finch are currently recording a new album to be released later this year tentatively titled "The Other Side of Honesty".
The band has performed at such venues as Sullivan Hall in NYC, The Blackstone and the AS220 in Providence, RI, the All Asia in Cambridge Mass and the '09 Keene Festival in New Hampshire. They were also selected as one of the artists to play the 40th anniversary of GAP stores in Smithfield, RI and their song "Probably Maybe" was selected through Reverbnation as a free download made possible by Microsoft. Jeff also performed at the Jeff Buckley birthday celebration at the Metro & Uncommon Ground in Chicago in 2002.
Most recent reviews from a few publications:
"Jeff Byrd & Dirty Finch are an alt/country vs acoustic rock group with some great songs, and a unique sound that causes you to listen up." -Terry Stephens SMT Publishing - Nashville -Terry Stephens, SMT Publishing
"a solid alt-country band from Rhode Island ...the harmonies, melodies, and tight instrumentation soar (check out their song Better With You for an example of the SOLID harmonies)". -Jon Ostrow, Miccontrolblog.com
"Alt. Country group Jeff Byrd & Dirty Finch have been keeping themselves busy playing all over the Northeast and winning praise from Nashville publishers. Lead singer and songwriter Jeff Byrd has been compared to Ryan Adams and Paul Westerburg. Take a listen to “Raining Somewhere” and see if you agree." Bethany Leavey, Ourstage.com
Appreciate the add and what you do for the music!! I have added your downloads from ReverbNation to the play list on my Internet Station. Have a great weekend, and happy holidays!!
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Living Under the Shadow of the Nuclear Umbrella
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Hey its Sem. Thought I would see how you are. Our myspace is not broked anymore :) The last few days have been a nightmare. Just wanted to let you know if you didn't get my last message that we have a new single coming out next Spring, and if you haven't seen yet we have a new website. www.bensem.com If you become a member you will be one of the first to know the release date. The only reason I mention is that it takes me about 6 months to try and tell everyone on myspace lol. You up to much this weekend? Speak to you soon
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