Ryan Bingham Tickets

Ryan Bingham
Ryan Bingham formerly a bull rider is a singer and songwriter from Texas born in 1982. He had a hard existence due to leaving his home early in life and living around southwestern rodeo circuit. The bitterness and gravel attitude of his past is strongly prevalent in his writing as well as music. The distinctive quality of his voice has been noticed and admired by alt-country music buffs all around America making him an eminent star of today.

Ryan Bingham?the upcoming sensation in American Alt-country music is all set with his latest Album 'Mescalito' to be the next big thing. This young artist with his ?smoke and whiskey' vocals has a strong flavor of bygone artists like Bob Dylan, and Bob Wills and even compared to the legends of all times Woody Guthrie. Ryan Bingham with his band members Mathew Smith the drummer and Corby Schaub the guitaristMandolin give a great combination of raw Rock n Roll with soulful rock in their new album.

Bingham songs have this quality that each of his songs has a story to tell that makes it more interesting and worth listening to. His lyrics have the same cowboyish feel to it which is also sensed is the music as well giving it a strong spice of Texas. His genius in music has been fondly acclaimed by the critics as Texas Music Magazine

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Bingham talks and sings with a whiskey-and-cigarette throat that screams hard living. Hard in a way that can make a 25 year old sound like a 50 year old Tom WaitsHe released his first Album titled 'Dead Horses' in 2006.the Album was produced by Lone star music and after its great success he came up with 'Mescalito' which was released by Lost Highway Records on October,2007.the Album was produced by former Black Crowes the ultimate rock n roll band of 90s' guitarist Marc Ford.

The unique hard core rock of Ryan Bingham has earned him significant acknowledgement from the media as BBC folk and country music reviews that Mescalito updates the western swing format perfectly for the 21st century. The rough-hewn emotional blues of Don't Wait for Me, the atmospheric Southside of Heaven, the stomping Bread and Water and the mariachi-influenced Boracho Station demonstrate why Bingham will be one of the names to drop in 2008, with an album that it sounds as if it's been unearthed from 1972.

Rolling Stone magazine ranked Mescalito three stars and declared Bingham The Proudest Texan ?earns his sepia-toned album cover with a dusty wood-and-steel sound; and despite being twenty-five, sings like Steve Earle's dad.

The Album Mescalito perfectly enhances the griminess of Bingham's voice in its music and the lyrics are in complete harmony to tone of the music.Southside of Heaven the opening scre of the album comunicates the agony of a child who has left his home for money but still laments over the loss of his shelter and comunicates the strong feelings of desolation.the well supported music dominated with windswept harmonica and punctuated by pedal steel and mandolin adds to melancholy of the song giving the album a distinct hightlight point.English and Spanish duoBoracho Station with acoustic guitar is the track to look forward for. The upbeat tempo and dense lyrics of Bread and Water perfectly sets the overall prevalent tone of hardship and loneliness.

The whole Album is an open declaration of the genius of Ryan which he refers to something I found hidin way down inside in the lyrics of Ever Wonder Why.

His intense musical pieces are actually a gift of the hard life he has been through due to the choices he made giving the songs a lived-in Quality. The Mescalito?s lyrics entail the restless quest of the roots by embracing the past and choices made signifies Bingham as an artist. The Album is combination of upbeat slide guitars and harmonicas adding to the variety of the music making it an enjoyable collection.

The band has already won the yahoo viewer's choice award. Now After the successful tour in Europe and United States on their debut Ryan Bingham are ready to nail it once again. On May 3, 2008 Ryan Bingham & the Road is going to perform live at Empire Polo field Indio California. Their performance is for Stagecoach Country Music Festival. Ryan Bingham & the road is scheduled to perform at the Lawrence Kansas Wakarusa music and camping festival on June 5, 2008.It will be a non stop outdoor foot stomping party in the heart of the Midwest.