Ryan Bingham: Biography

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• Bob Dylan
• The Marshall Tucker Band
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• Steve Earle

Born:

Mar 31, 1981 in Hobbs, NM

Genres:

Country Music, Rock Music

Decades Active:

2000's

Americana singer/songwriter Ryan Bingham was raised in rural Texas, where years of hardscrabble ranch work and competitions on the rodeo circuit would eventually surface in the dusty riffs of his countrystyled debut, Mescalito. Living alone since his midteens, Bingham shuttled back and forth between Southwestern border towns and relatives' homes, often sleeping in his truck after nightly rodeo gigs. It was during those treks that he began entertaining friends with the guitar, an instrument he'd learned at the age of 17 from a mariachi neighbor. Drawing inspiration from Bob Dylan, Marshall Tucker, and Bob Wills all of whom populated the jukebox of The Halfway Bar, a roadhouse owned by Bingham's uncle (whose musical tastes influenced those of his nephew) Bingham fashioned a roadweary sound that soon piqued the interest of a barroom proprietor in Stephenville, TX. Bingham was offered a weekly residency at the bar; soon after, he began issuing such selfreleased albums as Lost Bound Rails and Wishbone Saloon. The popular material was brought to the attention of Nashville heavyweights Lost Highway Records, who signed Bingham and issued his majorlabel debut, Mescalito (featuring production by Marc Ford, former guitarist for the Black Crowes), in October 2007.

- Andrew Leahey, All Music Guide