Bobbo Byrnes is not a musician who remains still very long. Between The Fallen Stars, Riddle and The Stars, and solo performances, Byrnes plays about 150 shows every year. That being the case, it's no surprise that from Billerica to Berlin, his songs are born from a life on the road. You need look no farther than "Heart like Mine", in which he explores the theme by singing about the roads that take him from show to show.
Two Sides to This Town is an album that is a product of Byrnes' busy touring schedule. However not all of the songs are road songs. "Angelia" is a contemplative song, and the one from which the
album takes its title. "I named it Two Sides To This Town in a sort of admission to the division within the U.S. at the moment, and that I am looking for answers to that division."
Seeking is another common theme on this album, whether the object of the search is answers to a division of people, a car that doesn't break down all the time, or simply the next show. With
Byrnes the search for the next show is constant, which is a good thing because it means he'll continue to write and record heartfelt songs like the ones on this album.
With his EP "So Many Bars, So Many Saturday Nights" and a European tour in September 2021 Bobbo Byrnes is the proof of concept that it takes more than a pandemic to stop a musician doing his thing!
Die bekennende Rampensau Bobbo Byrnes vermittelt mit seinen Songs verrauchte Americana-Stimmung und erzählt Anekdoten von schmuddeligen Gaststätten in den USA.
Bekannt geworden ist Byrnes vor allem als Frontman der Rockband The Fallen Stars und als Teil des Trios Riddle & The Stars. Nun veröffentlicht er sein erstes Soloalbum "Motel
Americana".
Nach sieben CD-Veröffentlichungen mit The Fallen Stars und zwei Alben mit Riddle & The Stars sowie zahlreichen Auszeichnungen, war Byrnes der Ansicht, es sei an der Zeit, ein Soloalbum
zu veröffentlichen und alleine auf Tour zu gehen.
Der erste Song "Hold Me" von „Motel Americana“ wurde unmittelbar nach einer 41-tägigen Tournee mit 43 Shows durch ganz Europa geschrieben. Zurück in Südkalifornien war der Musiker geistig
noch immer „on the road“: "Der Song handelt davon, einfach mit meiner Frau wegzulaufen!“ so Byrnes. Die Orange County Music League war sofort begeistert und nahm den Track mit auf den Spring
Sampler 2017.
Auf seinem Solowerk spielt Byrnes Gitarre, Pedal Steel-Gitarre, Mandoline und singt. Ganz alleine kommt er jedoch nicht aus; Freunde wie Rami Jaffee (Foo Fighters / Wallflowers,) Matt
Froehlich (Tall as Men) und Brandon Allen (The Fallen Stars) sind am Album beteiligt, ebenso wie die Bandmitglieder Tracy Byrnes und Ben Riddle.
Mit seiner EP „So Many Bars, So Many Saturday Nights“ und einer Europatournee im September 2021 ist Bobbo Byrnes, proof of concept, dass es mehr braucht als eine Pandemie, um einen Musiker davon abzuhalten sein Ding zu machen!
“Bobbo Byrnes offers an approach that is the essence of genuine Americana - heart wrenching, passionate and a sound that’s both tender and tenacious without compromising either. It only takes a
cursory listen to ‘Two Sides to This Town’ to recognize the fact that an important and essential new artist has indeed arrived.”
-Goldmine Magazine
“It is strange that he is not a bigger name with his secure, flashy and sometimes shabby northern country and Americana accurately described as more Westerberg than Skynyrd.”
-Blues Roots Corner Belgium
“Bobbo Byrnes is one of the hardest working musicians in the Americana community today.”
-LA Music Critic
“…is one of those albums you stumble across and wonder why the hell this guy isn't better known.”
Rock-N-Reel Magazine U.K.