Billy and Bryn Bright

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Jerry and Dawg flavored instrumental bluegrass

tracks

: 1 Guillermo
: 2 Vegan in the Woods
: 3 Jerusalem Cafe
: 4 Mandola Smokabola
: 5 Maquerade Waltz
: 6 Kricket in the Kitchen
: 7 Timberline Mine
: 8 Santisima Muerte
: 9 Veteran's Day
: 10 Coleraine

notes

Two separate paths guided musicians Billy Bright and Bryn Davies to the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston in the fall of 1995. Bryn, a native of Livermore, CA, had come to Berklee on a jazz scholarship to study bass, while Billy had come up from El Paso, TX with mandolin on the brain, only to end up studying the guitar, as Berklee had no mandolin program at the time. The two might never have met except for the fact that Bryn lived in the apartment below Billy and his roommate Brian Smith. Within a month of meeting, the trio was playing bluegrass in Boston as the Two High String Band and a musical partnership was born.

After moving to Austin in Sept '97 and while on tour with Two High, Billy and Bryn crossed paths frequently with Peter Rowan at festivals and other shows. A couple of call-out gigs later, they became fixtures of Peter's Texas Trio in the fall of 1999. "Peter is one of the most influential singers AND songwriters out there and I have always loved that he could be a bluegrass boy, but not in the oppressing sense! I've been a fan at least ever since I knew who he was...maybe even before," says Billy.

So began an immersion into the world of red hot acoustic players that found Billy and Bryn touring with Tony Rice, Vassar Clements, and Peter Rowan, as well as playing with such luminaries as Guy Clark, David Grisman, Bela Fleck, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Norman Blake, and many others.

After years of performing together the musical partnership between Billy and Bryn grew to become a committed partnership and they were married on February 17, 2001 in Fischer, TX>

In December 200 the couple spent several days recording with bluegrass legends Tony Rice, Vassar Clements, Peter Rowan, Danny Barnes and fiddler extraordinaire Eamon McLoughlin. The result is a captivating 10-song collection of bluegrass and an assortment of other genres infused tunes titled Billy and Bryn Bright available on Blue Corn Records. We chose to record a bluegrass instrumental CD because the instruments are the focus of the songs," says Billy. "I think what we have to offer this genre of music is new songs with a somewhat distinctive sound. There are lots of people out there playing really great bluegrass. There are also a lot of people breaking the boundaries. We are somewhere in the middle. I have never been the instrumentalist who could switch styles at the drop of a hat, nor have I been an extremely developed bluegrass mandolinist," says Billy.

"Billy doesn't write the typical bluegrass instrumental. He is influenced by many genres and that's what makes his songs so unique," says Bryn.

Hard at work, the couple continues to tour with Rowan and Rice, are frequently seen with Caroline Herring, still do several shows per year with the Two High String Band, and have been recently playing with Eamon McLoughlin and Geoff Union as the Billy Bright Band. "I suppose if Bryn and I were in one band it would make things a little less complicated, but we know too many good musicians that we want to play with," explains Billy.

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Billy and Bryn Bright
author: Thomas
Masterful mandolin, great song selections. This cd will stay in my cd player for a long time. Buy it!
Acoustic music doesn't get better than this--as good, maybe.
author: LedMandlin
Right up front, as a bornagain mando player, Billy Bright is one of my heroes, with some of the very best chops, tone, composing talent and musical connections in the business. I've never tired of this CD; in fact, it just continues to amaze and inspire me with each listen. The stellar musicians accompanying him make this an acoustic marriage made in heaven. I don't know how many copies of this brilliant (Bright might be an understatement) work I've given away, but the world is a better place for Billy, Bryn and friends being in it.
author: Susan
If you love the mandolin, you will surely love this CD.
Very professional and exciting music
author: Larry Nielsen
I saw Too High String Band at the Suwannee Springfest in Florida this past March and bought their CD. Passed up the CD of just Billy and Bryn until later when I went to CD Baby, which, by the way, is a really "with it" company. Bryn is possibly the best bass player in this type of music and was invited to participate in sets from other bands. I now understand that she has been around (in a good way) and is well respected. She is also gorgeous (Billy, my wife thinks you're cute but enough said).
Good stuff! "Billy and Bryn Bright" is a winner
author: John
I saw these two artists play with Peter Rowan at Rockygrass in the spring of 2003. I was immediately taken with their talent, energy and solid performance. This CD is the real thing ... if you are looking for good (although somewhat mellow) bluegrass instrumental style music, this is the stuff. Of course it doesn't hurt to have Vassar Clements, Tony Rice, Peter Rowan, Danny Bames and Eamon McLoughlin, backing you up! With a crew like that, how can you go wrong? I love this CD!
A great mellow instrumental cd!
author: Billy and Bryn Bright
I have been listening to this cd since I got it. It is very relaxing.
Some Really good Acoustic Music
author: Robert Lee Johnson Guitar Player
This is excellent Acouistic Music. The Level of Artistry is quite high. I love the Banjo and Mandolin. I love it when I find pure instrumental music for most CDs have Vocals. I have nothing against vocals, but I love pure acoustic instrumental music and this fills the bill being some of the best instrumental music I have ever heard.

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