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Jim
Byrom
"Whiskey Uniform"
210-744-6066
www.jimbyrom.com
jimbotx@juno.com
www.yellowrose records.com
CD available at cd-tex.com
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Jim
is a native of San Antonio, TX where he currently resides.
He started learning to play guitar at the age of eight and
played professionally for the first time at the age of fifteen
with his Father's band, "Silver Rose". After high
school he started his own band called "Diamondback"
and played the local clubs and honky tonks in and around San
Antonio as the bands' lead guitarist. Jim then moved to College
Station and formed a band with a good friend and they called
it "Luck of the Draw". Once again Jim stuck to lead
guitar and sang the occational traditional songs. They played
all of the major Agricultural School functions, all over Texas,
and into Louisianna. During this time Jim decided to sing
more and more. He came to realize that he could back himself
and play the style of music that better suited him. He stuck
it out for three years with the band then started fronting
his own band.
With the reins in hand he got back to playing the music he
had always loved. Raised on Ray Price and Johnny Bush with
the influence of eighties and early nineties artists such
as Eddy Raven, George Strait and Keith Whitley he plays traditional
music with an upbeat flare. The proof is evident in the songs
he has written and currently recorded. No bubble gum pop country,
just real country music that crowds can dance to in any honky
tonk. With Fifteen years of playing and making crowds dance
and have a good time, hopefully the best is yet to come for
this up and comer.
Jim currently has a CD entitled "Whiskey Uniform"
that has just been finished for "Yellow Rose Records".
The first single to be let loose in Texas will be "How
Lonely Does Lonely Get", the first track on the CD. It
cleary shows the COUNTRY sound Jim has to offer and the honky
tonk groove he loves so much. Fiddles and steel guitar are
very prevalent, as they should be. Give it a listen and wait
for your foot to start tappin'.
"Byrom's Style is a lot closer to traditional country,
with lots of shuffles and honky-tonkers with a contemporary
feel that is heavy on the fiddle and steel guitar - and tequila
and heartache..... showing skill as a singer as well as a
song writer with fluid vocals and snappy tunes...
- John Goodspeed, San Antonio Express News-
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