Dustin Neighbors

Contact Dustin
Ken Pearson (Manager) - (256) 820.0803
Bluesprings Music Group

The magic of country music is that it reflects a changing society while anchored in an older, kinder, gentler origin. None of the younger artists have missed the influence of loud rock with sometimes-violent themes, yet some of the individual personalities really harken back to simpler, easier-to-listen-to music with lyrics celebrating honor along with loneliness and heartbreak. If you’re making a list of such artists, put Dustin Neighbors up close to the top. When you listen to his album, “Circle Of Friends,” you’ll move him on up on your own.

Born in Anniston, Alabama but growing up in such diverse places as Iceland, the South Carolina coast, and West Florida while his father was in the military, music has been part of his life from the getgo – indeed, soaking up rock and roll from his dad, country from his mom, and bluegrass from his grandfather. “I don’t know much of anything but music,” Dustin deadpans, leaving little doubt that that “deficit” does not bother him overly.

The factor that overrides any limitation one might presume is the natural grace and honesty he brings to his music. Whether working with a band in a club, solo at an outdoor festival, or in the studio with top-flight personnel, the let me show you how this works without breaking a sweat aura classically associated with Bobby Bare, Don Williams, and Randy Travis rises in the music like morning mist on the Coosa River – it’s not easy to explain but we know it’s there.

Combine that laid-back attitude with a variety of songs (note: NOT a variety of genres – this is all country) that touch emotional levels of us all at some point, and we have an important mainstream debut. Enhancing the outing are the musicians; Doyle Grisham plays pedal steel, dobro, and rhythm guitar; John Rees is ..boards; John Root handles drums and percussion; Tom Wild plays lead guitar; while David Russell doubles on fiddle and mandolin and Toni Seahauzer is on bass. Vocal back up is provided by John Frost and Jennifer O’Brien.

Dustin has worked with Ken Pearson’s Bluesprings Music Group for the past two years, putting the pieces together for an opportunity to let the general public in on this magic music. The time is now.