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Jeff Byrd & Dirty Finch

About Me

Jeff Byrd and Dirty Finch are a rock band out of southern RI. After founding and leading many different bands including Sonnet and most recently The Audiocentrix, Jeff has branched out into a more fitting singer/songwriter genre drawing comparisons to artists such as Ryan Adams and Paul Westerberg. Jeff Byrd & Dirty Finch are currently recording a new album to be released later this year tentatively titled "The Other Side of Honesty". The band has performed at such venues as Sullivan Hall in NYC, The Blackstone and the AS220 in Providence, RI, the All Asia in Cambridge Mass and the '09 Keene Festival in New Hampshire. They were also selected as one of the artists to play the 40th anniversary of GAP stores in Smithfield, RI and their song "Probably Maybe" was selected through Reverbnation as a free download made possible by Microsoft. Jeff also performed at the Jeff Buckley birthday celebration at the Metro & Uncommon Ground in Chicago in 2002. Most recent reviews from a few publications:"Jeff Byrd & Dirty Finch are an alt/country vs acoustic rock group with some great songs, and a unique sound that causes you to listen up." -Terry Stephens SMT Publishing - Nashville -Terry Stephens, SMT Publishing"a solid alt-country band from Rhode Island ...the harmonies, melodies, and tight instrumentation soar (check out their song Better With You for an example of the SOLID harmonies)". -Jon Ostrow, Miccontrolblog.com"Alt. Country group Jeff Byrd & Dirty Finch have been keeping themselves busy playing all over the Northeast and winning praise from Nashville publishers. Lead singer and songwriter Jeff Byrd has been compared to Ryan Adams and Paul Westerburg. Take a listen to “Raining Somewhere” and see if you agree." Bethany Leavey, Ourstage.com

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Member Since: 29/03/2008
Band Website: www.americansongspace.com/jeffbyrd
Band Members: Jeff Byrd - Lead Vocals, Guitars; Steven DelTufo - Drums; Shawn O'Brien - Bass Dan Simpson - Guitars
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Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Jeff Byrd & Dirty Finch...Playlist 7 Microsoft

Re" Playlist 7 sponsorship through Microsoft...Ok...so here it is!! PLEASE PLEASE click on the link provided and download our song "Better With You" as many times as you can and tell everyone! There's...
Posted by on Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:35:00 GMT

Calling all bands....

Hey everyone, We're putting on a benefit show for PAWS New England (a shelter that finds homes for unwanted and abused animals) at The Blackstone in RI on Dec. 20th. So far Leah Carlson, Mark Cutler a...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:51:00 GMT

Updates, Baseball & other topical lotions.

Hola ~So if you haven't heard yet, Dan Simpson is our new guitar player. He's formally from the band Hawkins Rise and has been on and in and about the music scene for quite some time. He adds "alt" to...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:25:00 GMT

Thank you, Tom...

...for being an excellent band member, and most importantly a great friend. My best wishes go out to you. Thank you sincerely, for everything you've done for me both professionally and personally.
Posted by on Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:58:00 GMT

The Finches have been busy...

So we played Sullivan Hall in NYC...very very cool place. Besides the fact that it took us 8 hours to get there, it was totally worth it. A great place to perform, hopefully next time we'll have more ...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:07:00 GMT

A FREE exclusive download of "Probably Maybe" made possible by Miscrosoft!!!

"Get our free, exclusive download here http://www.myspace.com/windows?homepage=jeffbyrddirtyfinch"
Posted by on Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:22:00 GMT

Jeff interviewed by Junior's Cave online!

Jeff was recently interviewed by Isaac Davis, Jr. of www.juniorscave.com, an online music e-zine. You can check out the interview here:http://www.juniorscave.com/JeffByrdDirtyFinch.html
Posted by on Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:19:00 GMT

Providence Phoenix Music Poll

Hello ladies and gentlemen,Okay, so we weren't nominated...BUT you CAN write in our name in any category...maybe breakthrough act??? It would be awesome awesome awesome of you if you would all take 2 ...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:05:00 GMT

NEW SONGS ADDED!!!

Just added 3 new tracks...mind you they are just demo's, but you'll get the idea of what's to come. We will be recording for real very shortly...once we have time from playing out (that's a good probl...
Posted by on Thu, 28 May 2009 16:21:00 GMT

Quickstar CD compilation update!

Hey everyone, I just received the Quickstar Compilation CD's! "Raining Somewhere" sounds great, and is listed as track 4! Copies will be selling for $5 each. Take it easy...Jeffrey
Posted by on Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:26:00 GMT