The Bois d'Arcs have consisted of many members over the years, but they have finally found the right combination of musicians to complete their sound. Each member has spent their share of time in mostly rock and blues bands. Shayne, the founding member of the band, spent many years in rock bands before switching to the music he grew up on, The founding member of Strict Order and Brown Paper Bag, Shayne had 2 albums on the market before starting the Bois d'Arcs. Ian started playing at age 4, got serious at age 11, and played with his fathers classic rock and blues band starting at age 13 until age 18. They played venues from Dallas to Wichita Falls during the mid 90's. He then went on to play in a hard rock band, 2 jazz rock bands, and a punk band before settling on Texas hard country in a band with Joseph. Joseph has played in many rock bands in the Deep Ellum scene of Dallas. In addition to playing in the Classic rock band with Ian and his dad for two years, and then playing with Dallas bands for the next 4 years. He honed his chops playing every genre of music that he could find others engaged in.
Bryant Hunter is the newest Bois D'Arc. He joined the band in January of 2008. Bryant has played in too many bands to name them all here but he was in the Denton based band, The Molly Maguires, Dirty Blond, Ricky Lynn Gregg, and the Sony recording artists Dusk till Dawn. His guitar playing is second to none and he gives the Bois D'Arcs another vocalist to round things out.
Together they have found a sound that is totally their own. And as long as
they have an audience, whether 1 or 10,000, they will continue to spread their brand of Texas Music.!
