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TWOTRACK

About Me

TWOTRACK is a band made up of twin brothers, Ryan and Todd Bayless, who grew up in the small town of Gainesville, Texas and have since lived and quit jobs in Denton TX, Dallas TX, Taos NM, Durango CO, Olympia WA, Salt Lake City UT, and Flagstaff AZ. Formally members of the bands, The Barnstormers, Deep Blue Creek, and The Nightjars out of Durango, Colorado, they now live and work in Austin, Texas. Multi-instrumentalists and multi-dimensional, Ryan and Todd Bayless of Twotrack have collectively penned over 50 songs and continue their quest for the Cosmic American sound. Their debut, independently produced album, BURN THE BRIDGE, was released June 1st, 2006. LISTEN TO BURN THE BRIDGE IN ITS ENTIRETY ALONG WITH EXTRA TRACKS AT WWW.TWOTRACK.US

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 17/02/2006
Band Website: http://www.twotrack.us
Band Members: Ryan Bayless- guitars, harmonica, violin, piano, organ, drums, vocals...................................................... ................ Todd Bayless- banjo, guitars, lap steel, drums, vocals.
Influences: Neil Young, Wilco, The Beatles, The Byrds, Bob Dylan, The Band, Steve Earle, The Rolling Stones, Van Morrison, Them, The Kinks, Doug Sahm, Townes Van Zandt, Gram Parsons, Uncle Tupelo, Bruce Springsteen, James McMurtry, The Gourds, Hank3, The Animals, The Who, Buffalo Springfield, The Yardbirds, 13th Floor Elevators, Small Faces, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, ELO, Talking Heads, Tom Waits, Tom Petty, Credence, David Bowie, T.Rex, Pink Floyd, The Velvet Underground, Big Star, Beck, Elliot Smith, Nick Drake, Leonard Cohen, Paul Simon, Ryan Adams, Whiskeytown, The White Stripes, Gillian Welch, Guy Clark, Greg Brown, Roscoe Holcomb, Dock Boggs, Bill Monroe, Flatt&Scruggs, The Stanley Brothers, Woody Guthrie, Hank Williams, Bob Wills, Merle Haggard, Billy Joe Shaver, James Hand, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Buddy Holly, Robert Johnson, Bessie Smith, Howlin' Wolf, Bukka White, Skip James, Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Jimmy Rogers, Elmore James, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, Magic Sam, Sonny Boy Williamson, Otis Rush, Clifton Chenier, Bobby Blue Bland, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Etta James, Solomon Burke, Dan Penn, Irma Thomas, Otis Redding, Booker T & the MGs, O.V.Wright, The Reverened Al Green, Wicked Wilson Pickett, The Temptations, Curtis Mayfield, The Impressions, The Meters, The Nevilles, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Issac Hays, John Coltrane Quartet, Thelonious Monk, Eric Dolphy, Freddie Hubbard, Mingus, Jimmy Smith, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Bud Powell, McCoy Tyner, Billie Holiday, Django Reinhardt, Ravi Shankar, and almost anything with a Hammond B3 organ.
Sounds Like: COSMIC AMERICA
Record Label: Barnstorm Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

WOODEN SOUL DESIGNS

  Check out Todd's new adventures in the woodshed... Wooden Soul Designs- Hand-crafted items for the music fan including Record Frames, CD Frames, and more... http://www.woodensouldesigns.com/ &n...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:31:00 GMT

HOMETOWN FEATURE NEWS STORY!

TWOTRACK is featured in this week's Sunday edition of the Gainesville Daily Register in our old hometown! Click for story: http://www.gainesvilleregister.com/local/local_story_2191735 14.html  
Posted by on Sun, 06 Aug 2006 11:41:00 GMT

CD's NOW AVAILABLE FOR SALE...

Anyone interested in purchasing their very own copy of our new album, Burn the Bridge, can now do so directly through our newly revised and expanded website at www.twotrack.us. The full length, indepe...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:20:00 GMT

CD RELEASE-- June 1st!

Our fellow Cosmic Americans, The wait is almost over. Our CD is out of the pressing plant and ready for distribution. We will officially release our album, BURN THE BRIDGE, on Thursday, June 1st!&nbs...
Posted by on Thu, 25 May 2006 10:28:00 GMT

BURN THE BRIDGE ALBUM ALMOST COMPLETE!

Hello all... an update on the progress of our album release: currently, the cover is being finalized by our brother, Brent, and will soon be ready to press.  If all goes well, we hope to have cd'...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Feb 2006 20:54:00 GMT