Jonathan Byrd

So I started a songwriters series here in Springfield this past fall. It's called the Sangamon Songwriters Series. The idea was to bring top regional and national songwriters to Springfield. We did three shows, and honestly I have a lot to learn about putting on concerts. For the last of the three shows I took the advice of a friend of mine and looked into Jonathan Byrd. I listened to some of his stuff, liked it and brought him for the series.

Now that I've seen him I feel confident in saying he is obscenely good. Far and away one of the best songwriters/performers I've ever seen. He deftly mixes humor, sweetness, wisdom, sadness, poetry and great guitar playing with a sort of pulp sensibility. Idiomatically he touches country, folk, rock, gospel and bluegrass. He is the complete package. He does everything well and most things better than everybody else. These videos give you a taste but they don't begin to show what a great talent Jonathan Byrd really is.

I lost a lot of money putting on that concert, but it was worth every penny.

P.S.
You can download a free live show from Jonathan's Website! Just click music and then look for "Live at the Saxon Pub". If you like it you should buy The Law and The Lonesome it's phenomenal.