About Billy Harvey...

Singer/Songwriter, Guitarist, Producer, From Austin, Texas. He's worked with Bob Schneider, Steve Poltz, Blu Sanders, Ginger Mackenzie, Trish Murphy, Kacy Crowley and many more! Billy Harvey was born in Evanston, Illinois. His father passed away when he was eight, so his family moved around a lot. In fact, thirteen times in a six year span! At the age of nine, his mother bought him his first guitar. Bob Dylan's Blowin' In the Wind and Kiss's Detroit Rock City were the first two songs he learned to play. Living in various cities like Santa Fe, Boston and Seattle, The Harvey?s eventually anchored in Chicago where Billy attended high school. At seventeen, he packed up his VW van and made his way to San Francisco, California. There he was able to establish himself in a city that's known for its many great artists. In February of 1986, he joined the bay-area band Flame and began playing (guitar) and co-writing songs. Very popular in their area, Flame scored a record deal with Giant/Warner in August of 1991 and released their debut album in 1992. After six years, the band broke up and that brought Billy to Austin, Texas. In 1996, Billy decided to try the solo thing by releasing an album - Moonlight Theatre - on an independent label. The CD got him a lot of local attention and even made a few newspapers? "best of" lists. He continued mastering his craft by writing, producing, and performing with other Austin artists/bands. Late 2001 in a gig that was suppose to be only a "one tour" type deal, Billy ended up taking Stephen Bruton's place in Bob Schneider's band (Lonelyland). He went on to co-produce Bob's latest record "I'm Good Now". Billy currently has three indie releases - an EP "More Happy Than Sad", a full-length album "Toast" and the brandy spanking new full length, ?Pie? which was released in January 2005. When he's not on the road, he plays with his band in Austin. Word on the street is several different record reps have reportedly attended his shows with great interest! Now it's only a matter of time before the man is signed. So check him out now while he's still under the radar.

Billy Harvey mixes clunky, off-kilter baroque pop and acoustic-based power pop with some analog blips and bleeps, and sings it all with a familiar, laconic drawl. The result is a strangely heartfelt concoction so warm and slightly twisted it's as if the songs are melting into new forms as you listen to them.

You can buy live cds of his performance on Bend Studio's site at www.bendstudio.com/merch.htm

Plus make sure to check him fully out on his official site at www.billyharveymusic.com/ and on MySpace at www.myspace.com/billyharvey

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