I play guitar and sing songs, also write original songs.

virtual girl playing music , Bass and vocals live and dual streaming with folks around the world 
years of rl gigs traveling  all over -now jumping from byte to byte with a clicking a virtual world

I grew up in the rock and roll city of Cleveland, Ohio and in the good old band days could be seen hanging out and playing in clubs with the likes of Joe Walsh and the James Gang and Phil Keaggy and Glass Harp. While playing guitar for as long as I can remember, the love of that instrument developed into a focus on acoustic fingerstyle guitar. With wide musical influences such as fingerstyle masters Merle Travis, Chet Atkins or Jerry Reed and now Tommy Emmanuel, classic blues and rock players such as Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page to the infamous Gypsy Swing player Django Reinhard, my music draws on a wide variety of sounds.  Singing is somewhat new to me but hopefully it rounds out the music.

My vision is that  “Life is too short for One Groove” and as a result I find myself investigating a wide range of musical colors.  While you will find a lot of covers here, I will also be offering original compositions when the inspiration hits me.  Thanks for listening!


L.A.based, Alabama native, Allen Hinds, releases his long awaited 5th solo c.d. "Fly South"
Multi layers of slide, acoustic,and ambient guitars support thoughtful,expressive  melodies throughout all 10 songs. 
  Once again, Hinds has created cinematic, soulful pallets of music. This time driven by acoustic guitar, and then as a bonus to us all, adds his creative "vocal like" solos on top.
    Outstanding performances by Vinnie Coaliuta, Jimmy Johnson, Abe Laboriel and others compliment Hinds' sophisticated unique phrasing and heart felt compositions. 
  You can truly hear Hinds' southern roots, on this c.d. 
As if Daniel Lanois meets Lowell George, meets Jeff Beck, meets Robben Ford, meets Alan Holdsworth, all these influences are heard yet in Allen Hinds unique style.
 In particular, the interplay between Coaliuta and Hinds, is spectacular. Magical moments sprinkled all through this c.d.
If you like lush guitar tone, expressive unexpected phrases,dynamic performances, interesting chord changes with memorable melodies, all with absolutely no trace of "smooth jazz", ....then you will love "Fly South”

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