Jamie Way is the sound of contradictions, filtering melodies through light before sending them screaming through a wringer of bourbon gruff with a 5 o’clock shadow. He’s the sound of a disgruntled drummer covered in ash banging out his twisted renditions of top 40 hits. You know that familiar sound of hot dogs roasting over a blazing fire? He’s that, but the fire is on your couch. It’s finding comfort in an awkward situation. It’s a sense of deja vu that never really happened. What we’re getting at is that there’s something about Jamie Way that rings a bell, it’s just a very dirty and distorted bell.   


RYAN GREENE / CHICKENHEAD JOHNSON BIO:

To consider local SF Bay Area MC, singer and songwriter Ryan Greene a prolific artist would be an understatement. Since the mid-80’s, Bay Area native, Ryan Greene has devoted his life path to music and for this, has reaped the benefits of being a tenacious and charismatic staple in the Bay Area music scene. Making the transition from graffiti writer, to graphic artist, and now arranger, composer, producer, singer and emcee, Ryan Greene is an all-in-one package, with talent and skill that begs for comparison. Golden Shelltoes (self released), Ryan’s debut solo album, is the mark of three + years of writing, composing, designing, collaborating and many sleepless nights spent in the solitude  of his personal recording studio. The result? An album that boasts star power, expert production and is as much hip hop, as it is blues, old school, r&b, soul and dirty funk. Ryan has played succeful Golden Shelltoes live shows with Digital Underground, Das EFX, Tom Greene, Canibus, Devin The Dude, Bun B, Gift Of Gab, Bang Data, The Jazz Mafia, Z man from One Block Radius, Raw Deluxe, Felonius, Zeph and Azeem, Living Legends (Various groups and solo acts), Broun Felinis, Oakland Faders, Stymie and the Pimp Jones Love Orchestra, Lunar Heights, Crown City Rockers, Marc Stretch and many more SF Bay Area greats. Ryan Greene and Jamie Way have recently teamed up to create blends of Soul and Blues with heavy Hip Hop drums, and a dash of Jazz in their new project Chickenhead Johnson which is set to be released this summer. Chickenhead Johnson is on the road right now with a line up formed from the SF bay areas best live players and vocalists.

 "Ryan Greene has long been an energetic force in bridging the gap between the live musician community and the beats & rhymes contingent...a versatile and talented artist with interesting musical ideas." -- Eric K. Arnold for SF Weekly.

Ryan Greene
Graphic Designer (Pre-press, printing & design)
Music Producer/Promoter
510.938.6314
goldenshelltoes@gmail.com
http://www.facebook.com/goldenshelltoes

Music explorer/enthusiast. Wannabe beat producer/DJ

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