2 Bit Johnny

Background:
Joe McLeod grew up steeped in the sounds of Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Hank Williams, CCR, Old & in the Way, Jim Croce, The Band, and the Rolling Stones. He sings and plays both the guitar and mandolin and has been writing songs since he was 16. His music is inspired by life experiences that have taken him to nearly every Canadian province and 47 of the 50 States. He is currently living in Vancouver, British Columbia where he writes songs, plays bluegrass with the Scattered Coals, and works by day as a landscape architect to pay the bills . He is always looking for new musical opportunities and hopes to one day write the perfect song.
Musical Highlights:
Tinflower Angel won 1st Place in the Nov/Dec 2007 issue of American Songwriter magazine lyric contest
Shared the stage playing bluegrass with Vassar Clements in Nashville (June 2002)
Shared the stage backing up Johnny Cash at Rib Cook-Off event (September 2002)
Member of the Scattered Coals (Vancouver, 2011-Current)
Founding member of Badly Bent Bluegrass Band (Toronto, 2008-2011)
Member of The Stagger Lees (Toronto, 2009-2010)
Member of of the White Squirrel Sinnerz (Toronto, 2007-2011)
Member of Kentucky Fried Pickin' (Vancouver, 1999-2000)
Member of the Charlie Flannery Band (Nashville, 2002-2004)
AKA: joemcleodsongwriter, jerryatwater
TAGS: www.soundcloud.com/joemcleodsongwriter
Vancouver, Toronto, Tennessee, Nashville, Presley, Bluegrass, Canada, Rockwood, Ontario, BC