Ryan Anderson

In the past I have released music as 'Ryan Anderson.' I am tired of dreading the question "What's your band name?" The next album will be released as MINORCAN (mi-nawr-kuhn). The British brought the Minorcans to St. Augustine, FL just before the American Revolutionary War. They worked as indentured servants.



I flew up to Iowa in May 2008, spent 7 days in a basement with some of my favorite people in the world and recorded a few songs on 1/2" tape. The result is a new album called, "Keep at Hand." Available now via Blood on the Vinyl



There is only one way to say it: these songs are about love, which is rough on the edges. Fall hard, let the heart swell but prepare for a fight and remember, if no one's getting dirty then no one's having fun. Walker Percy had it right:



"We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their faces away."



The track listing is:



01) Shoulder to shoulder



02) Dragon's daughter



03) Bobby Frank Cherry



04) Our Time



05) Sudden Spring



06) I wish it would storm tonight



07) Gilded age



08) Barn burning



09) In Vicksburg



10) Long home



11) Main line



BIO:

I was born in Northeast Florida at a hospital called, “Baptist Medical.”



At age 8, I stepped on my first guitar and it broke. I don’t remember the first song I wrote, but I have been making music since age 11. The years between 8 and 11 are a blur.



I went to sleep at night with my head a few feet away from the Atlantic Ocean. My goal is to write a song that feels like the shore during the winter. The wind blows mostly from the north east at that time of year, whistling through the sea oats and snow-capping the water.



After calling Florida my home for 20 years, I moved to Savannah, GA, the lone city in the South General Sherman supposedly refused to burn because of its beauty. It is a haunted city where I found love.



In 2004 I moved to Austin, TX where I continue to live.



This little creature has been keeping me busy lately:



Little Sylvie Wren was born 9/21/08.



In 2007 I released an album called The Garden Path.



For a complete list of recordings click here -----> DISCOGRAPHY



For a complete list of live shows (past, present, future) click here -----> SHOWS



If you are interested in reading reviews, click here -----> PRESS



Buy THE GARDEN PATH from iTUNES by CLICKING -->



or get it from Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records



Below is a video for a song off my first album, Trains Take Away Old Friends