Ryan Thomas Becker

. . . established in 1982, also plays/fingered part/full/heart-time in a couple/few other bands, such as RTB2 and eaton lake tonics / Scene Girls / Bob Fante and the fuzzy coos / the international and the Slow Burners and sherilyn segrest and Audrey Lapraik and Miss(i)le Men and sunday drive and b.c. & co. enjoys the warm glow of a porta 02 mkII. forever seeks the perfect blend of innocence and experience and reigns as a six footer. . . and we cannot stop ourselves, why should we, how could we?! think think think. . .

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REVIEWS, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, & DESCRIPTIONS (lovingly posted without permission):

"best work to date and some of the

best music I have heard in a

long time. I feel like you should do something about

it."--michael r. welch of the meanderthals.



".No one stands above him. He is quite tall."

--anonymous we shot j.r. comment.

"His songs manage to balance sincere emotion and humor without falling into overwrought emotion or relentless irony. Unnecessary but interesting found sounds and odd instrumentation spice up some of his songs."

--jesse hughly of the dallas observer."Don't be a hero."--Matthew Barnhart."I didn't have a headache until you started playing."--Jacob Barnhart.

"He is also in the Ponystars and used to play soccer and he looks so cool and has nice parents."

--funanimal comotion.

".this guy is damned entertaining! if Banter's intuition is correct, this man's ablilties are much deeper than we know. musically, imaginatively, & spiritually."--banter.

".heartfeltuncompromised."

--jim cross of jim cross."Tremulous devotional balladry."--ilovefortworth.".what music sounds like."--phoreladeliah.blogspot.com."Everybody wants to crawl between the molecules and pull the universe over themselves like bedcovers. Ryan Thomas Becker helps us prospect in that direction."--Deep Ellum Sullie."Best Avant-Garde/Experimental" WINNER! (Eaton Lake Tonics)--Fort Worth Weekly Music Awards 2009."Best Instrumentalist" Nomination

--Dallas Observer Music Awards 2009."Best Group" Nomination (RTB2)

--Dallas Observer Music Awards 2009."Best Blues Act" Nomination (RTB2)

--Dallas Observer Music Awards 2009."Big Group" WINNER! (RTB2)--QuickDFW's Big Thing Music Awards 2009."Best Instrumentalist" Nomination

--Dallas Observer Music Awards 2008."Best New Act" Nomination (RTB2)--Dallas Observer Music Awards 2008."Next Big Thing" Nomination (RTB2)--QuickDFW's Big Thing Music Awards 2008.----------------------------------------------------------------------Neighborhoof available now from Gutterth Records:Ryan Thomas Becker - NeighborhoofCD (GR019 - 2009)Order here from GUTTERTH RECORDS.*Also available at Recycled Books, Denton, TXand Good Records, Dallas, TX.Ryan Thomas Becker - Uncomfortable Index FingersCD (SSR008 - 2005)--------------------------------------------------------------Click here for exclusive downloads:---------------------------------------------------------------------



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