Dustin Prinz is an extremely prolific songwriter with a powerful vocal and a unique guitar style that has jaws dropping and feet tapping around the globe.
Dustin was born in West Point Nebraska on January 1st, 1983. Growing up in such a rural environment made him a rather curious fellow with a yearning to experience life to the fullest.
Dustin's guitar playing incorporates his unique percussive technique with intricate flat picking and his signature style blending hybrid picking with a Paradiddle percussive style developed during his days as a drummer, Dustin calls this style - Para-Pickin'.
At a time when music industry folks and music lovers seem to be wrestling with issues from how best to utilize the internet to discovering that next big thing, Dustin Prinz is slipping in under the fence with a unique style that is connecting with millions of loyal fans around the world.
Dustin's Live performance is an eclectic mix of amazing guitar playing mixed with impressive song writing and a stage persona that dares an audience not to be dragged in personally and emotionally by the experience. A typical Dustin Prinz performance takes an audience on a roller coaster of emotions from laughter to despair and all points in between.
Dustin's impressive musicianship has garnered the attention of respected and credible companies such as, Dean Markley, Cort Guitars and ULTRASOUND amps with which he has product endorsement deals.
If you are a lover of music and you enjoy discovering that new artist or seeing a talented singer/songwriter perform, you owe it to yourself to check out Dustin Prinz...
by Albert Hofman 
Freelance writer and self-proclaimed Global Groove Master 

Dustin Prinz performs "Let Her Go" on The Chevy Music Showcase

Jimmy and the Mustangs is an American rockabilly band fronted by Jimmy Haddox (sometimes credited as Jimmy Silvers). Emerging from the Punk Scene in Southern California during the 1980s, Jimmy and the Mustangs played their first live show to a sold-out audience opening for the renowned all-girl band, The Go-Go's. At the time, the band's "root's music" was fueled by fury-driven, gut-wrenching guitars, not unlike their punk contenders of that era. As the band progressed, a more definitive sound began to evolve, and Jimmy and the Mustangs carved out a style of rockabilly and swing unlike any other band in Los Angeles at the time. World-famous Hollywood Nightclubs like The Whiskey, The Roxy and The Starwood began booking Jimmy and the Mustangs as an opening act for L.A. bands such as X, The Blasters and Los Lobos as well as touring bands such as Chuck Berry, The Stray Cats and Joe Ely, just to name a few. It wasn't long before Jimmy and the Mustangs were headlining the same clubs with sold-out shows of their own.
In a 1982 Los Angeles Times review of their sold-out Roxy show "filled with quiff-headed rocking cats and their petticoated kittens", the group was described as "not just a band. The Roxy show featured a full-scale production number, complete with guest musicians, guest singers" and others.[1]
Not long after being hired by Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin fame to perform at his own private party, the band was sought out by Bruce Springsteen, who joined them onstage. An East Coast Tour followed. Upon returning home to L.A., the band received its first record deal with Vanity Records, which sold an excess of 40,000 copies. Television and Movie appearances followed. A self-titled E.P. was released on the Curb/MCA label and included the song "Justine", which was made into a video and received play on MTV (back when it was cool). Since relocating to Austin Texas, Jimmy has recorded a self-titled CD and has put together a new Mustangs line-up.

Jimmy and the Mustangs "Wanted Man"

Eliza Gilkyson is a Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and activist who has become one of the most respected musicians in Roots, Folk and Americana circles. The daughter of legendary songwriter Terry Gilkyson, she entered the music world as a teenager, recording demos for her father. Since then she has released 19 recordings of her own, and her songs have been covered by such notables as Joan Baez, Bob Geldof, Tom Rush and Rosanne Cash.
She has appeared on NPR, Austin City Limits, Mountain Stage, e-town, XM Radio, Air America Radio and has toured worldwide as a solo artist and in support of Richard Thompson, Patty Griffin, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Dan Fogelberg, as well as with the Woody Guthrie review, Ribbon of Highway-Endless Skyway, alongside the Guthrie Family, Jimmy Lafave, Slaid Cleaves, and special guests Pete Seeger, Jackson Browne and Kris Kristofferson. She has been inducted into the Austin Music Hall of Fame alongside such legends as Willie Nelson, Townes Van Zandt and Nanci Griffith and is an ongoing winner of the Austin Chronicle's various music awards, as well as Folk Alliance awards for Best Artist, Best Songwriter and Record of the Year.
Her 2005 album Land of Milk and Honey was nominated for a Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album. Eliza's meditative "Requiem," written as a prayer for those who lost their lives in the devastating tsunami in Southeast Asia, was recorded by the nationally recognized choral group Conspirare, whose version was nominated for a Grammy and won the prestigious Edison Award in Europe. The song has become a standard in choir repertory the world over. Two of her songs appeared on Joan Baez' Grammy-nominated record, Day After Tomorrow.
In addition to touring in support of the highly acclaimed Roses at the End of Time, Eliza and her son, producer Cisco Ryder, are hard at work on a new album, The Nocturne Diaries, scheduled for release on March 18, 2014.
Eliza is an active member of the Austin music and political community, including the environmental organization Save Our Springs (http://www.sosalliance.org ), and she is a co-founder ofhttp://www.5604manor.org , an Austin-based activist resource center.