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for|the fictional character|Up in the Air (2009 film)Infobox musical artist |name = Ryan Bingham|image = RyanBingham Jan2010 S.Peterson.jpg|caption = Ryan Bingham promoting Crazy Heart in 2010|image_size =|background = solo_singer|birth_name = George Ryan Bingham|alias =|Born = birth date and age|mf=yes|1981|3|31 Hobbs, New Mexico|Hobbs , New Mexico , United States |death_date =|origin =|instrument = Singing|Vocals , guitar |genre = Rock (music)|Rock http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/ryan-bingham/id264107070/ iTunes Official Artist Page for Ryan Bingham, Americana (music)|Americana |occupation = Musician |years_active = 2006–present|label = Lost Highway Records|Lost Highway |associated_acts =|website = URL| http://www.binghammusic.com/|notable_instruments = Ryan Bingham (born March 31, 1981) is an Americana (music)|Americana cite web|url= http://music.aol.com/artist/ryan-bingham/biography/677680 |title=Ryan Bingham Biography - AOL Music |publisher=Music.aol.com |date=1981-03-31 |accessdate=2011-03-15 singer-songwriter currently based in Los Angeles, California.cite news |first=Jose |last=Martinez |title=Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses On the Road... Again |url= http://www.venicemag.com/news/index/view/282 |work=Venice Magazine |date=October 2010 |accessdate=5 July 2011
After garnering critical acclaim for his first two studio releases on Lost Highway Records , 2007's Mescalito (album)|Mescalito and 2009's Roadhouse Sun , Ryan Bingham went on to collaborate with Grammy-winning producer T Bone Burnett on the soundtrack for the 2009 acclaimed film Crazy Heart , including notably co-penning & performing the film’s award-winning theme song " The Weary Kind ". The title track earned Bingham an Academy Award , Golden Globe Award , and Critics' Choice Award for “Best Song” in 2010, http://2010.aclfestival.com/band/ryan-bingham 2010 ACL Festival: Ryan Bingham Official Bio as well as a Grammy Award for "Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media" in 2011.cite news |first=Gerrick |last=Kennedy |title=Grammy Awards: Ryan Bingham nabs a trophy, still puts on pants 'one leg at a time' |url= http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/02/grammy-awards-.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=13 February 2011 |accessdate=5 July 2011 As a result of his monumental year, the Americana Music Association honored Bingham with the organization's top award in 2010: “Artist of the Year”.cite news |first=Chris |last=Talbott |title=Ryan Bingham Wins Big at Americana Awards |url= http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2010-09-09-americana-awards_N.html |work=USA Today |date=9 September 2010 |accessdate=5 July 2011
Ryan Bingham joined back up with his band The Dead Horses to release their third studio album Junky Star on August 31, 2010. The album debuted in the Top 20 on the Billboard 200 Chart http://www.billboard.com/#/album/ryan-bingham-the-dead-horses/junky-star/1386221 Billboard Chart: Junky Star Chart History & in the Top 10 on the Billboard Rock Album Chart, http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/rock-albums? chartDate=2010-09-19 Billboard Chart: Top-Selling Rock Albums Week of September 18, 2010 making Junky Star Bingham’s highest charting & most successful release to date.
Personal life
Ryan Bingham was born in Hobbs, NM and grew up in Texas. He currently lives in Los Angeles, CA. Ryan enjoys bull riding, trains and whiskey. He grew up as a gypsy but has since settled down with womanfolk. cite web|last=Gold|first=Scott|title=Raw and Genuine|url= http://articles.latimes.com/2008/mar/30/entertainment/ca-bingham30|work= http://articles.latimes.com/2008/mar/30/entertainment/ca-bingham30|publisher=LA Times
Career
After issuing self released "Wishbone Saloon" and "Dead Horses", the latter distributed by Lone Star Music , Bingham was signed to Lost Highway Records , who issued his first major label debut with Mescalito on October 2, 2007, produced by former Black Crowes guitarist Marc Ford . Texas Music Magazine has opined that "Bingham talks and sings with a whiskey-and-cigarette throat that screams hard living. Hard in a way that can make a 29-year-old sound like a 50-year-old Tom Waits ." http://www.binghammusic.com Ryan Bingham's website, quoting the magazine article
Bingham spent several years on the rodeo circuit: He began bullriding in his late teens. http://www.popmatters.com/pm/news/article/58968/no-bull-ryan-bingham-trades-in-rodeos-for-nightclubs/ Pop Matters website interview with Ryan Bingham His family moved several times, from Hobbs to Spring, Texas|Spring and Stephenville, Texas . http://www.gactv.com/gac/ar_artists_a-z/article/0,3028,GAC_26071_5781672_,00.html Artists : Artists A to Z : Ryan Bingham Biography : Great American Country
Bingham's bandmates, The Dead Horses, are Matthew Smith ( drums ), Corby Schaub (guitar and mandolin ) and Elijah Ford ( bass guitar|bass ). The bass player on Mescalito was Jeb Stuart. They appeared with the Drive-by Truckers on the Austin City Limits|PBS show Austin City Limits in October 2007.
The first single from Mescalito, entitled "Southside of Heaven," was released on November 30, 2007. The next single was entitled "Bread and Water."
On June 2, 2009, Ryan Bingham and The Dead Horses released their second album titled Roadhouse Sun via Lost Highway Records. It was once again produced by Marc Ford .
Bingham performed two songs for the soundtrack of the movie Crazy Heart , including "I Don't Know," and the theme song, " The Weary Kind ." In addition to these performances, Bingham wrote " The Weary Kind " and was produced by T Bone Burnett. He also had a small role in the film as Tony. On January 17, 2010, Bingham was awarded the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song|Golden Globe for Best Original Song for "The Weary Kind" at the 2010 Golden Globe Awards . The song won Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song cite web |url= http://oscar-watch.ew.com/2010/02/02/oscar-nominations-announced/ |title=Oscar nominations announced |year=2010 |work= Entertainment Weekly|ew.com |accessdate=February 2, 2010 at the 2010 82nd Academy Awards ,cite web|url= http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1633370/jeff-bridges-ryan-bingham-t-bone-burnett-win-oscars-for-crazy-heart.jhtml|title=Jeff Bridges, Ryan Bingham, T Bone Burnett Win Oscars for Crazy Heart|date=2010-03-08|work=cmt.com|accessdate=2010-03-08 as well as Song of the Year at the 9th Annual Americana Music Association awards.cite web|url= http://americanamusic.org/index.htm? inc=5& news_id=18823|title=ARTISTRY WINS DURING 9th ANNUAL AMERICANA MUSIC ASSOCIATION HONORS & AWARDS, Ryan also played at the ACL festival in 2011|date=2010-09-09|work=americanamusic.org|accessdate=2010-09-13
Bingham's third major label release, Junky Star , was released on Lost Highway Records on August 31, 2010.
Reception
Bingham has appeared as a guest on Bob Harris (radio)|Bob Harris 's Country Show on the BBC Radio 2|BBC's Radio 2 . Daryl Easlea, writing for the BBC's folk and country review, said "Bingham will be one of the names to drop in 2008, with an album that sounds as if it's been unearthed from 1972." http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/jg54/ BBC - Folk and Country Review - Ryan Bingham, Mescalito
Rolling Stone magazine gave Mescalito three out of five stars and wrote that Bingham "earns his sepia-toned album cover with a dusty wood-and-steel sound, and despite being twenty-five, sings like Steve Earle 's dad." http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/16496481/review/18057124/mescalito? rating=11 Mescalito : Ryan Bingham : Review : Rolling Stone
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Discography
Studio albums
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Peak chart positions
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Mescalito
Release date: October 2, 2007
Label: Lost Highway Records
Formats: Compact disc|CD , music download
Roadhouse Sun
Release date: June 2, 2009
Label: Lost Highway Records
Formats: CD, music download
Junky Star
Release date: August 31, 2010
Label: Lost Highway Records
Formats: CD, music download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
Extended plays
Title
Album details
Peak positions
US Country
iTunes Live: SXSW
Release date: March 18, 2011
Label: Lost Highway Records
Formats: CD, music download
Singles
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Single
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Album
US cite book
2010
116
Crazy Heart (soundtrack)
"Depression"
2012
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"—" denotes releases that did not chart
Music videos
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Video
Director
2007
Anna Axster
2008
2009
2010
Danny Clinch
Filmography
Year
Title
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Notes
2009
Tony
Academy Award for Best Original Song Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Song World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film
References
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External links
http://www.binghammusic.com Bingham's official website
http://countrymusicpride.com/2009/09/ryan-bingham-the-dead-horses-%E2%80%9Croadhouse-sun%E2%80%9D-lost-highway/ Review of Roadhouse Sun from CountryMusicPride.com
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-ca-bingham30mar30,1,7043683.story Los Angeles Times article on Bingham
http://www.americanaroots.com/2009/06/10/features/ryan-bingham-roadhouse-sun/ Interview with AmericanaRoots.com
http://www.lonestarmusic.com/ryan_bingham_07.asp Interview with LoneStarMusic.com
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