Artist description A multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, the songs here are all written and performed by Bert in a small home studio using a home built PC-daw setup. The banjo on heard on, "It Still Means A Lot To Me" is one of Bert's creations as well. Bert plays both acoustic electric guitar, electric and acoustic bass, banjo, sax, Irish tin whistle, some keyboards, and various percussioninstruments. Styles covered in live performance history include, pop, country, rock, bluegrass, '40's swing, reggae, folk, Christian/Praise & Worship, brass band, & percussion emnsemble. Recently, performing has been de-emphasized and songwriting/ recording has become the focus for Bert and his wife Kenya Lee. Look for lots of new songs and lots of variety from this pair.

Music Style This is hard to say. Pop, Country, Christian, Bluegrass, acoustic fingerstyle guitar instrumental, reggae are all part of my discography.

Musical Influences Starting with songwriters chronologically: Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, John Lennon, Jackson Browne, Don Henley, James Taylor, Wayne Kirkpatrick. While there are more these represent the core influence on my writing.

Similar Artists Depends on the song/style. I hear similarities to vintage Jackson Browne, Eagles, CSN on some songs; John Denver, on some of the country.

Artist History Born in central VA, first live performances were school bands. Playing saxophone in several highschool garage bands followed. At 17, stringed instruments entered Bert's life by way of the acoustic guitar. The music of Simon and Garfunkel were a huge love and influence at the time. Within a couple of years, banjo was added. Nine years of living and breathing Bluegrass music followed, culminating in the recording of two albums with the local group, 'J C Hale and the Blu Fescue.' A year with George Winn followed. It was then that Bert decided to form a new group outside of the strickly Bluegrass genre. A chance meeting with John Boyles proved fortuitious in getting this accomplished. After months of work and a couple of false starts, 'Unstrung Heroes' emerged. Veteran bassist and lyric tenor John Shifflett completed the trio which played extensively in the area using a format which is today is commonly referred to as 'unplugged'. Later a veteran drummer Greg Comstock was added and the group specialized in vocal oriented material from a variety of genres. No commercial recordings were attempted and little original material was used. ( Look for a CD of original material from this band in the near future ) Bert has concentrated on songwriting in the last several years and is now actively recording original songs for himself, Unstrung Heroes and his wife Kenya Lee.

Group Members Yours truly

Instruments Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, electric bass, keyboards,banjo, drum programs, vocals.

Location Naples, Florida - USA

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