Artist description Here is songwriter who can also play guitar pretty dern good. He's a slide player too.

Music Style Folk Rock

Musical Influences Ry Cooder, The Grateful Dead, Greg Brown, Zero, Little Feat, Shawn Colvin, Jorma Kaukonen, Kelly Joe Phelps, etc..

Similar Artists Dave Matthews, Counting Crows

Artist History Brett Lovins is a veteran musician at an early age. He played in a touring band for 3 years that was on the road many months of those years. He did the solo coffee house/brew pub curcuit for 4 years. He has sat in and done session work on many recordings. And played in a band called Twang Factor 4 that created a buzz in the Pacific Northwest. Recently he opened for Lyle Lovett and his Large Band. Brett has also shared the stage with Hot Tuna (Jorma Kaukonen), John Fahey, Paul Kantner, the Saw Doctors and many more. Learn more at http://www.tf4.com

Group Members Brett has been known to play with many other musicians... He is also a member of the band Twang Factor 4.

Instruments acoustic hawaiian guitar, lap steel, 12 and 6 string acoustic

Albums La Verkin Thunder, The Fifteen Fifty-five, Escape from Twang Factor 4, The Double Life of Twang Factor 4

Press Reviews Too many to list here, but here is a glimpse:"Great tunes and diverse playing that deserves national attention."Brett has also been written about in the nationally distributed magazine: "Relix"

Additional Info Brett co-produced and engineered "Superfarmhouse" by Havilah, his music was featured in a major ad campaign for the Vancouver Gizzleys (NBA) and he played slide guitar on a CD that was bundled with a children's book (Cows with Guns) that was put out by book giant: Penguin Books.

Location Bellingham, WA - USA

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