Austin’s Guy Forsyth has long enjoyed praise for his dazzling live shows and rich Americana and Blues roots sound. Forsyth (vocals, acoustic, electric & slide guitar, harmonica, ukulele, singing saw) usually performs with his band, but has been known to perform as a solo artist, and in various incarnations including a duo with Oliver Steck (Bob Schneider’s band). His songs incorporate a unique mixture of styles and his sound is at once polished, raw, compelling and irresistibly rump-shaking. Forsyth brought his skills as a stellar live performer to help found and eventually drive to international acclaim the theatrical acoustic group The Asylum Street Spankers. He gave Wammo his first washboard and Christina Marrs her first guitar and ukulele. His time with the Spankers touring and recording 5 albums added to a wealth of earlier unique experiences in his life – working as a stuntman in renaissance shows, busking on the streets of New Orleans and playing on a mountain top in Nepal –which provided him musical fodder to be refined in the songs of Forsyth’s numerous solo albums. Guy has recently finished recording his new album, "The Pleaserl", which which was released in the spring of 2015 recorded in Austin, Texas, by Andre Zweers and Stuart Sullivan from Wire Recording. followed immediately by an extensive American and European tour. The release of his latest, The Pleaser, was named because of Guy's unyielding need to always please everyone even at the risk of his own demise. "Accompanying Forsyth on this album, as he performs on vocals, harmonica and guitar, are George Rarey on lead guitar and vocals, Naj Conklin on bass and vocals, and Mark Hays on drums and vocals. Three of the twelve tracks were either written or co-written by Rarey, and Conklin co-wrote one. The following are top picks for private listening, if not radio airplay subject to FCC regulations: Track 02: “Play to Lose” – As heartbroken souls might tell you, love is always a gamble, especially if one or more partners is cheating. With a smoldering guitar intro that would make SRV proud, this slow burner’s a great song to play at bars: “Why’d you want to go and [expletive] it all up? You gonna lose, baby if you play with me, but you don’t have to take my word…I said, baby, just you wait and see.” The second verse possesses powerhouse vocals. Track 03: “Carried By Six (Pop’s Blues”) – The saying contained in the title and refrain contains one man’s answer to a possibly-fatal dilemma: “I’d rather be judged by twelve than carried by six.” Meaning, he’d rather face a courtroom and prison cell than his own coffin, borne by pallbearers. The guitar solo here is the best on the album, hotter than Texas barbecue sauce. Track 04: “Put a Little Sex In It” – “Paint yourself a pretty girl, but forget to paint the dress,” is our protagonist’s advice to aspiring artists. “Put a little sex in it. It makes the world go round.” This ultimate guilty-pleasure song has a lot of hot sax in it, as well as sass. To Texas blues and blues rock fans, The Pleaser will appeal!" -Blues Blast Magazine Guy is known today as a musician with gripping, powerful vocals as well as a master of numerous instruments. He started his musical development first with singing, and began playing harmonica at 16. Shortly thereafter he heard a very distinct and overwhelming sound on Kansas City radio that changed his life; it was Robert Johnson. After that, he borrowed a guitar, fell in love and learned to tune it with his feet from a friend who had lost both his arms in an accident. In college, he lasted a single semester at the University of Kansas, and then he found the music he had been seeking – gritty, organic folk and blues, “from a practical hands-on, gears, joints and joists level.” And he struck out to learn it. Since then, he’s been awarded an Austin Music Award for Best Male Vocalist in 2005, as well as numerous other AMA’s over the years in categories such as Blues and Best Miscellaneous Instrument Player (singing saw), among others. Forsyth's first solid Blues album, Unrepentant Schizophrenic Americana, was received very well by critics and fans alike and he has made many more since. In the past year, Forsyth has stepped up his touring significantly to reach fans in the Southwest,Southeast, East Coast, and Midwest United States, as well as continuing to play in Europe several Times, as he does every year. Guy has been featured in a number of large festivals recently, including the Austin City Limits Music Festival (Austin), High Sierra Music Festival (Northern California), Los Alamos Festival (New Mexico), BBQ & Blues Festival (New York), Tonder Festival (Denmark), and Rhythm ‘n’ Blues Festival (Belgium). Forsyth has opened for and shared the stage with musicians such as BB King, Ray Charles, Lucinda Williams, Jimmy Vaughn, Dr. John, Robert Cray, among many others. Discography: High Temperature (1994), Needle Gun (1995), Can You Live Without (1999), Steak (2000), Love Songs: For And Against (2005), Unrepentant Schizophrenic Americana (2006), Calico Girl (2008), Live at Gruene Hall (2010), 300 Miles From There To Here DVD (2011), The Pleaser (2015)