Tony Furtado
Portland, OR
Americana / Folk / Singer/Songwriter
Bio
I started playing banjo when I was 12,I thought it was cool so I practiced a lot and got good. I won the national banjo contest a couple times, quit art school, joined a touring band, got a solo record deal with Rounder Records and started recording my own albums. I recorded and toured with lots of bluegrass and folksy folks then quit that. Then I started playing slide guitar and singing and writing my own songs. 15 albums later, Ive just released Golden, my FIRST self-produced album, recorde...
Comments
Kerry Leigh:
Creative, compelling, compositions and performances!
Dec 03
Cindy Smith:
Nice instrumentation on Portlania.. I enjoyed it a lot!!! Cindy :)
Sep 19
The D's:
amazing...heartfelt...soulful...and skilled.
keep up the mastery...the world is better for it.
Scott of The Disappointments
Mar 19
Steven G. Eads:
Love your song. Your guitar work is awesome. Hope you have a great 2011. Blessings, Steve... Please stop by some time to listen to one of my tunes.
Jan 20
Matt Moran:
Wonderful stuff! Excellent. Leaves the listener wanting more!
Nov 26
Kristine:
LOVE this version of Runnin' Down a Dream!
Oct 29
Sounds Like Shavon:
oh mr... that guitar is wonderful
great tune you have there
nice voice
WOOOOO
shavon
sounds like shavon
come be a fan
Feb 04
My Other Life:
Your version of "runnin down a dream" one of my fave songs is just Genius!!!! Ah man fantastic job!!! yeee haw!
Jan 17
Press
““Golden, Tony Furtado's new 15th CD, is one of the best in the career of this bluegrass banjo prodigy turned bluesy slide guitarist turned singer-songwriter. This CD best integrates the three facets of his style. It's the most consistent set of original songs Furtado had created for an album, the playing by Furtado and his guests is inventive and tasteful, and it features some of his best vocals. It's also pleasingly eclectic, with folk, blues, rock, and bluegrass influences mingling easily.”
- George Graham, reviewer, DJ WVIA.
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Artist Stats
Fans: 6,538
Song Plays: 1,837
Visits: 3,442
Video Plays: 485
Widget Hits: 1,267
Status
Status:
Ketchum Idaho tonight at Whiskey Jacques. 9:30 pm start!
Tomorrow is Boise at the Visual Arts Center
Full band....we are really having a blast playing together on this tour!
Blog
SoCal to the UK
Oct 21, 2009 at 12:48 PM
Not much to say here except Im finishing up my Socal run, heading to NM to play for the radioactive Los Alamos crowd then to play for the Aliens in Roswell! Then its home to Portland for a few days and off to a much anticipated tour in the UK. Looking forward to old friends, cloudy skies, fish and chips, good beer and castles and crumbly stone age ...
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