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He started his career when he was asked by Sam
Philips
to be a session musician at his studios in Memphis. He is an accomplished guitarist and dobroist and joined the band Amazing
Rhythm Aces in the
early '70s after they'd asked him to join them on tour when he
had played, engineered and produced their Stacked Deck album.
He stayed with them until 1977
and was replaced by Duncan
Cameron
. He moved to Nashville
to be a session musician and a producer. He has released a solo album
called Byrd Brainz which
included tracks written for Amazing
Rhythm Aces and Jeff
Davis
played
on bass.
Amazing
Rhythm Aces recordings
Lipstick
Traces (On A Cigarette) (Noomi
Neville
)
Mystery
Train (Sam
Phillips /Herman
Parker )
Third
Rate Romance (Howard
Russell Smith )
Two Can
Do It Too (Howard
Russell Smith )
Sources:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazing_Rhythm_Aces
- www.theaces.com/sales/cds/byrdburton/release.html
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