B. Ryan B.
Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist from Cleveland OH
Bio & Milestones
Viral video: ~30,000 views
Air play: ~200 radio shows
Largest audience: over 10,000
Albums & Videos
2019 & 2014 solo albums
2014 & 2009 with The FlipSide
2 others
Bands & Skills
The FlipSide, The Zoomies, The Gormans, Will Cheshier, Blame Willie, ... More than just a bass & guitarist.
Bio & Milestones
Whether laying down a bass groove to make you move, wailing on his soprano sax, or crooning behind his acoustic guitar, "B" loves connecting with fellow souls through music.
His viral 2015 video "Cleveland is Your Land" has drawn almost 30,000 views, to boost pride and unity. He's led audiences of over 10,000 in songs of praise, each of multiple years at The Fest. His 2019 album Understanding, helping heal a divided nation, aired on nearly 200 Folk & Americana radio programs.
B has been composing, recording, and performing publicly since grade school. Playing genres including Folk, Rock, Jazz, Blues, Praise, and Dixie, he has performed in over 100 venues, not only around northern Ohio, but also from Baltimore to Iowa City to Asheville, solo and with various bands.
Albums & Videos
--- Albums available at shows or by request ---"Understanding" (2019)
1. Serenity
2. Birdwatcher
3. Secret Life
4. Beer Song
5. Office Shuffle
6. Time to Blow
7. Understanding
"Transient" (2014)
1. I Have One
2. Your Rock
3. Crushed
4. I Got Mine
5. Cleveland is Your Land
6. First
7. My Pony Boy
8. Stupid Dog
9. Who's the Hero
10. Claire
11. The Plan
12. Out on the Water
13. That Was Great
14. My Pony Boy
"Blue-Collar Breakdown" (2014 with The FlipSide)
1. Blue-Collar Breakdown
2. Song for Michael Brennan
3. Help is on the Way
4. Keep the Spirit Alive
5. Lemme out of This Car
6. Watch, Wait, and Pray
7. I Can't Wait
8. Mondays at the Phoenix
9. Make Me a World
10. This Sucks
11. Right Train
12. Tightrope
13. House of the Rising Sun / Amazing Grace
14. Wonderful Days
"Listen to the Heartbeat" (2009, with The FlipSide)
1. Dance With Me Paddy
2. Listen to the Heartbeat
3. Losing My Way
4. Hanging by a Thread
5. Hometown Girl
6. Middle of the Night
7. My Good Friend
8. Long Way From Home
9. See It to the End
10. Stones Song (I Don't Need Your Lovin')
11. Fly, Fly, Fly
12. Travel Lightly
"Music of the Market" (appearing with The FlipSide on compilation)
"A Family Christmas" (limited release)
--- Video samples ---
2015: Cleveland is Your Land music video
2023: Around town playing a patron's bass
2019: Noodling on guitar in nature
2019: Sitting in for some jazz on a late friend's clarinet
2014: Covering an old favorite with the looping station
2024: Wailing on the soprano sax
2016: Anchoring a straight-up jazz quartet on bass
2012: Banging the bass in my promo vid for an old rock cover band
Bands & Skills
--- B's Instruments ---
• Voice (baritone, 3 octaves)
• Electric bass (Fender JP 4 fretted & fretless 4, SoundGear 4, Schecter 5)
• Acoustic guitar (Martin D-28, Breedlove Discovery)
• Clarinet (Bb alto)
• Sax (G soprano)
• Keyboard
• Banjo (Irish tenor, Chicago tuning)
• Hand percussion (djembe, tambourine, shakers)
--- B's Bands ---
• The FlipSide folk revival covers & originals, 2004-current
• Blessed Trinity liturgical, 2010-current
• The Gormans Americana originals, 2011-2024
• The Zoomies dance rock covers, 2024
• That 70s Rock Band 1970s rock covers, 2023
• Acoustic Joyride Woodstock covers, 2017-2023
• The Big 5 Show Band: classic rock covers, 2020-2021
• The Fest liturgical, 2011, 2014, 2018-2019
• Grindstone Jazz Ensemble / Neoteric Groove
Jazz, 2015-2016
• Blame Willie party rock covers, 2012-2015
• Will Cheshier acoustic funk covers & originals, 2007-2015
• Steppin' Out show choir, 2014
• Chagrin Falls HS musical theater, 2011
• Diana Chittester original rock, 2010
• Heights Youth Theater musical theater, 2010
• St. Patrick WP liturgical, 2009-2010
Also sat in with: Anne E. DeChant, InCahootz, Brian Henke, Wallace Coleman, Kat McDowell, Crazy Marvin, Rob Cosma, 2 Much Fun, It's All Good, Kelly & Matt