Jeremy Bankhead, Ryan "Retard" Byrd, Adam McFarland
Influences
Sheryl Crow, The Eagles, Robert Earl Keen, Pat Green, Jack Ingram, Hootie and the Blowfish, Prince, Bon Jovi, Michael Jackson, and of course The Eric Page Band!!!!
Sounds Like
Ragtop is a TX Music band, with an enormous arsenal of flavor and a huge love for TEXAS. You can hear songs reminiscent of Hootie, Bon Jovi, or Bryan Adams, and then immediately hear them break into some dirty roadhouse blues or some hardcore Pat Green. You never know. But its always good and its always changing, so you better not miss it.
Ragtop began as a side project for the band Flowers for Algernon in March 1937. It was a veritable scientific anomaly that no one seemed to notice at the time. I guess the masses weren't ready. So they climbed back into the oven from whence they sprung, only to further fester and emerge when the world would be ready to handle their massively awesome incredulity. Several decades later everyone was born and eventually learned to play various musical instruments. The first two of them met at a very early age. I think Eric must've been six and Jeremy zero, no one really knows for sure. Apparently they came from the same oven. Then they met Ryan, who was vivaciously ecstatic all the time, so they nicknamed him "retard" and it was good and no one was offended. Then they hired and fired extraneous guitar players at random; a practice which continues to this day for dramatic effect only. No one ever seems to remember any of the guitar players names anyway, but oh well. No one really seems to care.
The core three, close though they were, would fight dramatically and then hug each other, then fight some more, and just generally would behave strangely pretty much all the time. They wrote songs that were catchy, danceable and seldom sarcastic. It seems that they get all this out on their own. They played shows that were long, interspersed with tasty covers, and never spastic. They had paper and metal, but never plastic. It was an instant classic. They opened for mildly famous acts such as Gary P. Nunn and Honeybrowne. They always looked up. Never down. Those who had hair, it was shades of brown. They also had a song called "This Old Town." It was Ragtop and it was good. Come to a show, you'll be as happy as you ever possibly humanly could. Well, maybe, but come anyway. Its a celebration, bitches. Written by Charles Peters (another RagTop guitar player and frontman for Three Fantastic) We all cryed when Eric quit the group... He was just the right flavor like in chicken noodle soup... but even Eric gives his blessing and and hopes for success none faster.... With RT's new "Low end master of Disaster" Tyler and Eric are pretty close as friends... But Eric did weep a little tear too when he put his bass Tyler's hand...
Hey wuts cookin? Well, wutever it is it smells like success to me...so stay focused!!!
But, I gotta let u know I have new music up and official ringtones available on Every Major US Cellphone Carrier...check 'em out. And u can listen to the new music in the player below. Free mp3 downloads are also available courtesy of Microsoft, "I am a PC". Go to reverbnation.com/hunnedproof to claim your free download.
I appreciate ya support...
"People begin to become successful the minute they decide to be." -Harvey Mackay
I'm stoppin in to show love and to make sure you're good over here...I'm really diggin ya space...keep rockin!!! Also, I want to offer you a FREE download of my hit single, "Lose Control". Take a listen to it on my player below and if you like it, click download and it's yours FREE...It's just that easy. All that I ask in return is that you share it and get it to as many of your homies as possible. If you google me you'll see this hit song is already spreading dumb fast. Be apart of the future...
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"Even when your right on track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.."- Will Rogers
Hey! I just wanted to thank you for adding me! If you ever need a custom guitar strap, let me know. My studio is at www.coolstraps.artfire.com. Have a great week and thanks again! Terri
Wusup, jus showin luv to ya page!! I just dropped another single called "No Good"! When you get a chance come through and check it out. Have a great day!
Hey Hows It Going For You? I Hope Everything Is Going Smooth In Your Life, If Not Hopefully You Will Get Through Any And All Obstacles To Gain What You Want, Remember They're No Rewind Buttons To Life.
just comin through to show ya page some luv!! hope ya weekend was great! when you get a chance come through my page and check out my new single called "My Life".
Heyyy!! Thanks for being my friend! What's up?? Wish me luck, I start my radio tour this Monday in Kansas and then Missouri!
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Currently, we're playing locally here in the greater Houston area BUT if you or someone you know would like to book the band or our acoustic duo show we'll travel just about anywhere. Drop me a line at mike@parrish-hundley.com!!!!
