Band Name:Forest Sun Band
Band Location:Bay Area
Short Bio About the Band:

Forest Sun Band plays original heartfelt, soulful, feel good, uplifting, Folk, Americana, Bluegrass and Reggae music,

With over 100 million plays on Pandora, troubadour and award-winning songwriter, Forest Sun, enlivens audiences around the globe with his wealth of songs and stories, all sung and told in a laid-back California style. Sun's soulful music draws on a deep well of Americana and is compared to everyone from Jack Johnson and The Avett Brothers to Van Morrison and Bob Dylan. He’s played festivals from California (Strawberry Music Festival, American River Music Festival) to Europe (Belladrum in Scottland, Fiesta City in Belgium),opened for such luminaries as Lyle Lovett, Bonnie Rait, Steve Earle, Keb Mo, and toured with folks like Brett Dennen, Mason Jennings and the Beach Boys (Forest met famed Beach Boys producer Van Dyke Parks at a festival porch jam and later swapped songs on his piano at his house in LA). Musical collaborations on his records include members of Bob Dylans band, members of Calexico/Iron and Wine, Heather Massse(The Wailin' Jennys, Prairie Home Companion) Jolie Holland (The Be Good Tanyas), JT Nero(of Birds of Chicago), Sean Hayes, jam band ALO, and bluegrass band Hot Buttered Rum.

Forest’s songs mine his deep folk roots and embrace his love of gospel, soul, reggae, and country.

The band and features Gawain Mathews (Mickey Hart Band) on Guitar, Uriah Duffy on Bass (Taj Mahal, Prince, Sly and the Family Stone), Rob Hooper on Drums (Seth Walker, Hot Buttered Rum) and Dan Zemelman on Keyboards (Marcus Shelby, John Lee Hooker, Jazz Mafia).

Select the Genre You are Most Like:American Roots
Number of Band Members:5
Band Instrumentation:vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboard, bass and drums
Band Representative:Forest Sun
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Website Link:forestsun.com
Link #1 to LIVE VIDEO Online:youtu.be
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