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Never Learned to Fly 3:200:00/3:20
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Queen of the party 4:210:00/4:21
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Glad & Sorry 2:590:00/2:59
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Angelia 4:520:00/4:52
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Look for it 3:100:00/3:10
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Hold Me 4:210:00/4:21
“Whether the wider world recognizes it or not, he ought to be considered an essential Americana master.”
— Lee Zimmerman, Goldmine Magazine, Author of "Americana Music"
From Heike's Garden Party, Bremen, Germany, October 2022. Photo by Norbert A. Mueller
About Me
Bio:
Every room asks a different question. For more than twenty-five years, Bobbo Byrnes has traveled the world listening for the answers.
A singer-songwriter, author and producer, Byrnes has performed in most U.S. states and fifteen countries, releasing eight band albums and twelve solo records along the way. His music lives somewhere between folk, Americana, country and the punk-rock spirit that first made him pick up a guitar. He describes it more simply as "too rock for folk and too folk for rock."
Whether he's singing a song or telling a story between them, Byrnes' work is rooted in the belief that ordinary people lead extraordinary lives. More than 3,200 pages of road journals became the foundation for his 2026 memoir, Too Many Miles: On the Road with a Rock & Roll Goodwill Ambassador, and its companion album. Together, they document not just the miles traveled and shows played, but the strangers, musicians, bartenders, innkeepers, audiences and accidental friendships that turned years on the road into something larger.
That same curiosity continues to drive his work. A Bobbo Byrnes show is equal parts music and human connection, filled with songs, laughter and stories about the people encountered along the way. At the center of it all is a simple idea: despite everything telling us otherwise, we still have more in common than what divides us.
New book: Too Many Miles: On the Road with an Unofficial Rock & Roll Goodwill Ambassador (2026)
New album: Too Many Miles (2026)
The album Too Many Miles is the companion piece to the book. Songs that bridge the gap between the stories and miles.
“Last time a Bobbo Byrnes album came my way I said I couldn't understand why he wasn't better known. Still can't! A lower-key acoustic outing this time, but still great tunes in a country-folk style: somewhere between Whiskeytown and Jason Isbell. SeaGreenNumber5 is a masterclass in songwriting.”