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 Crossland performing at Avogadro's Number in Fort Collins in May 2019. | |
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| Born | Ten Sleep, Wyoming United States |
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| Website | jalancrossland |
Jalan Crossland is an American bluegrass, Americana, and alternative country singer-songwriter and musician.
Jalan Crossland was born and raised in Ten Sleep, Wyoming. [1] [2] He attended Ten Sleep High School before his family moved to Pittsburgh where he attended David B. Oliver High School.
Crossland became interested in music as a child, after hearing his uncle play the banjo. In 1997 he placed second in the Winfield National Guitar Fingerpicking Competition. [3] In 1999 he won the first place title at the Wyoming Flatpick Championship. [4]
As a teenager he played electric guitar in a series of heavy metal bands in Pittsburgh. [5] Jalan’s son, Dylan Crossland, was born in 1990 and passed away in 2015. [1] Jalan worked with country bands as a free-lance guitarist and held a day job in a mobile home factory in Casper. He quit the factory job and began pursuing music full-time. [6]
Crossland is a banjoist, guitarist, and vocalist. [7] [8] He created and recorded on his own label, Boom Chicken Rekkerds. He released his first album, Poor Boy Shanty in 2000. [9] In 2004 he released his second record, Moonshiner. In 2005 he formed the Jalan Crossland Band with bassist Shaun Kelley and drummer Pat Madsen. [9] They released the albums Trailer Park Fire & Other Tragedies in 2006 and Driftwood Souls in 2010. [3] The band took a hiatus in 2011 and Crossland released a solo album titled Portrait of a Fish. [7] The band later reconvened and in 2014, released the album No Cause For Despair. [10] [11] In 2017 the Jalan Crossland Band released the album Singalongs for the Apocalypse. [12] Crossland was awarded Wyoming Public Radio's people's choice award for best Wyoming release of 2017. [13] [14]
In 2013 Crossland was bestowed with the Governor's Arts Award by Matt Mead for his contributions to the arts in Wyoming. [4] [15] He is the second musician to ever receive the award. [16] He was also named a "Wyoming Treasure" by the Wyoming Arts Council. [17]
The Jalan Crossland Band disbanded later in 2017 after Kelley was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and Madsen moved to the East Coast. [9] The band's final performance was September 22, 2017 at the Wyoming Outdoor Council’s 50th Anniversary and Community Fair in Lander. [18] [19] In March 2019 he released the album Greatest Efforts, a compilation of 19 songs throughout his career which are considered to be fan-favorites. [20] Shaun Kelley died in September 2020.
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