Eamon Ryland

Born and raised in Topanga, California, Eamon grew up on great American music. His father was in the music business and worked with Ry Cooder, Arlo Guthrie and Captain Beefheart, so eclectic taste was beyond escape.

Eamon began studying piano at age six only to graduate to guitar by age ten. This interest would develop into a curiosity for musical instruments and idioms of all varieties. By the time he reached high school (Crossroads School for the Arts) he was playing jazz guitar, bluegrass mandolin and north Indian classical Sarod with world-renowned Indian musician Sri Aloke Lahiri. After attending CalArts, Eamon began working as a session musician while recording and touring with various bands. He founded and fronted the trio called ‘Humdinger’ in 2004, then wrote and produced the eponymously titled album in 2005.

Fortunately, Eamon has had the opportunity to work with legendary producers and engineers including Eddie Kramer (Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles), Andy Johns (The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton) and Stewart Levine (Dr. John, B.B. King, Hugh Masekela), from whom he learned the intricacies of song craft and sonic landscape. Those experiences have inspired an extensive writing output for other artists and for film/television. You’ve heard his work on everything from ‘The Hills’ to ‘American Idol’ and ‘If I Can Dream’. Thankfully, the curiosity that beguiled him at 10 still exists. Today, it manifests itself in a collection of bizarre Japanese guitars, the mastery of C6 pedal steel, vintage amps from the 1940s and the combinations therein that comprise the all-important quest for tone.