Kier Byrnes (banjo/mandolin/harp/guitar), Colt Thompson (lead guitar), Johnny Stump (bass), Eric Austin (drums)
Booking and Management:
thethreshold@hotmail.com
Influences
Bill Monroe
Johnny Cash
Reverend Horton Heat
Lester Flatt
Duke Levine
Russ Barenburg
Doc Watson
Tony Rice
ALSO, HAVE SHARED BILLS WITH: Social Distortion
Drive By Truckers
Montgomery Gentry
Tommy Stintson (Guns and Roses, Puff Daddy, Replacements)
Southern Culture on the Skids
BR5-49
Bobby Bare Jr. (Bloodshot Records)
Rex Trailer (Boomtown)
Chris Scruggs (of BR5-49)
Roger Clyne and The Peacemakers (ex-Refreshments, plus he's the guy who did the FOX TV show "King of the Hill" Theme Song)
The Bottle Rockets
Kyle Gass (Tenacious D)
Uncle Monk (featuring TOMMY RAMONE of THE RAMONES)
The Hackensaw Boys
G.E. Smith of Saturday Night Live
The World Famous Pontani Sisters
Dropkick Murphys
The Ataris
Pennywise
Andrew WK
Evanescence
Avoid One Thing
The Paladins
Quiet Riot
Amanda Palmer (of the Dresden Dolls)
Sarah Borges
Dennis Brennan and his son Jake
Apollo Sunshine
Darkbuster
Robby Roadsteamer
HAVE PLAYED THESE SHOWS: The Warped Tour
Freedom Rally on the Boston Commons
Harpoonfest at Harpoon Brewery
BeerAdvocate.com's Extreme Beerfest
WBCN Rumble
Jamaica Plain Open Studios
MIT's (Sloan) Spring Weekend
Northeastern University's Opening Weekend
Dozens of colleges and prep schools around New England including Holy Cross, Wellesley College, Boston University, MassArt as well three international tours, 2 US tours and hundreds of club shows around New England area.
About 3 DAY THRESHOLD (CD Party Nov 24 then Europe!)
ACCOMPLISHMENTS TOURING • Dec/Jan 2008 & 2009: Selected to Tour Belgium and The Netherlands again by Surfing Airlines, UK. This will be Three Day Threshold's 5th European Tour, however on this tour, it will be the first time the band has been asked to play a prison (Michelen Prison in Belgium). Hope you can make it out to one of the shows, (but this doesn't mean you should try to get arrested, as we will be playing plenty of non-jail shows as well). And don't forget to pick up our new cd "Lost in Belgium", recorded live on our last tour through Europe.
BUY A COPY OF THREE DAY THRESHOLD'S NEW LIVE CD "LOST IN BELGIUM" HERE.
• 2008: Selected By The US Armed Forces for a 2008 Tour of Military Bases to support the US troops posted in Honduras
• 2008: Selected to Tour Belgium and The Netherlands by Surfing Airlines, UK.
• Three Day Threshold has also played shows in Ireland, France, Italy, Canada, Mexico, as well as all over the USA.
AWARDS • Winner: 2007 CMJ/Zig-Zag Tour Live Contest
• Winner: 2007 WBZ TV “A-List” Arts and Entertainment Award for “Best Stage Presence”
• Winner: 2004 and 2003 Boston Music Award, Outstanding Roots Act (also nominated in 2005 & 2007 for “Outstanding Americana Act”).
• Winner: 2003, 2004 and 2006 WFNX/Boston Phoenix Music Poll, "Best Roots Act".
• Winner: Best Live Band of 2000 - The Noise.
• Nominated for “Artist of the Year - Bluegrass” by Jam Music Magazine, 2001 & 2000.
• “Best Local Music Act” – Citysearch.com, 2001.
SONGWRITING • 2007’s win marked our 5th National Recognition Award from ASCAP for Musical Achievements.
• 2007 – Signed to Hi N Dry; a record label run by members of low rock legends, Morphine, known nationally for Folk, Country, Americana and Roots Rock bands.
• 2006 Finalist in Nimbit Songwriting Competition for “I Must Admit”
• Bronze Medal: 2004 New England Songwriting Competition, sponsored by New Life Entertainment, for "Black River Gold"
MEDIA • Three Day Threshold has been featured on over a dozen magazine covers and has recieved critical praise from publications everywhere from Italy to Holland to their hometown, Boston, MA.
• Three Day Threshold has made it on to TV a bunch on stations like MTV (Road Rules, Real World, The Gauntlet), FOX (The Simple Life series starring Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie), Spike TV as well as several movies (including: The Perfect Run; which also features the Mighty Mighty Bosstones).
• "Against the Grain" lists in Partriot Ledger's list of "Top Ten NATIONAL Albums" behind Bruce Springsteen.
• "Behind the Barn" lists in Boston Herald's "Top Ten Local Albums"
