Jalan Crossland Explained

Jalan Crossland
Birth Place:Ten Sleep, Wyoming
United States

Jalan Crossland is an American bluegrass, Americana, and alternative country singer-songwriter and musician.

Early life

Jalan Crossland was born and raised in Ten Sleep, Wyoming.[1] 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.[2] In 1999 he won the first place title at the Wyoming Flatpick Championship.[3]

As a teenager he played electric guitar in a series of heavy metal bands in Pittsburgh.[4] Jalan’s son, Dylan Crossland, was born in 1990 and passed away in 2015.[5] 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]

Career

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.[2] 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.[3] [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.

Discography

Solo albums

Jalan Crossland Band

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jalan Crossland and Sean Devine at The Roman. The Billings Gazette.
  2. Web site: John Hartford Memorial Festival – Jalan Crossland Band. johnhartfordmemfest.com.
  3. Web site: Jalan Crossland in Concert. Brinton Museum.
  4. Web site: Jalan Crossland: Still at it after all these years. BENJAMIN STORROW Star-Tribune Feature. Writer. Casper Star-Tribune Online. January 11, 2013 .
  5. Web site: Touring, the 'Wyoming Way'. Michael. Segell. June 21, 2013. The New York Times.
  6. Web site: The last ride of the Jalan Crossland Band. Northern Wyoming. News. Northern Wyoming News.
  7. Web site: 'Troubadour of Trailer Parks' Celebrates 20 Years on the Musical Highway. Dale. Short. Beartrap Summer Festival | Casper, Wyoming.
  8. Web site: Jalan Crossland – Under the Summer Stars | JUNIPER.
  9. Web site: Jalan Crossland, Wyoming's favorite storyteller, looks to the future. Ellen Fike, Wyoming Tribune. Eagle. Wyoming Tribune Eagle.
  10. Web site: Jalan Crossland And Shaun Kelly On Morning Music. Grady. Kirkpatrick. wyomingpublicmedia.org.
  11. Web site: Jalan Crossland Band. Steve. Zwemke. listen.sdpb.org. January 15, 2015.
  12. Web site: Review: Crossland explores dark territory on new album with wit and humor. Josh Rhoten, Wyoming Tribune. Eagle. Wyoming Tribune Eagle.
  13. Web site: Resounds: Jalan Crossland, Daniel Kosel. Corby Skinner, Anna Paige, Ken. Siebert. ypradio.org.
  14. Web site: Attic houses shows by local favorites, Jalan Crossland & Sean Devine in late february 2018. February 6, 2018.
  15. Web site: Spend the Cheyenne weekend with Jalan Crossland and his band. January 30, 2013. Wyoming Arts Council.
  16. Web site: Jalan Crossland Receives Wyoming Governor's Arts Award. Tee. Roy. K2 Radio.
  17. Web site: Jalan Crossland: the Man, the Myth, the Legend. August 25, 2017. Sheridan, Wyoming Travel and Tourism.
  18. https://county10.com/jalan-crossland-band-to-disband-following-final-performance-in-lander/
  19. Web site: Jalan Crossland Band's "last big hurrah" this Friday in Lander. Amy. Rathke. September 20, 2017.
  20. Web site: Jalan Crossland set for two nights at Miner Brewing Company in Hill City. Becky Kindvall Journal. staff. Rapid City Journal Media Group. April 16, 2019 .
  21. Web site: Jalan Crossland discography list .

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