In 2005 at a small publishing company on 16th avenue in Nashville, TN two men met for the first time. One from Frederick, Maryland the other from Cleveland, Ohio. Both former rockers who brought their sound to music city to make their mark. Now 6 years later after collaborating on countless songs for other artist's this writing duo has brought their music off the dusty publishing shelves and on to the stage. A real life sound with real life lyrics exposing there souls through callused fingers and weathered strings. Their newest project is an album entitled "American". It is a collection of their life experiences as husbands, fathers, sons, and every day Americans just trying to get by.
Eric Haines was born near Frederick, Maryland and started playing music at 10 years of age when his mom made him take piano lessons. He only took those lessons for 3 years, and at 13 switched to guitar when he got a Yamaha F-110 for his birthday. His first concert was when he was 16 at his high school in upstate New York with friend and co-writer, Jeff Michels, at the Norwich High School Auditorium. After attending the State University of New York for two years, where he rarely attended classes but instead spent his days playing guitar and writing songs, Eric moved to South Florida where he performed as a solo acoustic act in clubs from Fort Lauderdale to Key West. In 1982, he moved to Atlanta where he went to recording engineering school. There he met producer, Chris Bowman who put Eric in the studio and did a 6 song LP. Eric played the club circuit around Buckhead in Atlanta for three years and headed back to his home State of Maryland. There he started a band called New Attitude and recorded another album and they played clubs in the Mid-Atlantic area. In 2002, Eric moved to Nashville to pursue a songwriting career where he met fellow Boondock Rocker, AJ Bryant.
Adam J. Bryant (A.J.) was born in Cleveland , Ohio. He now lives in Nashville, Tn with his wife and 2 daughters. A.J. started as a singer/songwriter performing in coffee shops and local bars in Northeastern, Ohio. He went on to be a founding member in the country/rock band Silver Spur based out of Cleveland, Ohio. A.J. moved to Nashville to pursue a publishing deal on Music Row. He began like so many others who had arrived before him playing in small writers clubs, meeting future co-writers and friends. A.J. released his first solo album in 2007 entitled " Water in the Whiskey Bottle". Also in 2007 he signed a co-publishing deal with Grin Like A Dog Songs who he is still writing for today. He has had songs cut by variuos independent artist's and co-wrote most of the songs on the Boondock Rockers album.
