Name: JB Elwood
Start: 2024-10-04T21:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-10-05T00:00:00-05:00
Location: Buck's Backyard

JB Elwood playing live music at Buck's Backyard in Buda, Texas. Come enjoy some alternative, folk, and country music by JB Elwood.
About this Event

The moment I fell in love with music was the moment I first heard Slash from Guns N’ Roses shred the guitar. I was ten years old at the time, and the opening riff from “Welcome to the Jungle” inspired me to pick up a guitar. I come from a musical family in West Virginia, where some of my relatives, including my grandpa, played the fiddle, banjo and guitar, and others sang gospel songs on the local radio station.

Music became a creative outlet for me. In recent years, I’ve planted new roots in Austin, Texas, which is home for me now. I fell in love with its culture and people and knew it’d be the perfect place to launch my music career.

I’m a city boy with a country heart. I’ve never forgotten my Appalachian roots. Before my grandpa, “Poppy”, passed away, he told me: “Son, you sure know how to pick that guitar. Stick with it and you’ll go somewhere one day.” He gave me his 1960’s Gibson Dove guitar, which I‘ve used to write all of my recent music. My stage name, “JB Elwood”, is inspired by my grandpa, John Elwood Ball, who was a small business owner and entrepreneur in the coalfields of southern West Virginia. My identity and sound have been shaped by family and life experiences.

My goal is to write music that tells stories that everyone can relate to. Whether you live in a big city, the country or suburbia, my songs tell relatable stories about love, heartbreak, commitment, change, ordeals and adventures. Simply put, I want my music to be the soundtrack to your life.

I have a lot of exciting things in store for 2024. I will be releasing a full-length album with some of my best songs yet, I am partnered with a big social media strategist beginning in January 2024, and I will be releasing music videos for my upcoming song releases. I am excited to share my music with you. Please follow me on my social media channels, and subscribe to my mailing list to stay up-to-date on what I will be up to next. This is only the beginning.