Jalan Crossland

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

Jalan Crossland
Crossland performing at Avogadro's Number in Fort Collins in May 2019.
Background information
BornTen Sleep, Wyoming
United States
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • bandleader
Instruments
Websitejalancrossland.com

Early life

Jalan Crossland was born and raised in Ten Sleep, Wyoming.[1][2] 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.[3] In 1999 he won the first place title at the Wyoming Flatpick Championship.[4]

As a teenager he played electric guitar in a series heavy metal bands in Pittsburgh.[5] When he was twenty, he and his girlfriend had a baby. He moved to Gillette, Wyoming to work as a sheepherder. He and his girlfriend ended their relationship and he left his job as a sheepherder.[1] He then worked with country bands as a free-lance guitarist and had 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] With the help of family he created and recorded 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.[3] 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.[4][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 that are considered fan-favorites.[20] Shaun Kelley died in September 2020.

Jalan performed at the 20th Beartrap Summer Festival in August 2019.[7][21] In 2011, Crossland performed at the Bluegrass Singer/Songwriter Festival in New Orleans.

April 2019 saw Crossland performed during the Miner Brewing Company’s Music Series in Hill City, South Dakota.[20] He was as an opening act on tour with Robert Earl Keen.[22]

Discography

Solo albums
  • Poor Boy Shanty (2000)
  • Moonshiner (2004)
  • Portrait of a Fish (2011)
  • Greatest Efforts (2019)

Jalan Crossland Band
  • Trailer Park Fire & Other Tragedies (2006)
  • Driftwood Souls (2010)
  • No Cause For Despair (2014)
  • Singalongs for the Apocalypse (2017)

References
  1. Segell, Michael (June 21, 2013). "Touring, the 'Wyoming Way'". The New York Times.
  2. "Jalan Crossland and Sean Devine at The Roman". The Billings Gazette.
  3. "John Hartford Memorial Festival – Jalan Crossland Band". johnhartfordmemfest.com.
  4. "Jalan Crossland in Concert". Brinton Museum.
  5. Writer, BENJAMIN STORROW Star-Tribune Feature. "Jalan Crossland: Still at it after all these years". Casper Star-Tribune Online.
  6. News, Northern Wyoming. "The last ride of the Jalan Crossland Band". Northern Wyoming News.
  7. Short, Dale. "'Troubadour of Trailer Parks' Celebrates 20 Years on the Musical Highway". Beartrap Summer Festival | Casper, Wyoming.
  8. "Jalan Crossland – Under the Summer Stars | JUNIPER".
  9. Eagle, Ellen Fike, Wyoming Tribune. "Jalan Crossland, Wyoming's favorite storyteller, looks to the future". Wyoming Tribune Eagle.
  10. Kirkpatrick, Grady. "Jalan Crossland And Shaun Kelly On Morning Music". wyomingpublicmedia.org.
  11. Zwemke, Steve. "Jalan Crossland Band". listen.sdpb.org.
  12. Eagle, Josh Rhoten, Wyoming Tribune. "Review: Crossland explores dark territory on new album with wit and humor". Wyoming Tribune Eagle.
  13. Siebert, Corby Skinner, Anna Paige, Ken. "Resounds: Jalan Crossland, Daniel Kosel". ypradio.org.
  14. "Attic houses shows by local favorites, Jalan Crossland & Sean Devine in late february 2018". February 6, 2018.
  15. "Spend the Cheyenne weekend with Jalan Crossland and his band". Wyoming Arts Council. January 30, 2013.
  16. Roy, Tee. "Jalan Crossland Receives Wyoming Governor's Arts Award". K2 Radio.
  17. "Jalan Crossland: the Man, the Myth, the Legend". Sheridan, Wyoming Travel and Tourism. August 25, 2017.
  18. https://county10.com/jalan-crossland-band-to-disband-following-final-performance-in-lander/
  19. Rathke, Amy (September 20, 2017). "Jalan Crossland Band's "last big hurrah" this Friday in Lander".
  20. staff, Becky Kindvall Journal. "Jalan Crossland set for two nights at Miner Brewing Company in Hill City". Rapid City Journal Media Group.
  21. Short, Dale. "'Troubadour of Trailer Parks' Celebrates 20 Years on the Musical Highway". K2 Radio.
  22. https://www.gryphontheatre.org/event/1755688-laradise-music-showcase-5-laramie/
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