Name	Ryan Bingham
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Naionality	Americana
Date of Birth	March 31, 1981
Place of Birth	Americana
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Lone Star Music financed his first album Dead Horses in 2006. After its success, Bingham was signed to Lost Highway Records and he made his major label debut with Mescalito on October 2, 2007, which was produced by former Black Crowes guitarist Marc Ford. Texas Music Magazine has opined that "Bingham talks and sings with a whiskey-and-cigarette throat that screams hard living. Hard in a way that can make a 29-year-old sound like a 50-year-old Tom Waits."[2]

Bingham spent several several years on the bull-riding rodeo circuit: He began bullriding in his late teens. [3] His family moved several times, from Hobbs to Spring and Stephenville, Texas.[4]

Bingham's bandmates, The Dead Horses, are Matthew Smith (drums), Corby Schaub (guitar and mandolin) and Elijah Ford (bass). The bass player on Mescalito was Jeb Venable. They appeared with the Drive-by Truckers on the PBS show Austin City Limits in October 2007.

The first single from Mescalito, entitled "Southside of Heaven," was released on November 30, 2007. The next single was entitled "Bread and Water."
Ryan Bingham and Joe Ely at Antone's in Austin - SXSW (2008). Photo by Ron Baker.

On June 2, 2009, Ryan Bingham and The Dead Horses released their second album titled Roadhouse Sun via Lost Highway Records. It was once again produced by Marc Ford.

Bingham wrote and performed two songs for the soundtrack of the movie Crazy Heart, including "I Don't Know," and the theme song, "The Weary Kind." He also had a small role in the film as Tony. On January 17, 2010, Bingham was awarded the Golden Globe for Best Original Song for "The Weary Kind" at the 2010 Golden Globe Awards. The song won Best Original Song[5] at the 2010 82nd Academy Awards.[6]