"Deep in the vein & melodic" is a true to word description that artist/producer/writer Jerry Forney is noted for.

For Bluesman Jerry Forney, no recording can quite capture the sound of his band's live sound. "We've yet to record an album that sounds like us when we perform," he says. "It's just an indescribable thing that happens live, that the people create."

From an adolescence spent absorbing the sounds of AM radio to a career performing for audiences across the country, Jerry Forney has made a life of the blues.

Forney, has had plenty of experience in front of audiences; he got started in music early, learning to play guitar well enough to start performing before he was even old enough to drive. "My first gig, my Mother had to haul us in a station wagon, because no one in the band had a license," he laughs. After graduating from high school, Forney moved to Nashville to work as a sideman for other artists, including the great Charlie Rich.

While there, cutting a CD with his Nashville band. "The Forney Brothers", recorded in 1979, was Jerry's first recording. The Nashville Tennessean quoted, "The album retains the live feel of seasoned players!" Austin, Texas, was Jerry's next move where he began working with many other artists and doing his own thing. He recorded his own style of blues with the album "Jerry and the Juke Jiants" while working all the clubs from Antone's to the Kerrville Folk Festival.

From venue & stage shows to sessions of Guitar and Steel along with strong vocals and love for blues, pop, country and R&B, Jerry has stood fast in popularity and accomplishments.

Forty-plus years, five albums and countless gigs later, Forney continues to write and perform music.
Over the years, Forney teetered between country and blues music but finds himself always coming back to blues because it feels 'more at home'.

His "never tiring" contribution to the music industry has brought him to levels and association with many greats such as Townes Van Zants to Bugsy Mauh, noted and accomplished bassist during the woodstock era with the Paul Butterfield band. Many many more as well.

Nestled in Northwest Missouri rich black dirt farm country of the rolling hills, Jerry continues his love the same as his Nashville/Austin days with his "Texas/Oklahoma styles blues reaching fans across the world. From writing to recording, to live performances across the land, his efforts pays off with an ever growing fan base traveling the regions or across country in his vintage early 50's model bus. Always looking for yet another day as a blues man...

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