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Backyard Tire Fire is an American trio that formed in Asheville, NC in 2001. The band began in the fall of that year with founding members Ed Anderson (vocals, guitars, keyboards) and Tim Kramp (drums, percussion). After encountering several line-up changes, the Tire Fire moved from Asheville to Athens, Georgia in 2002. They (along with then-bass player Warren Hawk) released their first album Live at the Georgia Theatre later that year.

After the release of their debut album, Backyard Tire Fire relocated once again to Bloomington, Illinois and added Anderson’s brother Matt (bass, vocals) into the mix. The Anderson brothers had originally grown up in St. Charles, IL, Tim Kramp in Bloomington, IL and Ed Anderson received his masters in Interpersonal Communication from Illinois State University (located in Normal, IL, Bloomington’s sister town). They recorded and released their first self-titled studio record in 2004 which was produced by Tony SanFilippo and recorded in analog at SanFilippo’s Oxide Lounge in Bloomington, IL. This began the relationship between BTF and SanFilippo who produced and recorded their next three albums and 2 EPs.

2005 brought the release of Bar Room Semantics which was the first record to receive national recognition in the press from Harp Magazine and AllMusic.com. The band began touring heavily on a national scale in 2006 supporting artists like The Mother Hips, Will Hoge, North Mississippi Allstars as well as playing festivals like South by Southwest, High Sierra Music Festival in California, and 10,000 Lakes Festival in Minnesota.
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  • foggytown

    Love these guys...been jamming Good To Be all day.

    November 2010

  • cappy31

    New album continues the streak

    March 2010

  • mvldk666

    Welcome to Daytrotter ... DAYTROTTER sessions fuckin' rules ... like PEEL/Maida sessions does ... I love fuckin' great music :o) :o) :o) :o) :o) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

    March 2010

  • RandyB1961

    GOOD TO BE is great; keep up the good work, guys!

    February 2010

  • lak611

    Great name for a band. I love it!

    May 2009

  • ChancesThree

    seen them live a year ago and have been listening to them ever since. <3

    May 2009

  • iplaylax22

    They're so diverse, you really have to give their catalog some browsing to get a good idea of their sound. Compare Downtime to Home Today. They're awesome! great live show at http://www.archive.org/details/BTF2009-03-26.matrix

    April 2009

  • ZondaDeath

    Yep it is! A Backyardy interview here: http://www.sleepwalkingmag.com/2009/04/01/backyard-tire-fire/ Cheeers :)

    April 2009
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Comment on Fall shows and hiatus by Yannick, the G. E.

2 Dec 2011 | from www.backyardtirefire.com

A Hiatus? Now? This is leaving me somewhat speechless since your most recent album is SO GOOD. I was lucky enough to read about you on a Los Lobos message board otherwise I wouldn't have had a …

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