Fast Ryde

FAST RYDE is James Harrison and Jody Stevens. James, from central Florida to the foothills of the Smokies in Knoxville; Jody, from West Virginia down to Tennessee. FAST RYDE is what happens when a vocal scholarship meets a degree in audio engineering. FAST RYDE is what happens when growing up playing and singing low rent gigs meets growing up writing and recording in garages and run down studios. They started working together just two years ago in Nashville. But they’re anything but a product of Music Row. Together, in their own unique way, James and Jody write and produce all their own songs, sing all their own vocals and play all their own guitars.

FAST RYDE is muddy 4x4 trucks and sports cars, skateboards and freestyle bikes. True to the spirit of a good time, they write hooky, edgy songs about youth and life, from the prayers of a family farmer to the joy of rockin’ out at concerts and of course the love of the female figure.

FAST RYDE’s personalities, songs, and image retain a remarkable integrity, the kind that you might expect to come from the isolation of a small town in north Florida, a dumpy apartment in Seattle or a back road in Ft. Payne, Alabama. FAST RYDE is Jody Stevens and James Harrison. That’s it. No committees, no second-guessing, just two young artists who create music through their own unique filters drawing on the influences of their own unique generation. FAST RYDE is the real deal -- like your best memories of the music that took you someplace new and cool for the first time.