James Dean Kindle is a singer-songwriter-musician from Pendleton, OR. With his rock band The Eastern Oregon Playboys he has released 4 full length LPs and performed in venues ranging from rodeo arenas, prisons, children's birthday parties held in tattoo parlors, and symphonic concert halls. As a solo artist he has released a string of CD-Rs (in the early 00's), performed internationally in both Japan and Germany, and maintains a blog where he posts recordings-in-progress from the studio on a weekly basis. His newest project is working with his western swing/country jazz band, sometimes referred to as the Hyper Modern Country Quartet. Initially formed with pedal steel guitarist Roger Conley (formerly of The Countrypolitans), the HMCQ plays a mixture of James's original songs along with a few choice covers, influenced by western swing, honky tonk, modal jazz, lounge, and norteño. The band released a limited edition (20 copies), lathe cut 7" of the song "Lotus Blossom" in the summer of 2021. James and the HMCQ are currently in pre-production stage of their first album, which not see the light of day until 2022 considering how backed up vinyl production is.. In the meantime, you should catch them live.