Addison Road's self-titled INO Records debut is proof enough that great things happen when people put their heads and hearts together toward a common creative goal.
In fact, the Dallas-based pop-rock band was 'invented' on the fly in 2001 when then dating Baylor students Jenny and Ryan Simmons (now married) were offered $500 to 'bring their band and play' for a large Disciple Now gathering. The only problem: Jenny and Ryan didn't have a band.
But $500 was a great motivator. So Jenny and Ryan pooled some student loan money, snagged their friend Ryan Gregg, who played in another band, recruited Travis Lawrence to play bass and tapped Jeff Sutton to play drums. With barely a rehearsal under their belts, this rag-tag group of fledgling musicians played that $500 gig, and by the time school was out, necessity's invention found the doors of opportunity wide open.
Six years, thousands of miles, hundreds of performances at festivals, conferences, camps (and everywhere in between) and three impressive independent recordings later, Addison Road has renewed its mission and found its voice.