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Accomplishments:
- 2009: Flown down and performed at the Jim Beam Estate, Clermont, KY
- 2009 Winner of the Iguana Music Fund/Passim Folk Music Cultural Center Award for Musical Achievements.
- 2009 & 2008: Selected to tour Belgium and The Netherlands by Surfing Airlines, UK.
- 2008: Selected to tour US Caribbean Military Bases by US Armed Forces Entertainment.
- 2008: 3DT appeared on the CMJ New Music Magazine Compilations for Issues 149/150 & 152
- Nominated for "Outstanding Americana Act" in the 2007 Boston Music Awards.
- Winner: 2007 CMJ/Zig-Zag Tour Live Contest.
- Winner: 2007 WBZ TV "A-List" Arts and Entertainment Award for "Best Stage Presence"
- 2007 - Signed to Hi N Dry; a record label run by surviving members of low rock legends, Morphine.
- 2006 Finalist in Nimbit Songwriting Competition for "I Must Admit"
- 2009's win marked 3DT's 7th National Recognition Award from ASCAP for Musical Achievements.
- Winner: 2006, 2004 and 2003 FNX/Boston Phoenix Music Poll, "Best Roots Act"
- Winner: 2004 and 2003 Boston Music Award, Outstanding Roots Act
- 3rd Place: 2004 New England Songwriting Competition
- 3DT has provided soundtrack music to MTV (Road Rules, Real World, The Gauntlet) and FOX (The Simple Life), Oxygen Network, Lifetime and Spike TV Networks.
- Four-Time Winner of "Best "Other" Instrument" for banjo 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005; The Noise.
- 2004 Co-Winner with The Dresden Doll's Amanda Palmer for "Best Stage Presence" from The Noise
- Nominated: Jam Music Magazine "2004 Artist of the Year"
- Winner: Best Live Band of 2000 - The Noise. "Best Local Music Act" - Citysearch.com, 2001. Nominated for "Artist of the Year - Bluegrass" by Jam Music Magazine, 2001 & 2000.
- Have a strong New England following with an email list of 30,000+, The Three Day Threshold MySpace.com page has over 188,000 views. Regularly headline/sell out nearly every club in the Boston area. Three Day Threshold has gained exposure on over a dozen magazines covers and has been featured in publications everywhere from Italy to Holland and their hometown, Boston, MA.
Latest Buzz...
"Banjos, cheerleaders and sideburns... Three Day Threshold could be the country rock soundtrack to a shotgun wedding, tractor pull, or dog fight. Fall off the wagon face first and get up swinging doe-si-doe with the nearest smiling sow. It's bluegrass on overdrive, it's an afterhours rockabilly prom, but most of all it's a show not to be missed." - The Weekly Dig
"Three Day Threshold just keeps getting better and better with each new release, and they also seem to be keeping it more real than any other country band in Boston. Despite how ironic that sounds, a great deal of great country acts have come from Boston over the years and now Three Day Threshold is at the top of that mighty heap. " - The Noise
"Boston's Three Day Threshold has a felicitously original sound. Combining the best of The Rolling Stones, The Pogues, Little Feat and Johnny Cash, Three Day Threshold gets juiced up... 3DT's songs are energetic, loud and crafted with terrific hooks" - The Boston Herald
"YeeHaw! This is f'ing ace! I want to hear more!" - Fracture Magazine, UK
"There's plenty of banjo and fiddle to be heard and numbers about trusty ole dogs and drinking and gambling and the stuff that's being drunk. But this isn't exactly a country album; this album rocks" - The Boston Tab
"Gente del calibro di Social Distortion e Quiet Riot. Genio e maturita: It's rock'n'roll country music and I like it!"
- "Teen Angst" Magazine, ITALY
"A terrifically unhinged banjo driven unit that's fast becoming one of the brightest party lights on the block."
- The Boston Phoenix
"A supercharged quartet that fuses country, punk, bluegrass and redneck rock but at times suffers the pitfalls of being gifted (good songs) but quirky (banjo)" - The Boston Globe
"Three Day Threshold manages to house a unique style, yet no two songs are the same. One of the most original albums I have ever heard, its now one my favorites." - Surreal Magazine; Climax, Georgia
"You guys are like the bluegrass/roots rock version of the Pogues. Made me want to get a pint of something. Totally fun stuff!!" - Shannon McClatchey, Senior National Editor, AOL Music - National Programming
"The 'Threshold have realized their strengths, namely their instrumental prowess and songwriting accoutrement. The 'Threshold are one of the most delightfully pummeling (and liberating) live bands you'll ever see"
- Face Magazine; Portland, Maine
"These guys sound a hell of a lot like the bastard sons of the Beverly Hillbillies or their South Boston cousins at least… "Rock 'n' Roll Country Music" - manic banjos, trashy rock and roll and slightly demented bullhorn vocals. If Johnny Cash or Hank Williams were starting out today, this is what they would probably sound like and certainly not like that crud that calls itself country music these days."
- Shite 'n' Onions Online Magazine
"The band called 3DT by their more rabid fans, plays rock with bluegrass accouterments like banjo and mandolin, a punk beat and an Irish bar anthem sound... Its country music for people who hate country music... Rock is the backbone of a 3DT show, but country is the soul." - The Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror
"Kier Byrnes is the de facto godfather of the scene" - The Weekly Dig, "Country Music as A Foundation"
Big Gigs:
Some of the Festivals/Conferences Three Day Threshold has performed at:
- Performed at the 2007, 2005, 2004, 2002 Freedom Rally (35,000 in attendance) on the Boston Commons.
- Performed at the 2003 Warped Tour (25,000 in attendance) that also featured the Dropkick Murphys.
- Featured at the 2004 Central Square Worlds Fair (15,000 in attendance).
- Played at The Paradise in Boston, MA (one of the town's biggest clubs) over ten times, seven of them reaching capacity; most of them as the headliner.
- Headlined NEMO Music Conference Alt-Country Showcase (3 years)
- Performed at several of Harpoon Brewery's OutDoor Festival (South Boston, MA); over 14 times to roughly 6,000 in attendance each show.
- Other festivals include: 2009 NXNE, The New England Americana Fest, Extreme Beer Fest (sponsored by Beeradvocate.com), Block Island Music Festival (Block Island, RI - 2 years), The Jamaica Plain Open Studios Arts Festival (Jamaica Plains, MA), The New England Sky Dive Festival (Lebanon, Me - 5 years), Pier-a-Palooza (Old Orchard Beach, ME), The Boston Redneck Fest (Boston, MA - 2 years)
- 3DT has played over to dozens of colleges in the Northeast including the MIT/Sloan Spring Weekend, Wellesley College Student Elections, Boston University's Spring Weekend, and Northeastern University's Welcome Back Weekend.
- 3DT has played in over nine countries throughout Europe, Cental America and North Amwerica.
- In addition, Three Day Threshold has shared the stage with Montgomery Gentry, Social Distortion, Drive By Truckers, Tommy Stintson, BR5-49, Southern Culture on the Skids, Bobby Bare Jr. and Quiet Riot.
Booking and management:
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Three Day Threshold is an independent rock n' roll country band in Boston, MA.
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