Jack "Bastard" Breidenstein

Born and raised in Buffalo, NY Jack "Bastard" Breidenstein this 3x Buffalo area music award winning Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist, became known as "Jack Bastard" soon after moving to Central New York in 2001. With his sarcastic & sometimes (not intentionally) abrasive comments he found himself being called "Bastard" more and more, first by band mates then people began to think it was his nickname, so rather than fight it, he decided to embrace it and "Jack Bastard" was born.

• 3x Buffalo Area Music Award recipient

• Top Original Group – The Arrivals

• Top Original Group – Izzy Rexx

• Top Tribute Band – Roadside Attraction (tribute to The Tragically Hip)

• Performs over 100 shows a year

• Lead Guitarist for Canadian Icon Carl Dixon (Coney Hatch, The Guess Who, April Wine) 

• Lead Guitarist and Vocal for modern country act The Beadle Brothers which is going on the 5th year residency at Turning Stone Casino and Resort with a minimum of 3 shows a month at that venue. 

• Lead Guitarist and Vocal for outlaw country artist Tim Ruffo

• Has shared guitar duties for POP Artist Dena alongside bandmate Andre “Virus” Karkos (Device, Big and Rich, Dope)

• Fill in live work with country up and comers Martin and Kelly and Two Dollar Pistol.

• Was the supporting act for Cheap Trick, Gavin DeGraw, Hoobastank, Linsay Ell, The Band Perry, Montgomery Gentry, Eric Pasley, Thompson Square, The Ramones, Platinum Blonde, B.T.O., Concrete Blonde, The Forgotten Rebels, The Blasters, Teenage Head, Sven Gali, Lillian Axe, and Nitro.

• Appeared on WIVB Ch 4 Buffalo NY "Wake Up Show" and performed the original single "Can You Believe"

• Preformed Live on WBGH Ch5 Binghamton NY for the segment “Live at the Oakdale Mall”

• Toured extensively in Canada and the North East, performing in legendary venues and casinos such as “The Gas Works” and “Larry’s Hideaway” (Toronto CA), CBGB’s (NYC) “The Living Room” (Providence RI), “Broken Spoke Saloon” for Bike Week (Laconia NH) “The Continental” and “Showplace Theater” (Buffalo NY), “The Chance” (Poughkeepsie NY), “Penny Arcade” (Rochester NY), Turning Stone Resort (Verona NY), Tioga Downs (Nichols NY), Rivers Casino (Albany NY), Vernon Downs (Vernon NY), Casino Niagara (Niagara Falls NY)

• Festivals - FredoiniaFest (Fredonia NY), Caveman Olympics Bike Rally (Hamilton Ontario), Music Is Art (Buffalo NY), New York State Fair  (Syracuse, NY), Thursday in The Square (Buffalo NY), Utica Monday Night’s (Utica NY), Allentown Art Festival (Buffalo NY), 96.9 WOUR Beach Party (Sylvan Beach NY), Six Flags Darien Lake Music on the Midway (Darien Center NY)

• Wrote and Produced Brooke Albrights Debut “Here’s to us”.

• Wrote and produced original score and soundtrack for Ten Gallon Films “Rhythm”

• Song "The Chill" appeared on the Buffalo Rocks compilation CD.

• Song "Downspin" was featured on Buffalo’s 106.5 "The Bear" radio compilation CD.

• Jack’s Rendition of Banana Splits "Tra La La" was featured on the compilation release, "Shred & Regan TV Theme Song CD", sponsored by WPHD 103.3 and Media Play. The CD also featured the theme from "Friends" re-done by Buffalo's own Goo Goo Dolls.

• ASCAP Member since 1996.

• Released the yuletide classic "I saw Mommy Kissin' Santa Clause" on "The Other Christmas CD" sponsored by Pepsi and Media Play.

• Worked with legendary producer Daniel Lianias (U2, Dashboard Confesional) Joshua Tree) and Earl Cohen (Lady Gaga, Pink, Nelly)

• Recorded a 7 song promotional CD at Robbie Takac’s Trackmaster Studios (Buffalo, NY) with his group Nothing But Earth, that was available in WNY Media Play, New World Records, Boarders Books & Music, and Jukeboxes all over Western New York.

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