Mr. Blotto was born in Chicago as an off-night vehicle for musicians who loved each others playing but were in different bands at the time. The only rule was that they would only play what they loved. That philosophy continues today and has led Mr. Blotto into unique musical situations.

Mr. Blotto takes the Jam band asthetic into areas unfamiliar to the standard Jam Scene. They have been known to cover entire albums by Led Zeppelin and the Who as well as perform entire shows of Country and Reggae. Artists as diverse as the Grateful Dead, the Flaming Lips, Willie Nelson and The Velvet Underground have seen their material interpreted by Mr. Blotto in the 2000+ shows the band has performed in the last 15 years, yet covers only pepper the bands hefty catalog of original material stemming from five studio albums and other unreleased crowd favorites.

Whether performing with Ashish Khan the world’s foremost Sarod Master or opening for Bob Dylan, or performing at New York’s Lincoln Center, Boyd has always had one mission; to do things a little differently; a little off the beaten path. When Boyd decided to join the US Navy and perform in the US Navy Steel Drum Band, this ethic was truly put to the test. Deciding that the normal usage of performing Caribbean Steel Drums was not enough, Boyd set out to recreate the instrument and use it in as many different ways he possibly could, all the while singing and performing as many different musical styles as possible in order to gain a rich understanding of what the instrument can and will do.