Artists combine the primary colors of red, yellow and blue
to create an entire rainbow of expression. Like the primary
colors, Zeyer uses a palette of rock, folk, blues and
country to create soulful music that captures the landscape
of roots-Americana.
Zeyer is the talented duo of three time award-winning
songwriter Stephanie Fletcher Dickinson and award-winning
lyricist Vince Dickinson. In their former home, Chicago,
they graced the stage at many popular locations including
numerous Border's stores, Uncommon Ground, Elbo Room,
Starbucks, Circle Inn, Pops on Chicago, and Gunther
Murphys. They have been asked back repeatedly by these
venues because of their professionalism and eager
audiences. In addition to a large repertoire of original
music, Zeyer performs covers ranging from Grateful Dead to
John Prine to B.B. King. Their self-titled debut CD "Zeyer"
was released January 2004 on FLM Records & Publishing.
A new CD is in the works.
Stephanie's singing style has been called "beautiful and
versatile" and "angelic," and her songs have been described
as having "cleverly written story lines" with "compelling
imagery". She also plays rhythm guitar and violin.
Stephanie has been a musician since the early age of 4 when
she started violin lessons. She began songwriting at age 11
and her love of singing and writing led her to start guitar
at age 19. In 2002 and 2000, she won honorable mentions in
the International John Lennon Songwriting Contest and she
won a Song of Merit from Unisong International in 2001.
Stephanie has appeared on 14 CDs to date, including her own
full length album "Soul Celebration" (FLM Records and
Publishing, 1999). One Amazon.com reviewer said "'Soul
Celebration' is even higher on my all time favorites list
than Joni Mitchell's 'Blue'".
Vince's melodic guitar solos and vibrant textures range
from raw, dirty blues, to alternative-rock, to delicate
acoustic folk. A songwriter and guitarist of 14 years, he
blends the influences of The Allman Brothers, Lucinda
Williams, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimi Hendrix. His previous
bands Vida Blues, LukaBrazzi and Huckleberry have drawn
crowds at a variety of venues, including the Taste of
Chicago Festival. He has also been a studio musician for a
number of artists' albums, playing guitar, bass, and dobro.
In 2003 Vince won 2nd place in the Nashville Tunesmith
competition in the lyrics category.
Zeyer's self-titled debut CD (FLM Records & Publishing,
2004) features 11 original songs that run the gamut of
emotion and style. It starts with a country-rock tune
"Time
Flies," and moves on to the barrelhouse blues-inspired
"God-fearing Woman". Then it gets down with the classic
rock, award-winning "Ain't
Got Wings" (Song of merit - 2001 Unisong International)
and the award-winning country ballad "3
O'Clock in the Morning" (2nd place lyrics - 2003
Nashville Tunesmith).