Jalan Crossland
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United States
- Musician
- singer
- songwriter
- bandleader
- Vocals
- guitar
- banjo
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 Crossland performing at Avogadro's Number in Fort Collins in May 2019. | |
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| Born | Ten Sleep, Wyoming United States |
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| Website | jalancrossland |
Jalan Crossland is an American bluegrass, Americana, and alternative country singer-songwriter and musician.
Jalan Crossland was born and raised in Ten Sleep, Wyoming.[1][2] He attended Ten Sleep High School before his family moved to Pittsburgh where he attended David B. Oliver High School.
Crossland became interested in music as a child, after hearing his uncle play the banjo. In 1997 he placed second in the Winfield National Guitar Fingerpicking Competition.[3] In 1999 he won the first place title at the Wyoming Flatpick Championship.[4]
As a teenager he played electric guitar in a series of heavy metal bands in Pittsburgh.[5] Jalan’s son, Dylan Crossland, was born in 1990 and died in 2015.[1] Jalan worked with country bands as a free-lance guitarist and held a day job in a mobile home factory in Casper. He quit the factory job and began pursuing music full-time.[6]