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Back to EpisodesRyan Klein | The Man Behind the Music — Songwriter, Manager & Promoter
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Ryan Klein has built a career in independent country music by understanding the business from both sides of the stage. A songwriter, musician, artist manager, and promoter, Klein has been closely connected with The Lowdown Drifters, first as a guitarist and songwriter and later helping guide the band's career through Gold Towne Music. His songwriting credits include “Give Up On the Dream,” recorded by The Lowdown Drifters with Dalton Domino, as well as “The Ballad of the Reef Shadow.”
As the owner of Gold Towne Music, Klein has expanded his role from making music to developing and managing artists. His management work includes The Lowdown Drifters and singer-songwriter Kellen Smith, giving him firsthand experience in the challenges of building careers in today's independent country and Americana landscape.
Klein is also one of the driving forces behind Dusty Vaquero Days in Gillette, Wyoming. Working alongside cowboy, filmmaker, and Dusty Vaquero founder J.B. Zielke, Klein helped create a festival centered on artists with genuine connections to ranching, agriculture, Western culture, and the cowboy way of life. The event brings together regional and national performers while keeping authentic storytelling and independent music at its core.
Ryan Klein represents the increasingly important independent side of the music industry—someone who has written the songs, played the shows, traveled the miles, managed the artists, and helped create the stages for others to perform on. His perspective offers a unique look behind the curtain at what it really takes to build an artist's career, promote live music, and keep authentic country and Western music moving forward.
🎵 In This Episode:
• Ryan Klein interview
• Event Promoter
• Dusty Vaquero Days
• Songwriter
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