About Jeff

Born and raised in Joliet IL, Jeff grew up listening to a wide range of musical styles. From Rock and Country, soul and gospel, to Jazz and Orchestral. The self-taught multi-instrumentalist started his professional career as a club drummer/singer in the 1980's playing with Chicago's All Night Newsboys. "The Boys and I played five nights a week for about six years or so. we travelled around the midwest playing rock clubs, frat parties, and state fairs. We had serious fun"!

Around this time Jeff's song-writing started attracting attention. He (and his future wife Lisa Camp Boyle) wrote two songs for CBS and Arista records, and he was hired as a staff composer at the Chicago jingle house Com/track. Since then Boyle, and his partner Joel Raney have written over one thousand commercial music tracks for clients such as McDonalds, Disney, Boeing, Coors Light, Bud Light, and Toyota.

Boyle's first 4 albums "Something To Believe In" 1995 , "Bubba" 1999, "Three" 2001, and "Dog Named Zero" 2004 are filled with fiery performances and melodies from a great cast of characters including- guitarists Phil Miller and Bill Rupert, Cheap Trick's Jon Brandt and Bun E. Carlos, Jazz trumpeter Orbert Davis, and Hammond B-3 great Steve Bassett. But what holds the songs together are the lyrics. Sometimes funny, sometimes sad and funny. There's always a good story to be heard.

"Downtown" Boyle's newest offering may be his best. The song "Edison Watched T.V" lets you be a fly on the wall during a party of his "old dead heroes". On the fifth cut "Lisa and Me" (written for Lisa for her birthday), Boyle runs down a list of other things that go well together.

Frankie and Johnny
Bonnie and Clyde
thunder and lightning
a wink and a smile
Oscar and Felix
pigs in a poke
pancakes and sausage
pie-a-la-mode
B.B. and Lucile
Marilyn and Joe
Lisa and me

Fortune and fame
Lenny and Squiggy
Tarzan and Jane
Mickey and Miney
Batman and Robin
Comfort and Joy
Itchy and Scratchy
Siegfrieid and Roy
Lisa and Me

Country and western
rhythm and blues
Pebbles and Bam Bam
green eggs and ham ham
preachers and bibles
tacos and beer
Earth Wind and Fire
Blood Sweat and Tears
Lisa and me

Discography

• Jeff Boyle "Downtown" (2008) Tweak Records Inc.
• Jeff Boyle "Dog Named Zero" (2004) Tweak Records.
• Jeff Boyle Band "3" (2001) Tweak Records.
• Jim Peterik and World Stage (2000) World Stage International.
• Will Rock for Food (compilation) (2000).
• Jeff Boyle Band "Bubba" (1999) Tweak Records.
• Jeff Boyle Band "Blown Away / Sounds of Chicago" (1996) Best Buy.
• Jeff Boyle Band "Something to Believe In" (1995) Tweak Records.
• Steve Bassett "Standing on the Verge" (1994) Blue Orchard.
• Survivor "Survivors Greatest Hits" (1993) (Drum Programming) Scotty Brothers.
• Kiara "My Girl" (1990) Songwriter Arista.
• Constina "The Bigger They Are" (1989) Songwriter CBS.