Dustin Boyer

Dustin Boyer
Dustin Boyer (left) with John Cale and drummer Michael Jerome in Prague, 2006
Background information
Also known as	Dustin Curtis Boyer
Origin	El Cajon, California
Genres	Rock, pop rock
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	1990s–present
Labels	Soop Records
Associated acts	John Cale

Dustin Boyer is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is a longtime collaborator of Welsh musician John Cale. He also collaborated with many other artists, such as Jennifer Love Hewitt, Michelle Branch, Andrew Dorff, and Michael Landau.

He comes from El Cajon, California. He was a member of a high school ska punk group Turkey Mallet. They released one album called Chiaroscuro in 1996. The band also featured his brother Trevor Boyer on drums and singer Matt Hoyt. Then he studied at CalArts. In 2000, he founded a rock trio Descanso which also featured his brother and Casey Butler. They released three studio albums. He also played the guitar on records by Macy Gray, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Camille Bright-Smith. He also played the guitar on Long Live Me by The Screamin' Lords.

In 2005, he started playing in John Cale's band. He also performed on his albums blackAcetate (2005; one song only), Extra Playful (2011) and Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood (2012). He also starred in Eden Cale-directed music video for John Cale's song "Catastrofuk".

He also frequently performs with guitarist Michael Landau. Landau said in an 2006 interview that Boyer is one of his favourite performers. Boyer is also frontman of The Dusty Meadows Band which released three records. Boyer's debut solo album called Fun for Mentals was released in 2007 and was followed by Hell's Not Her (2009) and Cahuenga Gardens (2016). The last one featured Michelle Branch and Mark Lanegan on vocals. His song "Pretend" was featured in a movie called 3 Days to Kill with Kevin Costner in the lead role.