Zach Myers
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Zach Myers of Shinedown performing at the Dow Event Center in Saginaw MI in February 2013
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| Born | November 7, 1983 |
| Origin | Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
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| Occupation(s) | Guitarist, musician |
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Zach Myers (Born; Michael Zachery Myers) was born in 1983 in Memphis, Tennessee. He founded and is currently the lead singer and guitarist for the rock band The Fairwell. He is also the former bassist and current guitarist for the hard rock band Shinedown, and the manager of Memphis pop rock band Sore Eyes.
He has stated that, while growing up, his main guitar influences were Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimmy Page, Phil Lynott and Damon Johnson. His first guitar was a Series 10 - Strat.
Myers married longtime girlfriend, singer-songwriter Bethany Gulke, on September 5, 2014. They had their first child, Oliver Levon Myers, spring of 2016.
Being a collector of vintage musical equipment, Myers currently owns over two hundred guitars of various makes.
Myers has also been an enthusiastic supporter of his hometown Memphis Grizzlies. He has been seen at many games when off tour as he is a court side season ticket holder.
Zach Myers is also an avid sneaker collector reported to have upward of 600 pairs of Nike, and Air Jordan shoes.
Additionally, Myers is devoted to his family llama farm.
The Fairwell is a rock band from Memphis, Tennessee. The band was founded by lead singer and guitarist Zach Myers, a Beale Street based, internationally touring blues artist from age 14. The other band members have changed over the years, with the notable exception of long-time and current guitarist and vocalist Kris Allen, who played and started a fanbase on Beale Street at an early age. Drummer Michael McManus is the most recent addition to the band, having joined in 2008. The group has opened for dozens of major recording artists including 3 Doors Down and Hinder, and has appeared in numerous magazine, radio, television appearances, as recently as March 24, 2008 on CBS televisions "Live at 9".
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