Lloyd is a one man booster club for the dobro, playing styles from bluegrass to blues to ??. He's also a raconteur with an affable stage presence and a bag full of great songs. Thayer plays all of his songs lapstyle on squareneck resonator guitars, including a 1929 National tricone. Also included on his most recent cd are several songs played on lap style 12 string guitar, with the strings raised by a piece of bone that Thayer cut himself. The 12 string adds a haunting, almost sitar like quality to his songs. Lloyd has recently opened shows for Johnny Winter, John Hammond, Harry Manx, Paul Rishell and Annie Raines and many others. Endless hours of playing on street corners and subway platforms have honed his songs and skills the old fashioned way, one song, one note, one heartbeat at a time. Lloyd Thayer is sure to emerge from the underground, one song, one note, one heartbeat, one friend, at a time.