Sean Hayes
You might’ve first heard a Sean Hayes remix at the Banana Republic or maybe it was at Prada’s Milan store, a dance club in Thailand, or a Miami restaurant. If nightclubs and high-end retail aren’t your scene, then perhaps it was in your car, while listening to a local folk radio station or national tastemaker like WFUV or KCRW. But most likely, and if you’re lucky, you first discovered Sean Hayes years ago at a neighborhood bar or at one of the dark, intimate boho venues of San Francisco’s Mission District, where he still lives and sometimes plays unannounced shows. Wherever you first encountered the soulful, rattlesnake charm of Sean Hayes, it no doubt left you tapping your feet and shaking your head long after the music faded. Sean Hayes was born in New York City. At age 5, his family moved to North Carolina, where he grew up and eventually gravitated toward the local theater scene. Through the course of studying acting, he got turned on to singing and playing guitar and eventually writing and performing music. The sense of stage learned in Sean’s early theater days richly informed his musical performance. This asset of stage comfortability is more apparent than ever in his compelling live shows today. After a few years of college and playing music in the Carolinas, Sean headed across the country to San Francisco. He began working in cafes and meeting new people in both the music scene and the theater world. It wasn’t long before songwriting and performing quickly became the center of his existence. Sean played in every hip little venue and bar that would have him and eventually became something of a local legend. As more and more people found his music, they began to ask, “Why is this guy not a household name?” until almost purely by word-of-mouth and music-sharing among friends, the Bay Area’s best-kept secret began to reach more listeners around the globe
