The Golden Age Has ARRIVED!

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My debut album, The Golden Age of Shane Rhyne, is now available for purchase as a digital download. Check it out on Bandcamp.

My debut album, The Golden Age of Shane Rhyne, is now available for purchase as a digital download. Check it out on Bandcamp.

The Golden Age of Shane Rhyne is now available for digital download

The Golden Age of Shane Rhyne is now available for digital download

The Golden Age of Shane Rhyne is a celebration of 5 years of comedy and 50 years of nonsense in the life of Tennessee-based comedian Shane Rhyne. It is a celebration of lessons learned and unlearned alike in his first half-century on this planet. From a childhood in the 1970s to modern life in the late 2010s, Shane finds plenty of opportunities to laugh at both the silver lining and the cloud.

The Golden Age of Shane Rhyne is available currently as a digital download only and can be purchased online at:

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About Shane:

Photo Credit: Starrlight Images

Photo Credit: Starrlight Images

 

Shane Rhyne explores the bright side of his darkest thoughts with playful, intelligent, autobiographical comedy that turns personal tragedies (and the occasional triumph) into jokes for strangers. Whether he is discussing nervous first steps into second marriage, parenthood for the first time at 49, or his battles against depression and anxiety, Shane reveals that he is a “the glass is only half-shattered” kind of guy willing to celebrate the silver lining and the cloud at the same time.

His debut comedy album, The Golden Age of Shane Rhyne, was released in November 2019, celebrating the lessons learned and unlearned alike from his first 50 years on this planet.

Shane was born and raised in Clinton, Tennessee, just outside of Knoxville. It was a mostly idyllic childhood in which he enjoyed being the fat kid who liked to read. Everything was pretty normal, except for that one time he was abducted. But that's a story he may tell you later.

In his life he has worked with Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Alex Haley; has written and edited for magazines (have an older person explain magazines to you); has hosted various radio programs devoted to Americana, bluegrass, college rock, and funeral announcements. He has worked as a marketing and public relations professional for non-profits and a marketing agency; has helped brides coordinate their weddings; and even played the role of Santa Claus for the City of Knoxville for a dozen years. He also co-founded RainShine Comedy in Knoxville, Tennessee, as a means to bring high quality live comedy performances and other comedy events to Knoxville.

All of these adventures and more usually find their way into Shane's material, along with his general love of history, wordplay, and the pop culture of his youth.

Shane is a lifelong movie fan (being named after one of the greatest Westerns of all time will do that). In celebration of his love of movies, Shane is launching Acting Funny, a podcast devoted to the history of comedy film in December 2020.

Shane has performed across the U.S. at comedy clubs, festivals, bars, theaters, and even a vacant lot once. Today, he is based in East Tennessee, where he lives with his wife, three children, a dog, a cat, some fish, and a pair of Madagascar hissing cockroaches.

 

 

Festival Appearances

  • Broken Record Comedy Show (Nashville, TN) - 2018

  • Cola Comedy Con (Columbia, SC) - 2017

  • Gilda's LaughFest (Grand Rapids, MI) - 2017

  • Hell Yes Comedy Fest (New Orleans, LA) - 2017

  • Lookout Comedy Festival (Chattanooga, TN) - 2018

  • Motor City Comedy Festival (Detroit, MI) - 2017

  • New South Comedy Festival (Greenville, SC) - 2017

  • North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival (Chapel Hill, NC) - 2017

  • Second Bell Music Festival (Knoxville, TN) - 2018

  • Scruffy City Comedy Festival (Knoxville, TN) - 2015, 2016

  • What a Joke National Comedy Festival (Knoxville, TN) - 2017

  • Whiskey Bear Comedy Festival (Columbus, OH) - 2017, 2018

(Photo Credits L to R: Trevor L Jones, Cinammon Studios, Cinammon Studios, Starrlight Images)