• Steve Thomas to Summertown Road

    Summertown Road has added a new lane, bringing on celebrated fiddler Steve Thomas, and marking the band's debut as a quintet. Thomas has performed with a notable array of top bluegrass talent, having worked with Del McCoury, Lost and Found, The

  • Elmer Burchett to Summertown Road

    Jack Hicks, founding banjoist with Summertown Road, has stepped aside with Elmer Burchett jumping in to take his spot. The band was formed in 2008, and their debut, self-titled album was released on Rounder earlier this year. Bo Isaac is on

  • Zach Rambo goes down Summertown Road

    Summertown Road has announced the recruitment of Zachary Rambo to fill the position on mandolin, recently vacated by John Rigsby. Replacing the recently departed John Rigsby in Summertown Road is up-and-coming mandolin player Zach Rambo of Worthington, Kentucky. Stalwart banjo player

  • Summertown Road in 2010

    We have posted a few time previously about Summertown Road, a new band composed of veteran pickers and singers from the bluegrass state of Kentucky. The group consists of Jack Hicks on banjo, John Rigsby on fiddle, Bo Issac on guitar

  • Tracking Summertown Road

    Karen Kouns of Main Street Entertainment has sent me some news about Summertown Road. During the past few months the quartet - Jack Hicks (banjo), Randy Thomas (acoustic bass guitar), John Rigsby (mandolin and fiddle) and Bo Issac (guitar) - has

  • Summertown Road construction complete

    Thanks to Karen Kouns of Main Street Entertainment we have learned of the formation of Summertown Road, a fresh and creative new band from that bluegrass music hotbed, the Ashland area of Kentucky. The name, Summertown Road, came from a Marty