The Steeldrivers

  • Dave’s Dozen: The Best of 2015

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    The good news for bluegrass fans last year: A lot of terrific music was released. So much, in fact, that it made picking my annual best-of list harder than usual. I eliminated bands that recorded songs I wrote because of

  • Big night for Chris Stapleton at the CMAs

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    Chris Stapleton, the original lead singer and primary songwriter for The Steeldrivers, had a big night at the 49th Annual CMA Awards last night. He had never really been a bluegrass guy - though he is from Kentucky - but his clever

  • Long Way Down video from The Steeldrivers

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    The Steeldrivers have a released a music video for Long Way Down, the opening track from The Muscle Shoals Recordings, their latest album on Rounder. It showcases more of their trademark blues-grass sound, featuring Gary Nichols' slippery vocals with grassy accompaniment.  

  • SteelDrivers Deliver, Again

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    When Chris Stapleton left the SteelDrivers a few years back, I was skeptical that the band could recapture the magic with someone else in front of the microphone. His let-it-all-hang-out style defined the band and made its recordings instantly recognizable. So

  • River Runs Red lyric video from Steeldrivers

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    Rounder Records has created a lyric video for one of the songs on The Muscle Shoals Recording, their upcoming album from The Steeldrivers. It's a song written by fiddler and vocalist Tammy Rogers, and sung by guitarist Gary Nichols, reflecting on

  • Brother John from The Steeldrivers

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    Rounder Records has released a first single from The Muscle Shoals Recording by The Steeldrivers. It's a new song from guitarist/vocalist Gary Nichols, Brother John, which includes an acoustic slide guitar solo from Jason Isbell, country rock singer/songwriter and Nichols' childhood

  • Bill Murray at The Station Inn

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    If you were at Nashville's Station Inn on January 10 to see the world famous Steeldrivers, you might have spied another celebrity in the crowd. Television and movie star, Bill Murray - a huge fan of the band - was in

  • Bloomin’ BBQ & Bluegrass 2014

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    Sevier County is a unique spot in East Tennessee. The cities of Sevierville, Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg - each well under 10,000 in population - exist almost solely as tourist destinations. Think of a beach town without the beach -

  • Steeldrivers song hits American Idol

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    It's not often that we find bluegrass content on Fox's American Idol program. But last night's (3/26/14) episode found contestant C.J. Harris singing an understated, acoustic version of If It Hadn't Been Love, written by Chris Stapleton and Mike Henderson of

  • A Baker’s Dozen for 2013

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    My mailbox and inbox overflowed with music in 2013, as sure a sign as any that bluegrass is alive and well. There’s good news and bad news about that. The good news is that much of that music was very well