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
The Steeldrivers
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River Runs Red lyric video from Steeldrivers
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
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Brother John from The Steeldrivers
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
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Bill Murray at The Station Inn
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
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Bloomin’ BBQ & Bluegrass 2014
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 -
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Steeldrivers song hits American Idol
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
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A Baker’s Dozen for 2013
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
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Wearin’ A Hole video from The Steeldrivers
Another new music video from Rounder finds The Steeldrivers a drinkin' and a dancin' at Nashville's Station Inn. The video is for Wearin' A Hole from their current Hammer Down CD. Steeldrivers bassist Mike Henderson wrote the song, and if you
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Final August 2013 Gettysburg photos
Here is the final gallery of Frank Baker's images from the August 2013 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival. Just in time, as Frank is now sending in his photos from the Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival.
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ROMP 2013 in photos
Terry Herd was on hand for ROMP 2013 in Owensboro this weekend, and shared this gallery of images.