Larry
Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time |
Most widely known as a writer,
Kentucky native Larry Cordle has had songs recorded by
Ricky Skaggs, Garth Brooks, Alison Krauss, Alan Jackson,
George Strait, The Osborne Brothers, and many others. At
last count, Cordle's songs had appeared on projects that
had sold a combined total of more than 50 million
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Larry
Cordle |
Larry Cordle was born and
raised on a small family farm in eastern Kentucky. At a
young age, he was introduced to bluegrass, country, and
gospel music by his great-grandfather. Cordle fondly
remembers this early influence by pointing out, “we
lived so far away from everything, that we had to make
our own entertainment. Music was just a way of life me,
for all of us actually.” Read
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Booie
Beach |
Booie Beach grew up in
Branford, Florida and began playing guitar when he was
11 years old. As a child, he started listening to his
mom’s collection of Stanley Brothers records and George
Shuffler’s lead guitar playing, as well as hearing
Junior Blankenship live with Ralph Stanley, cemented his
interest in crosspicking. From there… Read
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Kim
Gardner |
Kim
Gardner was born in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1961 and
grew up on a tobacco farm, just outside of town. Much of
his early experience in music came from Saturday night
jam sessions that were held at old barns and country
stores all around rural eastern NC. He started playing
guitar around age 10, but when he was 14, a family
friend took him to a festival where the Seldom Scene was
playing – when he heard Mike Auldridge playing Dobro he
was hooked! For Christmas that year he was given a Dobro
and the rest is history! His biggest influences
musically from that point forward were… Read
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Mike
Anglin |
Mike Anglin was born into a
musical family in Richmond, Kentucky on December 15,
1969. He grew up traveling to bluegrass festivals with
his parents, Betty and Matt Paul Wright. Mike received
his first bass at the age of 8 and when he was 15, began
playing professionally. He plays both upright and
electric bass. Read
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Kristin
Scott Benson |
Kristin Scott Benson grew up
in South Carolina, surrounded by a musical family. She
started playing mandolin and stepped on stage for the
first time at the age of five. After receiving a
much-anticipated banjo for Christmas when she was
thirteen, Kristin became enthralled with the instrument
and spent her teen years studying the playing of all the
banjo greats from Earl Scruggs to Bela Fleck. Read
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Chris
Davis |
Raised in Fairborn, Ohio,
Chris grew up amidst a family of talented musicians. His
grandfather, Elzie Davis, and his father, Danny,
instilled a love for bluegrass in both Chris and his
brother, Wes, at an early age. With both parents
supporting their interest, the family started performing
at local festivals with Chris on bass. Read
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