The SteelDrivers make national debut
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The SteelDrivers make national debut

Monday, January 21, 2008 – The SteelDrivers, a soul bluegrass band of music veterans from Nashville, make their national debut at the Joe Val Bluegrass Festival in Massachusetts in February.

The group just released their debut disc on Rounder last week. The quintet consists of singer Chris Stapleton, mandolinist/guitarist/vocalist Mike Henderson, fiddler/vocalist Tammy Rogers, banjo player Richard Bailey and bassist Mike Fleming. Luke Wooten (Alison Krauss, Jim Lauderdale and Dierks Bentley) produced the disc.

The SteelDrivers mainly have played the Nashville area. They play the Val Festival in Framingham, Mass. on Saturday, Feb. 16. Other artists that day include The Seldom Scene, The Steep Canyon Rangers and Alecia Nugent.


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CD review - Bad for You Throughout their existence of now more than a dozen years The SteelDrivers have been notable for their willingness to be a bluegrass band that ventures into a sort of musical "Twilight Zone," reaching across the void to draw a fervent following - "SteelHeads" - whose musical tastes and sensibilities often are more grounded in sounds ranging from hard-edged classic Delta blues to the iconic Southern rock of bands like the Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd. ...
CD review - The Muscle Shoals Recordings The SteelDrivers are a dynamic, driving bluegrass band, a five-piece with a sound and an approach completely their own. "The Muscle Shoals Recordings" is their fourth album and second featuring expressive lead vocalist Gary Nichols and mandolinist Brent Truitt alongside group founders Tammy Rodgers (fiddle), Richard Bailey (five-string banjo), and Mike Fleming (bass). Given Nichols' roots in the Alabama community, it is hardly a surprise that The SteelDrivers chose to record at ...
CD review - Hammer Down While you wouldn't know it from reading their press, there are many bluegrass bands with as good a back-story as The SteelDrivers, and as advanced songwriting and musicianship prowess, while having deeper professional bluegrass roots and longer track records with more significant lineup alterations over a relatively brief period of time. Not to begrudge The SteelDrivers notice they receive, sometimes it feels a bit over the top. But darn it, they know how to produce a mighty inspiring bluegrass album. ...


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