| Performer / Band Name |
Straight Ahead
Andrew Barron:
Mandolin, Vocals
Jim Denoncourt: Acoustic
Guitar, Vocals
Luke Hoffman:
Upright Bass, Vocals
Joseph Martini:
Banjo |
| Original / Cover Material |
10% Original Material |
| Musical Influences |
Bill Monroe, Earl Scruggs, Tony Rice, J.D. Crowe, Jimmy Martin, Clarence White, and our fathers, Carl, Bob and Dale. |
| History of Performer / Band |
We're four smart alecks who seem to have an affinity for traditional bluegrass and each other. We're convinced that bluegrass music has legitimate societal value and needs to be heard. . . we mean it.
Joseph and Andrew have spent so much time listening to music that was recorded before their parents were born that people get uncomfortable and leave when those two start talking. Rumor has it that Luke was hearing bluegrass in the womb. Jim, too. Nah, I can't back that up, but he kicks ass with Tony Rice influenced flatpicking. . . .oh wait, his dad just wrote. . . he was hearing the W.O.M.B (White Oak Mountain Boys) when he was a kid.
Bluegrass is a musician's music. That pretty much means that only we like it. We'd love to prove ourselves wrong though! |
= Music samples available for download