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Clay Hess has announced a couple pieces of news this week. First off, Zach Gilmer has joined his group on banjo. The young Virginia native had formerly worked with Gold Heart, Carrie Hassler, and Sierra Hull. Also, a release date has been announced for One, the debut album from The Clay Hess Band. This project [...]
Here's a unique way to get the word out about your new CD. To celebrate the release of The Wait Is Over, their new album with Mountain Fever Records, Jett's Creek is offering a full album download at no charge for the next 7 days. This is the Virginia band's first album in three years, [...]
Mountain Fever Records has announced October 15 as the release date for the long-awaited third album from Ohio's Jett's Creek. This project has been more than two years in production, under the steady hand of Clay Hess, and carries the unsurprising title, The Wait Is Over. Jett's Creek is built around the singing of Angie Young [...]
I Saw The Light is the name of the first single from The Clay Hess Band's upcoming debut CD. And no, it's not another cover of the Hank Williams classic. It's a new song from Craig Market and Wayne Winkle, in which the narrator has a near-death experience following a serious auto accident. He saw [...]
Many bluegrass musicians first developed their love of this genre from listening carefully to their grandparents and other relatives making music. Kenny Thacker is no different. On his latest release, On the Front Porch, this Kentucky-born pastor pays tribute to his grandfather, and the others in his life, who passed down to him the love [...]
The Clay Hess Band has announced their newest member, Nick Keen, who will play mandolin with the group. He steps in for Ryan Moyers, who turned in his resignation earlier this year. Nick joins Clay and his son Brennan Hess on guitars, John Meyers on banjo, and Irl Hees on bass. Clay is well pleased with [...]
Jesse Gregory is a strong young vocalist from Maryville, TN, currently enrolled in the Bluegrass, Old Time & Country Music program at East Tennessee State University. She has the distinction of being the first woman to declare a bluegrass major there, and would seem to have a bright future ahead of her in music as [...]
Clay and Samantha Hess are celebrating this weekend, as their daughter, Magnolia Belle, was born on Friday night (11/16) at 8:04 p.m. Miss Magnolia (Little Maggie?) came in at 7 lbs 1.5 oz, stretching out to 20'' long. She is their first child, though Clay has an adult son, Brennan (age 18), who performs with him [...]
We have a wealth of material still to come from last week's World of Bluegrass and Fan Fest in Nashville, which has not yet been published due to the return travel and post-IBMA recovery needs of your humble editor. There are photos and videos galore, which we will be posting over the next few days [...]
We spent a few minutes backstage with Clay Hess at Pickin' In The Panhandle, where he filled us in on details about his new band, and their upcoming band album. http://www.vimeo.com/49106868 You can see all of our coverage from Pickin' In The Panhandle (photos and interviews) by following this link.
