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Billy Blue Records in Nashville has announced the signing of Alan Bibey & Grasstowne to the label. Bibey met with principals Jerry Salley and Ed Leonard during SPBGMA weekend, and toured the Billy Blue facilities, coming away with a confident belief that this was a good move for him and the band. The work Jerry [...]
Alan Bibey has announced the latest member of Grasstowne - Tony Watt, from Boston, has joined the group on guitar. Tony's entreé to the band was a direct one. His wife, Laura Orshaw, is their fiddler, and when Mike Bentley stepped aside from his guitar role in Grasstowne, Tony was right there, ready to go. Of [...]
Mountain Fever Records has released a second single for their upcoming Gospel album with Alan Bibey & Grasstowne. This time it's a new song in the old time way, reminiscent of the sacred numbers Flatt & Scruggs always made a part of their shows in the '50s. Here Grasstowne banjo man Justin Jenkins lays down [...]
Gonna Rise And Shine from Alan Bibey & Grasstowne has been tearing up our Bluegrass Today Weekly Gospel AirPlay chart this past few weeks, spending the last two at #1. It's an old time, 4 part Gospel number written by Barney Rogers which Alan tells us has been a sensation for the band since it [...]
Mountain Fever Records isn't wasting any time getting the newest iteration of Alan Bibey & Grasstowne out to the fans. The reformed-for-2018 band introduced their new look and sound at the SPBGMA National Convention this past February, and a debut single from their upcoming Gospel project is released today online. Gonna Rise and Shine features [...]
Alan Bibey has made a personnel change in his revised and re-energized Grasstowne. Owing to her expanding commitments with Sister Sadies, Gena Britt has had to step aside from the band, and Al has welcomed former banjo picker Justin Jenkins back into the fold. The five-piece group now boasts of Bibey on mandolin, and Jenks [...]
When Alan Bibey & Grasstowne roll into SPBGMA next weekend, the band will have a new look. Al has picked up a couple of heavy hitters to add to the band, and with a new all-Gospel project in the works for Mountain Fever Records, 2018 is shaping up to be a good year for Grasstowne. [...]
Wilson Pickins Bluegrass Promotions is taking over the world! It seems that Melanie Wilson adds a new band to her roster every few days. Today she has announced the signing of Alan Bibey & Grasstowne to the agency for representation and publicity services. The band has been a going concern for ten years now, with Bibey [...]
The 2016 Musicians Against Childhood Cancer (MACC) festival took place last week at the Hoover Y Park in Columbus, OH. Darrel and Phyllis Adkins’ annual event is held in memory of their daughter, Mandy Adkins, who passed away from an inoperable brain tumor in 2000. All of the proceeds generated from the MACC benefit St Jude Children’s Research Hospital. [...]
If you haven't caught the current edition of Alan Bibey & Grasstowne this season, they've posted this live video from Rockahock Bluegrass in Lenexa, VA. Bibey is still entrenched in the driver's seat, with Greg Luck on guitar, Gena Britt on banjo, Zak McLamb on bass, and Courtney Rorrer on fiddle. Courtney is out front [...]
