Little Roy makes a young banjo picker’s day
No one reading this is likely to need reminding of the kindness of bluegrass artists towards their audience. No other musical format experiences the sort of closeness and availability that bluegrass fans come to expect, with most of our top performers spending as much time greeting people and signing autographs as they do on stage […]
Little Roy & Lizzy Show welcomes new members
Little Roy and Lizzy are saying goodbye to one band mate, and hello to two more. Guitarist, Will Eller, is stepping down. John Gooding, brother to the Little Roy & Lizzy Show’s mandolinst, Josh Gooding, will be their new guitarist. Well-known and well-loved fiddler, Hunter Berry, is also officially joining their ensemble. Will Eller posted […]
Little Roy & Lizzy’s Fundraiser and Fish Fry
On the grounds of America's First Family of Bluegrass Gospel Music, The Lewis Family's, home place in Lincolnton, GA, Little Roy & Lizzy held a concert and all-you-can-eat fish fry this past Friday. The ticketed event was to generate funds for their upcoming 2023 Little Roy & Lizzy Music Festival. The evening began with a [...] Welcome to the Show – Little Roy and Lizzy Show
Music is a salve, and the right music can fill you with hope and joy. That's exactly what Welcome to the Show from the Little Roy and Lizzy Show does. My first listen to this new CD from Mountain Home Music Company was during a long, stressful, and eventful drive to Nashville. There was a [...] Little Roy & Lizzy Show to Mountain Home Music, with new single
Having just celebrated his 80th birthday, bluegrass music's Energizer Bunny, Little Roy Lewis, shows absolutely no signs of slowing down, as evidenced by today's announcement that his touring act with Lizzy Long, The Little Roy & Lizzy Show, has just signed with Mountain Home Music Company. Roy is, of course, a scion of the fabled [...] Happy Birthday Little Roy Lewis!
Little Roy Lewis is 80 today! Roy McArthur "Little Roy" Lewis Jr. was born and raised the youngest member of the bluegrass Gospel band, The Lewis Family, in Lincolnton, Georgia. He began playing the banjo at the age of six and won his first talent contest - at the Lincolnton High School auditorium - at [...] Terry Poirier leaving Little Roy & Lizzy Show
Terry Poirier, bass player with The Little Roy & Lizzy Show, has announced that he is leaving the band and coming off the road. A Canadian by birth, Terry has been living in Kentucky since 2009. Upon arrival in Lexington from New Brunswick, he went to work for NewTown, and played bass for them for [...] Andy Stinnett to Little Roy and Lizzy Show
The Little Roy and Lizzy Show have added Andy Stinnett, a senior at East Tennessee State University, to their band. The 21-year-old multi-instrumentalist has played mandolin with Clay Hess, bass with the ETSU Pride Band, and is joining Little Roy and Lizzy on guitar. “I am honored to work with a living legend,” shared Stinnett [...] Terry Poirier to Little Roy & Lizzy
Terry Poirier has been announced as the new bass player with the Little Roy & Lizzy Show. The Canadian native now living in Lexington, KY will start his tenure with the band on June 9. Terry went looking for a job recently when word went out that The Spinney Brothers, with whom he had been [...] More photos from Nothin’ Fancy 2016
Nothin’ Fancy had a perfect weather weekend for their 16th festival this past weekend. Remington Ryde opened Friday’s show to a “ready for some bluegrass music” crowd. They were followed by multi-IBMA award nominees, Flatt Lonesome. Then Little Roy Lewis and Lizzy Long hit the stage at a hundred miles an hour – the normal!! Roy [...] 