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It appears that Pine Mountain Railroad has made a number of personnel changes, with one rebounding into Nothin' Fancy. Mandolinist Cody Shuler has taken over management of PMR, and is bringing in some new faces. We understand that guitarist Jerry Butler is gone, and banjo player Kipper Stitt will be leaving just after IBMA week. [...]
The Nothin' Fancy web site reports that their tour bus was rear-ended by a pickup truck as they were en route to Kentucky in the wee hours of this past Friday morning. No one was injured, but the bus suffered substantial damage. The band was taken by ambulance to a local hospital for X-rays, and [...]
Dedicated fans of Nothin' Fancy have a unique opportunity for self designation, in the form of a name contest being run by their publicists. It occured to a fan and poster on Nothin' Fancy's discussion board that fans of Rhonda Vincent & The Rage could refer to themselves as "Ragers," and even that Williams & [...]
Nothin' Fancy has launched a message board on their web site for fans and friends to discuss the band, their new CD, or anything else that may strike their fancy. The board is still new, and message traffic is still on the light side, but that will surely change as fans find the site. The [...]
Is this a Seinfeld spinoff or a bluegrass CD? The title of the next Pinecastle release from Nothin' Fancy will carry the title of 7. The numerical reference was chosen by the label since this will be Nothin' Fancy's seventh project as a band, their third with Pinecastle. Mike Andes referred to the project this [...]
Nothin' Fancy fiddler Chris Sexton's solo CD, Coffee At Midnight, which was released in October of 2005, is generating some great press, and selling well ahead of early expectations. Pinecastle Records reports that the CD is already ranked as the 4th best selling solo project ever released on Pinecastle, and that it is outselling other [...]
Nothin' Fancy is the most recent bluegrass band we have found who has launched a personal web space on the increasingly popular MySpace.com. The Nothin' Fancy tour schedule is posted on the MySpace site, and they offer a number of sample audio clips there as well. The biggest appeal, however, is the ability provided by [...]
The next Pinecastle release for Nothin' Fancy is coming along nicely, according to mandolinist and vocalist, Mike Andes. Mike reports that they tracked the last song for this as yet unnamed project just after New Years at Flat 5 Press & Recording, with mixing underway. The as-yet unnamed project was produced by David Parmley for [...]
Coffee At Midnight is the title of Nothin' Fancy fiddler Chris Sexton's upcoming solo project on Pinecastle, due for release on October 11. The Nothin' Fancy web site assures us that despite the mid-October release date, copies of the CD will be available at the Nothin' Fancy Bluegrass Festival in late September in Buena Vista, [...]
This just in from Nothin' Fancy. Nothin' Fancy announces with sadness that bassist Tony Shorter has left the band due to personal reasons. In his stead, the band is pleased to announce Eli Johnston, recently of Branson, Missouri but now of Lexington, Virginia as our new bassist. He made his debut at last night's show [...]
