20 – The Grascals
Since forming twenty years ago, The Grascals have had a storied career, from serving as Dolly Parton’s backing band on her Hello Dolly tour to making over two hundred guest appearances on the Grand Ole Opry, among numerous other accomplishments. Their latest release, 20, commemorates this milestone anniversary by presenting the consistent blend of bluegrass and country […]
Tennessee Hound Dog video from The Grascals
With a new album just a few weeks away, The Grascals have dropped a music video for the opening track, Tennessee Hound Dog, a staple of The Osborne Brothers for many years. Written by legendary Nashville songwriters Felice and Boudleaux Bryant, who also gave Sonny and Bobby hits like Rocky Top, Muddy Bottom, and Georgia […]
Pull The Trigger video from The Grascals
The Grascals have a music video for their current single with Mountain Home Music, Pull The Trigger, which guitarist Jamie Johnson wrote with Shawn Camp. It’s a cute song that Johnson sings about trying to gain the love of a lady, but facing resistance, he references the notion that if Cupid doesn’t show up soon […]
Jesus Satisfies from Danny Roberts
Mountain Home Music has a new single this week for Grascals mandolinist Danny Roberts, a gospel number he wrote with Daryl Mosley and Jamie Clifton called Jesus Satisfies. It’s a fast-moving grasser with a bluesy feel that Danny says is about how envy always leads to ruin. “When I wrote this song, I was thinking […]
Pull The Trigger – new single from The Grascals
The Grascals – photo © Laci Mack Mountain Home Music has a new single this week for The Grascals, a bluesy love song written by Jamie Johnson and Shawn Camp called Pull The Trigger. Now back with the band after an absence of several years, Jamie explained a bit about how he came to write […]
Just Let Me Know from The Grascals
Mountain Home Music has selected Just Let Me Know, a new song by Darren Nicholson and Charles Humphrey, as the next single from their upcoming album with The Grascals. Long time Grascals banjo picker Kristin Scott Benson says that they jumped on the song as soon as they heard it. “When Jamie [Johnson] brought us […]
Track Premiere: West Virginia Red from Danny Roberts
Grascals mando man Danny Roberts has a new single this week from his upcoming project with Mountain Home Music. It’s an instrumental he wrote called West Virginia Red, which also features Tony Wray on guitar and banjo, Jimmy Mattingly on fiddle, and Andrea Roberts on bass. Based on a descending line in the A part, […]
Two new little Grascals in July
Last month was a joyous one for the Grascals family, as two members of the band, guitarist/vocalist John Bryan and fiddler Jamie Harper, welcomed new baby boys! Jackson Oliver Bryan came first, born to John and Ashlynn Bryan on July 5 at 7:32 a.m. in Wilkesboro, NC. He weighed in at 7 lbs 13 oz, […]
I Go – new single from The Grascals
Mountain Home Music has a new single for The Grascals, in which we get our first recorded taste of the recently revitalized group. The band has welcomed founding member Jamie Johnson back following a period of several years while Johnson did battle with a difficult foe – addiction and depression. This latest release is one […]
Jamie Harper to The Grascals
Jamie Harper – photo by Lakyn Harper The Grascals have announced that Jamie Harper has joined the group on fiddle. In a not-so-subtle nod to the age of the founding members, they also pointed out the 2024 will be Jamie’s 20th anniversary of being a professional musician, just as The Grascals celebrate their 20th as […]
