May 16
Jeremy Abshire joins The Grascals on fiddle
Nashville, Tenn. – The Grascals are also proud to welcome and introduce new fiddle player Jeremy Abshire. Abshire burst onto the bluegrass scene as a member of Billie Renee and Cumberland Gap (winners of the 2006 SPBGMA International Bluegrass Band Championship), and came to The Grascals’ attention as a member of IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year Dale Ann Bradley’s band. His influences include Benny Martin, Scotty Stoneman, Chubby Wise, Bobby Hicks, Kenny Baker, and Stuart Duncan - whom he cites as his favorite fiddle player.
“Jeremy has been doing a great job for us, and he’s proven that he’s up for the challenge. We welcome his talent and his passion for the music.” Jamie Johnson - Grascals vocalist and guitarist
“I couldn’t have picked a better group of guys to hang out with. I’m out there having a blast!” Jeremey Abshire
The Grascals will perform at the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival this Friday. Other festival appearances this month include the Bellbrook Jamboree in Xenia, OH, on May 18; Dr. Ralph Stanley’s 38th Annual Memorial Weekend Bluegrass Festival in Coeburn, VA, on May 23; the Bluegrass & BBQ Festival at Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO, from May 25-29; and the Strawberry Park Bluegrass Festival in Preston, CT, on May 31 and June 1. For a complete schedule of dates on their Mayberry’s Finest tour, please visit http://www.grascals.com.
The Grascals will return to the Grand Ole Opry this weekend, performing Saturday during the 8:30 and 11:00 p.m. segments before hosting the Ernest Tubb Midnite Jamboree at the Texas Troubadour Theater. They will also be guests on Keith Bilbrey’s Opry Warmup Show. Fans can tune in to all the fun on 650 AM WSM or listen online at http://www.wsmonline.com. The Opry can also be heard live on XM 11 Nashville.
The Grascals will release Keep on Walkin’, their third album for Rounder, on July 15.
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I had the opportunity to see the Grascals and the new fiddle player Jeremy. They are just incredibly awesome!! Keep up the good work. I hope to see another show soon!
I have heard the the Grascals new fiddler play with Dale Ann Bradley and with the Grascals. He was amazing with Dale Ann and is equally as spectacular with the guys! He is going to be one of the big names in the business soon.
I’m looking forward to seeing The Grascals at Bean Blossom here in a couple of weeks.
Another hot fiddle player is Nicky Sanders from The Steep Canyon Rangers. He’s got all the great traditional licks down and manages to put just the right amount of his classical training into it to really raise the bar for bluegrass fiddle a notch in my opinion.