Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass - 2008 IMBA Emerging Artist of the Year Nominee
Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass.Just because Dan Paisley, with his band The Southern Grass, is up for Emerging Artist of the Year honors from the International Bluegrass Music Association, don’t have the audacity to think he’s an overnight sensation. Paisley essentially inherited the band after his father, Bob Paisley, died in 2004. He’s been performing bluegrass with his family in Southern Grass essentially all his adult life.
The new attention on the band can be traced partly to its new Rounder Records CD, “The Room Over Mine,” which is Paisley’s first project on the label. Evidentally, Rounder marketers heard and observed something worth pushing with this CD and gave it a good PR ride. It paid off with “The Room Over Mine” earning high critical acclaim. As a result, Paisley is enjoying some new-found fame.
Following his father’s tradition, Paisley and company pump out hard-driving bluegrass with a touch of old classic country music added to the mix.
Paisley does the lead singing and rhythm guitar work for the group. His band mates include his brother Michael Paisley on bass, two other brothers — fiddler T.J. Lundy and Bobby Lundy on bandjo — and donny Eldreth Jr. on mandolin.
For more information including discography, awards, honors, video’s and web site address see Dan Paisley & The Southern Grass - 2008 IBMA Vocal Group of the Year Nominee
Other Media:
Dan Paisley & The Southern Grass CBA showcase at IBMA World of Bluegrass.
Dan Paisley at OATS Bluegrass Festival
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Dan Paisley & The Southern Grass- 2008 IBMA Vocal Group of the Year Nominee
”Room over mine” - Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass at The Big Bear Festival in the Netherlands 2007
After spending a lifetime in bluegrass with his dad’s band, Bob Paisley, Dan Paisley is suddenly hot property in the bluegrass world. He and his band of long-time musical cohorts are up for Vocal Group of the Year at this year’s IBMA awards show.
A lot of the new energy is coming from the band’s new Rounder Records CD, “The Room Over Mine,” Paisley’s first offering for the label. He and his band play dead-on, traditional bluegrass spiced with a touch of country soul, a recipe that’s proving to be a success for his new CD.
Following Paisley’s strong vocal lead, the group’s hard-driving concerts have also won the favor of critics and fans.
Southern Grass consists mainly of musicians who have spent much of their careers playing first, with the late Bob Paisley and now, with son Dan. Members include brother Michael Paisley on bass, fiddler T.J. Lundy, his brother Bobby Lundy on banjo and Donny Eldreth Jr. on mandolin.
Web Site: http://www.southerngrass.net/
Dan Paisley & The Southern Grass Discography:
| Year | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | The Room Over Mine | Rounder |
| 2005 | The Tradition Continues | Brandywine |
Other Media:
“I Overlooked An Orchid” - Dan Paisley & The Southern Grass at the Blistered Fingers Bluegrass Festival June 2005.
My Home’s Across The Blueridge Mountains - Dan Paisley & The Southern Grass at the Blistered Fingers Bluegrass Festival June 2005
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Danny Paisley & Southern Grass to release “The Room Over Mine” June 24
Burlington, MA — On June 24, Rounder Records will release “The Room Over Mine,” the new album from Danny Paisley and The Southern Grass. Raised to the strains of classic bluegrass, Danny Paisley and The Southern Grass learned the ropes first-hand as the sons (and eventually bandmates) of such beloved figures as Bob Paisley, Ted Lundy, and Donnie Eldreth. Honed over decades of playing festivals, honky-tonks, Legion halls, and everywhere in between, their sound proudly reflects the timeless bluegrass soul of their fathers – while imparting a razor’s edge intensity all their own.
In 2004, Bob Paisley, Danny’s father – lead singer and founder of The Southern Grass – passed away, leaving Danny and his bandmates devastated. It was a trying time for Danny, personally and professionally as he had spent the past 32 years on stage next to his father. He was not sure if he could, or would, be able to go on with his music. After careful thought, Paisley and the entire band decided to continue the tradition by not only continuing to perform but by expanding their touring and recording frontiers. It would prove to be a great way to honor and preserve the memory and music of the Paisley and Lundy families.
As his father did before him, when Paisley looked for material for “The Room Over Mine,” he looked first to the past. Classic country tunes such as Marty Robbins’ “End of a Long Lonely Day,” Porter Wagoner’s “I Thought I Heard You Call My Name,” Little Jimmy Dickens’ “Another Bridge,” and Gene Watson’s “Raisin’ Cane,” were added to the album. There are also Southern Grass and Southern Mountain Boys standards newly recorded here, such as “The Room Over Mine” and “Mountain Sally Ann.” The album’s opener, “Don’t Throw Mama’s Flowers Away,” is a great Chris Stuart song that, although recently written, could be decades old.
Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass play powerful, unadorned, and intense traditional bluegrass. It is music born of the vibrant old time southern fiddle bands, as well as the lonesome moans of the backwoods mountain blues. The instruments blaze with energy while the songs reveal a paradoxical, desperate sadness anchoring the music squarely in the classic bluegrass tradition. Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass combine those forces with a drive and energy that takes over your senses. It is music you not only hear, but feel in your gut.
“The Room Over Mine” Track Listing:
- Don’t Throw Mama’s Flowers Away
- The Convict and the Rose
- I’m Leaving Detroit
- I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name
- A Memory of You
- Sweet Potato Rag
- I’m Coming Back but I Don’t Know When
- Another Bridge to Burn
- Raising Cane in Texas
- Room Over Mine
- Backstep Sally Ann
- At the End of a Long Lonely Day
- Drowning Sailor
Upcoming Tour Dates:
Apr 5 — Allegany Arts Council - Frostburg, MD
Apr 6 — Jumbo Jimmy’s - Perryville, MD
Apr 19 — Seisholtzville Fire House - Seisholtzville, PA
Apr 20 — Jumbo Jimmy’s - Perryville, MD
Apr 26 — Town Hall Opry - Bainbridge, NY
Apr 27 — Adirondack Big League - Saratoga Springs, NY
May 8 — Doyle Lawson Bluegrass Festival - Denton, NC
May 9 — Town Pump Tavern - Black Mountain, NC
May 11 — Jumbo Jimmy’s - Perryville, MD
May 15 — Central Virginia Family Bluegrass Festival - Amelia, VA
May 17 — Strawberry Jam Festival - Greenback, TN
May 18 — Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival - Gettysburg, PA
May 23 — DelFest - Cumberland, MD
May 24-25 — Tri State Bluegrass Festival - Kendallville, IN
Jun 7 — Joe Haftl Bluegrass Benefit - Kennett Square, PA
Jun 13 — Wind Gap Bluegrass Festival - Wind Gap, PA
Jun 14 — Mountain Vista Bluegrass Festival - Pavia, PA
Jun 19-20 — Bill Monroe Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival - Bean Blossom, IN
Jun 21 — Poston Lake Bluegrass Festival - Guysville, OH
Jun 27-28 — Jenny Brook Family Bluegrass Festival - Weston, VT
