The SteelDrivers

This event is sponsored by Golden Eagle Distributing and The LeBuhn Family.

THE STEELDRIVERS -a group of seasoned veterans – each
distinguished in his or her own right, each valued in the town’s commercial community – who are seizing an opportunity to follow their hearts to their souls’ reward. In doing so, they are braiding their bluegrass roots with new threads of their own design, bringing together country, soul, blues, and other contemporary influences to create an unapologetic hybrid that is old as the hills but fresh as the morning dew. This is new music with the old feeling. SteelDrivers fan Vince Gill describes the band’s fusion as simply “an incredible combination”

Specializing in a unique mix of what might be called bluegrass soul, the SteelDrivers have become one ofthe biggest names in progressive bluegrass after making their debut in 2005. While there’s a strong traditional streak in the SteelDrivers sound, they bring a passion to their delivery that adds a distinctive flavor, and they’re not afraid of adding a forceful grit to the music.

The SteelDrivers have been nominated for four Grammys, the Americana Music Association’s New Artist of the Year and was IBMA’s 2009 Emerging Artist of The Year. In 2015, “The Muscle Shoals Recordings”
won the Grammy award for Best Bluegrass Recording.

The SteelDrivers are:
Richard Bailey (banjo), Tammy Rogers (fiddle), Mike Fleming (bass), Brent Truitt (mandolin), and Matt Dame
(Guitar)

NOW ANNOUNCING - THE WHEELHOUSE ROUSTERS WILL OPEN FOR THE STEELDRIVERS

The Wheelhouse Rousters draw not only their moniker and musical style from the American rivers and their industries, but also their ebb and flow of energy. From the river bottoms of West Kentucky to the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and as far away as South Korea, the Rousters distill their experiences into songs and sounds firmly planted in American roots music. The band features Jake Siener, Nathan Lynn, Josh Coffey, Logan Oakley, and Eddie Coffey. (Pictured above from left to right)

The band was formed by members of Bawn in the Mash in early 2013, in hopes of drawing attention to the folk songs of Ohio River Valley and far West Kentucky.

The Rousters 4th album, The Adventure Never Ends, is set to be released October 20, 2023.

Having performed with various artists upon notable boats, like the Delta Queen, Queen of the Mississippi, America, River Barge Explorer, Belle of Louisville, American Jazz, and the Spirit of Peoria, the members of the Wheelhouse Rousters have also opened for such acts as S. G. Goodman, Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three, Shooter Jennings, The Legendary Shack Shakers, Billy Strings, Josh Williams, Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper, the Grasscals, Ricky Scaggs and Kentucky Thunder and more. Over the years they have toured performing at numerous festivals along the way including Terrapin Hill Harvest Festival, Lowertown Arts and Music Festival, John Hartford Memorial Festival, Bourbon and Beyond, Telluride Bluegrass Fest, AMERICANAFEST, and Homplace Pickin’ Party, among others.

See their full bio here.