Guitar ~ Vocals:
Cris, one of the younger members of the group, picked up a guitar in utero which made his birth very uncomfortable for his mother. Cris also plays guitar and sings lead vocals in The Bridge.
Upright Bass:
Bass player extraordinaire, Dave, began his musical career will serving time at Milford Mill High School.
Mandolin ~ Backing Vocals:
Back in the late 1980's BJ picked up a mandolin and banjo and was unable to put them down. It wasn't that he loved the instruments so much but rather that the strings got stuck in his dreads. Now that BJ's hair is short he works as a manager at the Funk Box.
Guitar ~ Vocals ~ Dobro:
Ed has been writing and singing songs for the past seventeen years. His strong vocal stylings, seem to reach out and grab you - did I mention he plays Dobro too? His writing seems to guide this project into the "happy place" in bluegrass... Tony Rice, Jerry Douglas, Keb Mo, and Jerry Garcia are a few artists who have influenced Ed through the years.
Fiddle:
Young, fresh, inspiring, talented, stubborn, spirited, and gifted are all adjectives that describe our newest addition, Patrick McAvinue. It was in elementary school, at the age of seven, when his best buddy introduced him to the fine art of fiddling. In view of his talents his family supported him in his decision to take private lessons. The three years he was classically trained during school helped him for when at the age of ten, Amy Hopkins, who attended Peabody Institute, taught him how to play the fiddle, bluegrass style. He also took lessons from Troy Engle when Patrick was fourteen. Since he began his journey learning the fiddle, he has participated in many fiddling competitions. Including in 2003, when he was honored with the title of a Delaware State Fiddling Champion. In the summer or 2004 Pat won musician awards in Berlin and Westminster, Md. The first band Patrick played with was the Salem Bottom Boys when he was at a very young age of twelve. Since then he has moved on to play with numerous bands from Maryland, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Many great fiddle virtuosos including Troy Engle, Stuart Duncan, Aubrey Haynie, Mark O’Connor and Rickie Simpkins have all been Pat’s inspiration. At the age of sixteen, Patrick still resides at his family homestead and attends high school in Hereford, Maryland.