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Balsam Range/The Boxcars

Balsam Range/The Boxcars

This opening night double bill pairs two present-day powerhouses of bluegrass, whose origins straddle the Tennessee/North Carolina border where the Smokies meet the Blue Ridge Mountains. Both Balsam Range and The Boxcars have made their names playing real, authentic and soulful bluegrass. Balsam Range arrives fresh off the 2014 International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) awards ceremony with more nominations than any other band in bluegrass music. Singer/fiddler Buddy Melton took home Male Vocalist of the Year, and the group was honored with the Vocal Group of the Year award and the prestigious Entertainer of the Year crown. Their collective experience is as extensive as it comes, with members having played with Ricky Skaggs, Doc Watson, Tony Rice, Ralph Stanley and many others. Bluegrass and acoustic music fans won't want to miss this SMF debut!

Led by 2014 IBMA Mandolin Player of the Year Adam Steffey and multi-instrumentalist Ron Stewart, The Boxcars originated after the Dan Tyminski Band slowed down its touring in 2010. Teaming up with two leaders from Blue Moon Rising (Keith Garrett and Harold Nixon), The Boxcars began what is still a flourishing collaboration. The band recently welcomed dobro player Gary Hultman, a former student of Adam Steffey in the East Tennessee State University Bluegrass, Old-Time and Country Music program, and alumnus of SMF's Acoustic Music Seminar.

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