The Vermont Bluegrass Session Band - Bluegrass Band - Burlington, VT - Hero Main

The Vermont Bluegrass Session Band Bluegrass Band from Burlington, VT

Will travel up to 200 miles

  • Avg 5.0 | 21 Reviews
  • 32 Verified Bookings
  • Member Since 2014
  • 7 Awards & Badges
  • Accepts Online Payment
  • Starting at $1,000 per event

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The Vermont Bluegrass Session Band is a collaboration of Vermont's best full-time, professional musicians coming together in order to bring you the very best acoustic bluegrass band you can hire in the northeast. With influences ranging from traditional to modern, from bluegrass to country and from folk to rock and blues, The Vermont Bluegrass Session Band can tailor their repertoire as well as their instrumentation to suit your desires and the needs of your event. These guys will have you entertained all night long just like you're hanging out with them in your living room or seeing them at a festival from a front row seat. With a rotating cast of incredible Vermont talent including Brett Hughes on guitar (Mike Gordon & Ramble Dove, Chrome Cowboys, Monoprix), Matt Schrag on mandolin (Hot Flannel, After the Rodeo, Big Spike), Caleb Elder on fiddle (Honky Tonk Tuesday Band, Sugarworks), Adam Buchwald on banjo (Modern Grass Quintet, Cider House Boys) and Mike Santosusso on bass (Smoking' Grass, Hot Pickin' Party, Big Spike), The Vermont Bluegrass Session Band will please both hardcore and casual bluegrass fans, acoustic music fans, and fans of good music in general. Everyone will find something they like about The Vermont Bluegrass Session Band. The Vermont Bluegrass Session Band received Gigmasters' "Best Of 2016" award due to the band's perfect record of five star reviews as well as always maintaining the status of a Rapid Responder.

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Review by Emma Z.

Wedding ReceptionReviewed on September 22, 2024From Huntington, VT

The band was very professional, easy to work with, and accommodating - they learned two new songs for us. Our guests gave the band rave reviews --- the music was truly incredible & they elevated the atmosphere of the night. We will never forget this evening and the band was a crucial part of that. We can't thank them enough!

The Vermont Bluegrass Session Band:

Thanks Emma and Joe! We had a great time! One of favorites of the summer, y'all picked great songs!

Review by Alexander C.

Wedding CeremonyReviewed on September 6, 2024From Killington, VT

Mike and the Vermont Bluegrass Session Band were professional and low-maintenance. They arranged (and possibly learned) a song for our processional and figured out, without our involvement, what should cue the change in music and when to start the recessional. They sounded great and seemed like real pros, which was reassuring when there were so many other details to handle that day. They changed tones to play both the ceremony and the cocktail party and did so ably. I would definitely book them to play a future event and would do so with confidence that they would handle the gig as professionals. 10/10!

Review by Lorin S.

Family ReunionReviewed on October 23, 2023From Stowe, VT

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Song List 

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  • 99 Years | Hot Rize
  • Albuquerque Turkey | David Grisman
  • Angeline The Baker | traditional
  • Arkansas Traveler | traditional
  • Ashokan Farewell | Jay Unger
  • Avalanche | Vassar Clements
  • Away To The Hills | Matt Schrag
  • Banks Of The Ohio | Bill Monroe
  • Beaumont Rag | traditional
  • Ben McCullough | Steve Earl
  • Big Sandy River | traditional
  • Big Spike Hammer | Flatt & Scruggs
  • Bill Cheatham | traditional
  • Billy In The Low Ground | traditional
  • Black Smoke Blue Tears | Clyde Arnold
  • Blackberry Blossom | traditional
  • Blue & Lonesome | Bill Monroe
  • Blue Train | Johnny Cash
  • Bluegrass Breakdown | Bill Monroe
  • Bluegrass Music | The Gibson Brothers
  • Blues Stay Away From Me | The Delmore Brothers
  • Bringing Mary Home | The Country Gentlemen
  • Brown County Breakdown | Bill Monroe
  • California Stars | Billy Bragg & Wilco
  • Can't You Hear Me Calling | Bill Monroe
  • Cherokee Shuffle | traditional
  • China Doll | Grateful Dead
  • Country Roads | John Denver
  • Dark As A Dungeon | Merle Travis
  • Dear Departed | Shawn Camp
  • Dear Ol Dixie | traditional
  • Dig A Hole | Flatt & Scruggs
  • Dixie Hoedown | traditional
  • Dog Gone Shame | Lonesome River Band
  • Don't Ease Me In | Grateful Dead
  • Don't Give Your Heart To A Rambler | Jimmy Martin
  • Don't This Road Look Rough And Rocky | Flatt & Scruggs
  • Down In The Swamp | Bela Fleck
  • Drink Up And Be Somebody | Merle Haggard
  • E.M.D. | David Grisman
  • Excuse Me, I Think I've Got A Heartache | Jimmy Martin
  • Fields Have Turned Brown | The Stanley Brothers
  • Fishers Hornpipe | traditional
  • Flatbush Waltz | Andy Statman
  • Float Away | Brett Hughes
  • Foggy Mountain Breakdowm | Earl Scruggs
  • Foggy Mountain Special | Earl Scruggs
  • Freight Train Boogie | Delmore Brothers
  • Friend of the Devil | Grateful Dead
  • Ginseng Sullivan | New Grass Revival
  • Gold Rush | traditional
  • Grievous Angel | Gram Parsons
  • Groundhog | The Dillards
  • Groundspeed | Earl Scruggs
  • Guitar | Cake
  • Hard Times Come Again No More | Stephen Foster
  • Hava Nagila | traditional
  • Heartaches & Hangovers | George Jones
  • Hello Trouble | Buck Owens
  • Here Comes The Sun | The Beatles
  • Hickory Wind | Gram Parsons
  • High On A Mountain Top | traditional
  • Hold What You Got | Jimmy Martin
  • Honey You Don't Know My Mind | Jimmy Martin
  • Hot Corn Cold Corn | traditional
  • How Mountain Girls Can Love | traditional
  • Huckleberry Hornpipe | traditional
  • I Am A Pilgrim | Merle Travis
  • I Know What It Means To Be Lonesome | traditional
  • I Know You Rider | Grateful Dead
  • I Thought I Heard A Whistle Blow | Brett Hughes
  • I Told Them All About You | The Shelton Brothers
  • I'll Never Love Anybody But You | Jim & Jesse
  • I'm Coming Back But I Don't Know When | Charlie Monroe
  • I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky | Bill Monroe
  • I've Endured | Olla Belle Read
  • If I Needed You | Townes Van Zandt
  • It Takes One To Know One | Jimmy Martin
  • I'll Go Steppin' Too | Flatt & Scruggs
  • Jack-A-Row | Grateful Dead
  • Jambalaya | Hank Williams
  • Jerusalem Ridge | Bill Monroe
  • John Hardy | traditional
  • John Henry | traditional
  • Just Because | Jorma Kaukonen
  • Keep On Moving | Bob Marley
  • Kentucky Waltz | Bill Monroe
  • Knockin' On Your Door | Old & In The Way
  • Leavin' Louisiana In The Broad Daylight | Rodney Crowell
  • Let's Talk Dirty In Hawaiian | John Prine
  • Life Is Strange | Donna The Buffalo
  • Lone Tree Hill | Brett Hughes
  • Lonesome Fiddle Blues | Vassar Clements
  • Lonesome | Ornery & Mean
  • Long Black Veil | Lefty Frizzell
  • Lost Highway | Hank Williams
  • Love's Gonna Live Here | Buck Owens
  • Mama Tried | Merle Haggard
  • Me & My Uncle | Grateful Dead
  • Midnight Moonlight | Old & In The Way
  • Minor Swing | David Grisman
  • Mole In The Ground | traditional
  • Monroe's Horn Pipe | traditional
  • Nashville Blues | Norman Blake
  • New Madrid | Uncle Tupelo
  • O Mary Don't You Weep | Bruce Springsteen
  • Ocean Of Diamonds | Jimmy Martin
  • Octopus's Garden | The Beatles
  • Old Home Place | The Dillards
  • Old Joe Clark | traditional
  • Old Shoes And Picture Postcards | Tom Waits
  • On And On | Bill Monroe
  • Opus #1 | Smokin' Grass
  • Palm Of Your Hand | Cake
  • Pike County Breakdown | Bill Monroe
  • Rabbit In A Log | Jim & Jesse
  • Rank Stranger | Stanley Brothers
  • Red Haired Boy | traditional
  • Ridin' On That Midnight Train | Ralph Stanley
  • Road to Columbus | Kenny Baker
  • Rock Salt & Nails | Utah Phillips
  • Rocky Road Blues | Bill Monroe
  • Rosalee McFall | Jerry Garcia
  • Rovin' Gambler | Country Gentlemen
  • Salt Creek | traditional
  • Saro Jane | Flatt & Scruggs
  • Shady Grove | Garcia & Grisman
  • Sharecroppers Son | Ralph Stanley
  • She's No Angel | Red Allen
  • Shenandoah Breakdown | Bill Monroe
  • Shuckin' The Corn | Earl Scruggs
  • Sitting Alone In The Moonlight | Bill Monroe
  • Sitting On Top of the World | Doc Watson
  • Slewfoot | Jim & Jesse
  • Soldiers Joy | traditional
  • St. Ann's Reel | traditional
  • Steam Powered Aereo-Plain | John Hartford
  • Sweet Little Bird | Brett Hughes
  • Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes | Bill Monroe
  • Tear Stained Eye | Son Volt
  • Temperance Reel | traditional
  • Tennessee Waltz | traditional
  • Texas Gales | traditional
  • The Angels Rejoiced | The Louvin Brothers
  • The Memory Of Your Smile | Stanley Brothers?The Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line?
  • Ticket To Ride | The Beatles
  • Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down | Merle Haggard
  • Trouble In Mind | Willie Nelson
  • Troubled Times | Leftover Salmon
  • Wagon Wheel | Old Crow Medicine Show
  • Waiting For A Train | Jimmie Rodgers
  • Walk Through This World With Me | George Jones
  • Wayfaring Stranger | traditional
  • Wheel Hoss | Bill Monroe
  • Wheels | Gram Parsons
  • Whiskey Before Breakfast | traditional
  • White Freight Liner | Townes Van Zandt
  • White Lightnin' | George Jones
  • White Line Fever | Merle Haggard
  • Who's That Knockin' At My Door | The Dreadful Snakes
  • Wild Bill Jones | Alison Krauss
  • Wild Horses | Old & In The Way
  • Windfall | Son Volt
  • Windy Pines | Brett Hughes
  • Working On A Building | Bill Monroe
  • You Ain't Going Nowhere | Bob Dylan
  • You Don't Have Very Far To Go | Merle Haggard
  • You Don't Know My Mind Blues | Doc Watson

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Upcoming Events

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Past Events

September 28, 2024 • Wedding Reception
Sat6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Greensboro, VT
September 14, 2024 • Wedding Reception
Sat4:00 PM - 9:00 PM Huntington, VT
August 24, 2024 • Wedding Ceremony
Sat4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Killington, VT
October 22, 2023 • Family Reunion
Sun8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Stowe, VT
October 5, 2023 • Corporate Function
Thu5:30 PM - 8:00 PM Burlington, VT
September 23, 2023 • Wedding
Sat5:00 PM - 10:00 PM Woodstock, VT
June 23, 2023 • Rehearsal Dinner
Fri7:00 PM - 9:30 PM Vergennes, VT
August 19, 2022 • Rehearsal Dinner
Fri7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Pittsfield, VT
October 16, 2021 • Wedding Reception
Sat6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Stowe, VT
September 18, 2021 • Wedding Ceremony
Sat2:30 PM - 5:30 PM Pittsfield, VT
September 12, 2021 • Wedding Reception
Sun4:30 PM - 7:30 PM Lebanon, ME
September 11, 2021 • Anniversary Party
Sat6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Shelburne, VT

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