Bluegrass Sound Band Bluegrass Band from Dallas, GA

With over 175 years combined experience. We have played venues at the Country Music Hall of Fame, in Nashville, President Jimmy Carter, in Plains, Ga, 20th Century Fox, in a movie, as well as other venues in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Three of our members are also members of the Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame. Our Mandolin Player is also an Ordained Minister and does perform weddings. The Bluegrass Sound Band is available for private functions as well as public, including Weddings, picnics, homecomings, company parties, benefits, festivals, reunions, Birthday parties, and many others. We can play with 3 to 6 musicians, depending on your need. Our rates are competitive as well as fair. We cover all decades of great bluegrass music. From the early tunes of the late Bill Monroe, to the Old Crow Medicine Show, Vassar Clemons and Jerry Garcia. We do it all, as we please the audience with our quick wit, funny costumes and general love for the craft. If your interested in hiring us, for your next function, stop here and see our video shows and hear our music in the Media section. If requested to perform the wedding, there will be an additional $100.00 fee for that. Bio for Dane Avery---He started playing music at 6 years old, and he has been playing over 50 years now. He plays the Harmonica, Guitar and Mandolin. He sings lead and harmony. He was inducted into the Atlanta Music Hall of Fame in 2015. Dane has been married 44 years and has 5 children and 16 grand children he is an Ordained Minister and a retired Pastor. He joined the Bluegrass Sound Band in 20010. He is an excellent musician and singer and We're happy to have him. Bio for Herb Vann---Herb has been playing a Bluegrass Banjo , Earl Scruggs style, over 50 years. Herb has 2 children and collects Antique Cars. He has been playing with us since 2007 and doing a great job of it. We are happy to have Herb with us. Herb is in the Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame. Bio for Jim Miller---Jim has played the Upright Bass since 2002, and sings. He has been singing or playing music since he was about 14 years old. He became the first SEBA Silver Anniverssary Member. He also plays the harmonica. He was inducted into the Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame, Nov., 26, 2016. Jim has been married 30 years. They belong to the Shilo Hills Baptist Church in Kennesaw Ga. Jim ran the Acworth Opry Bluegrass Venue, from 2004 thru 2007. Jim has 3 children, and 6 step children and over 25 grandchildren. Jim also started and manages the band. Eric Gant---Eric has been with the Bluegrass Sound band since 2005. He plays the Mandolin, the Stand Up Bass, and the Guitar for our band. He also plays the Piano as well as tunes piano's. He also plays with other bands playing music such as Blues, Funk, Rock n' Roll, Regae, Classic Country and regular Country. He has a CD "Chalice" out and another ready to hit the market soon. He has his own distinctive sound and portrays, integrity and a deep love for the Craft. He has been playing and singing over 30 years. He is an awesome musician and we are very proud he has joined our band. Ryan Johnson, Has been playing for about 40 years. He plays the Fiddle, the bass, the guitar, the mandolin, the banjo, the piano and any other thing he touches. He plays for us as a back up as he is not always available. He is an awesome musician and he sings good too. He has been playing with me as needed for about 10 years now. Ronnie Futural, joined our band as a Backup Banjo picker. He has been playing about 30 years. He does a great job of it. He is now 69 years old, raised in Acworth, Ga. He plays backup for us and does a great job. He has been married 43 years, has 2 boys and served in the Army in Germany and Viet Nam. We are happy to have him play with us as he is a true professional. Joined us in 2017 Rickey Fields, Bass/Guitar/Mandolin/Singer, also has been playing Gospel, Bluegrass Gospel and Southern Gospel, since he was 22, now he is 59. Married 37 years has 2 children. He is an Evangelist and owns his own business, lives in Cummings, Ga. Joined us in 2018 The Bluegrass Sound Band also has several musicians, who are excellent pickers and singers, but do not have time to be in a band as a regular member, but can and do, play, when one of my regular member can't make it for one reason or another. These musicians are HAND picked.

• I'm My Own Grandpa | Featuring Atla Fame Member Jim Miller
• Banjo Boogie | Featuring Atlanta Hall Of Fame Member Herb Vann
• Jeruslem Ridge | Featuring Master Fiddle Player Jerry Wesley
• Take Me Home | Featuring Atlanta Country Music Hall Of Fame Member Jim Miller
• The Walls Of Time | Featuring Atlanta Hall Of Fame Member Dane Avery
• Blue Ridge Cabin Home
• Cripple Creek
• Dear Old Dixie
• Dooley
• Down The Road About A Mile Or Two
• Dueling Banjos
• Earl's Breakdown
• Fireball Mail
• Foggy Mountain Breakdown
• Foggy Mountain Top
• I Bought The Shoes
• I Just Don't Look Good Naked Anymore
• I Wonder Where You Are Tonight
• I'm In The Jailhouse Now
• I'm Riding On That Midnight Train
• Liberty
• Lonesome Road Blues
• Love O Love, Please Come Home
• Maiden's Prayer
• Man Of Constant Sorrow
• Midnight Moonlight
• Momma Don't Allow
• Mountain Dew
• Mountain Living
• Old Joe Clark
• Old Slewfoot
• Orange Blossom Special
• Rocky Top
• Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
• Salty Dog
• Share Cropper's Son
• Sittin On Top Of The World
• The Old Home Place
• There's A Rabbit In A Log
• Ya'll Come
• THE OLD CROSSROADS
• ACHOKEN'S FAREWELL
• FADED LOVE
• PEACOCK RAG
• KISS ME WALTZ
• ANNIVERSARY WALTZ
• UNDER THE DOUBLE EAGLE
• BLACK MOUNTAIN RAG
• WHOA-A-A MULE
• BACK UP AND PUSH
• TENNESSEE WALTZ
• SALLY GOODEN
• DOWN YONDER
• SOLDIER'S JOY
• FADED LOVE
• ROAD TO COLUMBUS
• RAGTIME ANNIE
• KENTUCKY WALTZ
• KENTUCKY GIRL
• IN THE GRAVEL YARD
• WILD MOUNTAIN FLOWER
• WRECK OF OLD 97
• DRIFTING TOO FAR FROM THE SHORE
• RANK STRANGER
• FRAULINE
• ON THE OTHER HAND
• MORE PRETTY GIRLS THAN ONE
• I'M USING MY BIBLE FOR A ROADMAP
• A GOOD WOMAN'S LOVE
• MOMMA, DON'T LET YOUR BABIES GROW UP TO BE COWBOYS
• A GOOD WOMAN'S LOVE
• WHITE DOVE
• FARMER'S DAUGHTER
• TODAY I STARTED LOVING YOU AGAIN
• WALTZ ACROSS TEXAS
• TOGETHER AGAIN
• SHACKLES AND CHAINS
• GREAT SPECKLED BIRD
• WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN
• WALLS OF TIME
• SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT
• FOX ON THE RUN
• TRAIN 45
• CRIPPLE CREEK
• FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREAKDOWN
• SLEEPY EYED JOHN
• TAKE THIS HAMMER
• RING OF FIRE
• OLD JOE CLARK
• DUELING BANJOS
• I'LL FLY AWAY
• YOU AND ME JESUS
• I SAW THE LIGHT
• JUST A BOWL OF BUTTERBEANS
• YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE
• YA'LL COME
• TWO DOLLAR BILL
• TALK IT ALL OVER
• MANSION ON A HILL
• GOODNIGHT IRENE
• DARK HOLLOW
• I WONDER WHERE YOU ARE TONIGHT
• YOUR MY SWEET BLUE EYED DARLING