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Greensky Bluegrass wrapped up their first run of 2021 on Saturday with a host of originals as well as covers from Pink Floyd, The Allman Brothers Band and more.

Travis Book, Anders Beck and Jon Stickley at a recent ‘Happy Hour’ performance. (photo: John A. Zara) Before the shutdown of the entire music industry in March 2020 due to the pandemic, The Infamous Stringdusters were widely-regarded as one of the hardest touring, most talented and innovative acts in the bluegrass and jam scenes. And since last year, the ‘Dusters went their separate ways until they could circle back and crank the tunes again. Though most of the band calls Colorado home, bassist Travis Book resides in Brevard — mountain biking in nearby DuPont State Forest and worki...

  Article Contributed by Big Hassle Media | Published on Monday, April 19, 2021 Greensky Bluegrass, Anders Beck [dobro], Michael Arlen Bont [banjo], Dave Bruzza [guitar], Mike Devol [upright bass], and Paul Hoffman [Mandolin] proudly share the 26-song live album, The Leap Year Sessions: Volume 2.  The Leap Year Sessions are a collection of songs taken from a series of live-streamed performances in 2020. "We’d never gone that long without playing music or seeing each other.” Paul Hoffman explains, “We talked about all the things we could do to play shows, socially distanced safe s...

  Article Contributed by The Regime | Published on Wednesday, April 7, 2021 This evening, Travis Book of the Grammy-award winning bluegrass quintet, the Infamous Stringdusters, once again takes the stage in part of his "quarantine project," The Travis Book Happy Hour. Tonight's episode, unlike those previously held, will in large part pay tribute to the late Tony Rice. The episode will feature special guests, Jon Stickley and Lyndsay Pruett (Jon Stickley Trio) as well as Shawn Lane (Blue Highway) and will run through Tony Rice's deep repertoire of folk, Americana and bluegrass. "Tony Ri...

  Article Contributed by The Regime | Published on Tuesday, December 22, 2020 Travis Book, songwriter and bass player for Grammy Award-winning bluegrass quintet the Infamous Stringdusters, is pleased to roll out a series of Travis Book Happy Hour dates beginning in January 2021, presented by newly launched record label, Americana Vibes. Travis debuted his ‘Happy Hour’ concept back in June with longtime collaborator Sarah Siskind and has since become a staple in the Asheville, NC music scene - with its home base located at The Grey Eagle. The events, which have been streamed via Face...