Virginia Ramblers

THE VIRGINIA RAMBLERS

  • From Albermarle County, Virginia.
  • Formed in 2004.
  • Members: Charles Frazier (guitar, lead vocals), Donnie Shifflet (bass) and Jeff Vogelsong (mandolin), Zack Deming (banjo). Vogelsong and Deming were later replaced by Troy Gooding (mandolin) and Tom Hogge (banjo).
  • Frazier, Shifflet and Vogelgesang performed together for 13 years with banjo player Alvin Breeden as The Virginia Cutups.
  • Zack Deming is a former member of King Wilkie.
  • 2005, appeared on Garrison Keillor’s “A Prairie Home Companion.”