BLUERIDGE

• From North Carolina.
• Formed in 1998 by Terry Baucom, Alan Bibey, Randy Graham and Jimmy Haley.
• Nucleus of the group formed in 1985 as The New Quicksilver. They disbanded for more than a decade and reunited as Baucom, Bibey, Graham and Haley, then as BlueRidge.
• 1999, released Common Ground album (Sugar Hill).
• 2001, changed name to Baucom, Bibey and BlueRidge.
• 2002, released Come Along with Me album (Sugar Hill).
• 2002 lineup: Baucom (banjo), Bibey (mandolin), Junior Sisk (guitar) and Eddie Biggerstaff (bass).
• 2003, Baucom left to re-join Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver. Was replaced by Joey Cox. Band name changed to Alan Bibey and BlueRidge, then simply “BlueRidge.”
• 2004, released Side By Side album (Sugar Hill).
• 2006, released gospel project Gettin Ready (Pinecastle).
• 2006, Bibey left to form a new band “Grasstowne” with Steve Gulley (formerly of Mountain Heart) and Phil Leadbetter (formerly of Wildfire).
• 2007, BlueRidge disbanded.