Cane Mill Road

From Deep Gap, North Carolina.
Formed in 2015 by teens Liam Purcell (mandolin) and Tray Wellington (banjo) who are both from Deep Gap (home of Doc Watson). Also in the band: Elliott Smith (bass) and Casey Lewis (guitar).
2017, released first album Five Speed (no label), produced by Cathy Fink and Tom Mindte.
2019, released Gap to Gap album (Patuxent).
2019, won the IBMA Momentum Award for Band of the Year. Tray Wellington also won the Momentum Award for Instrumentalist of the Year.
2020, the group disbanded.
2021, Mandolinist Liam Purcell re-formed the band with Rob McCormac (guitar), Jacob Smith (bass), Colton Kerchner (banjo) and Sam Stage (fiddle). Rebranded the band as Liam Purcell and Cane Mill Road.
2021, Purcell released solo album Roots (Trailhead) writing all the songs and playing all the instruments.
2023, fiddler Stage was replaced by Ella Jordan (formerly with Mile Twelve).
2024, released Yellow Line album (Pinecastle).
2024, banjo player Zack Vickers replaced Kerchner.