WALDEN DAHL From Norco, California (LA area). Plays mandolin, guitar, fiddle. Songwriter: his songs have been recorded by Ralph Stanley and Alison Krauss (“So Long,…
JAMIE DAILEY From Gainesboro, Tennessee. He was born in Corbin, Kentucky. Began singing with his family at age 3. Age 9, began playing bass with…
DAILEY & VINCENT From Nashville. Formed in 2007 by Jamie Dailey (a former member of Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver) and Darrin Vincent (a former member…
CHARLIE DANIELS From Wilmington, North Carolina. As a teenager, played mandolin and fiddle with a North Carolina bluegrass band called the Misty Mountain Boys. 1972,…
THE DAPPLED GRAYS From Atlanta, Georgia. Formed in 2001 by Michael Smith (mandolin) and Casey Cook (guitar). Won “Best Bluegrass Band” in Atlanta’s “Creative Loafing”…
CHAD DAROU From Susquehanna, Pennsylvania. Began playing music at age 8. He is an elite Dobro™ (resonator guitar) player, but he plays all the bluegrass…
THE CALEB DAUGHERTY BAND From Connersville, Indiana. Began singing and playing guitar at age 7. 2016, appeared with Rhonda Vincent on the Grand Ole Opry.…
THE DAUPHINAIS BROTHERS From Asheville, North Carolina. Originally from New Hampshire. Brothers Nick and Lucas Dauphinais (pronounced DAH-FIN-AE) are of French ancestry. Nick plays guitar,…
THE DAVIDSON BROTHERS From Yinnar, Victoria, Australia (just east of Melbourne). Features brothers Hamish (banjo/fiddle) and Lachlan (mandolin/fiddle) Davidson. They began performing together as teenagers.…
MICHAEL DAVES From Atlanta, Georgia. Lives in Brooklyn, New York. Pronounced DAVE’S (not Davis or Davies). Grew up in a musical family with bluegrass and…
BRAD DAVIS From Fort Worth, Texas. Began playing classical guitar at age 5. 1978, he and his brother formed a bluegrass band called Ten Degrees.…
CHRIS DAVIS From Fairborn, Ohio. Lives in Russell, Kentucky. Learned to play and sing bluegrass in his family band featuring his father, his grandfather and…
CHRISTIAN DAVIS From Nashville, Tennessee. He is primarily known as a bass singer, perhaps the first full-time bass singer in bluegrass music. 1998, began singing…
THE DAUGHTERS OF BLUEGRASS The brainchild of Lorraine Jordan and Gena Britt, who decided in 2001 to record an album featuring many of the top…
GAIL DAVIES From Nashville, Tennessee. (Born in Broken Bow, Oklahoma.). Began performing at age 9 in a family band. Late sixties, moved to Los Angeles…
DAVID DAVIS AND THE WARRIOR RIVER BOYS A traditional bluegrass band from Cullman, Alabama. Davis’s father and grandfather were both musicians, and his uncle Cleo…
JASON DAVIS From Ford, Virginia. Lives in Galax, Virginia. Began playing banjo professionally while still in high school. First bands: Michelle Nixon and Drive, Blue…
HUBERT DAVIS (AND THE SEASON TRAVELERS) From Shelby, North Carolina (same hometown as Earl Scruggs; they grew up together.) Former banjo player for Bill Monroe’s…
STEVE DAY From Caneyville, Kentucky. Lives in Bowling Green, KY. Began playing fiddle professionally at age 13. Won the Kentucky State Fiddling Championship. 1987, joined…
THE DEAD SOUTH From Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Formed in 2012 by Nate Hilts (guitar), Scott Pringle (mandolin), Danny Kenyon (cello) and Colton Crawford (banjo). They…
THE DEADLY GENTLEMEN From Boston, Massachusetts. Became a full-time band in 2011. Members: Greg Liszt (banjo), Mike Barnett (fiddle), Sam Grisman (bass), Dominick Leslie (mandolin),…
HONI DEATON (AND DREAM) From Suwannee, Georgia. Originally from Irving, Texas. While in high school, she had a group called Soul and Country. Also DJ’d…
DEEPER SHADE OF BLUE From Charlotte, North Carolina. Formed in 2000 by Jim Fraley (banjo), Jason Fraley (mandolin) and Brian Hinson (bass). Jim and Jason…
DEER CREEK BOYS From Amherst, Virginia. Formed in 1999 by brothers Justin Tomlin (guitar) and Jason “Tater” Tomlin (bass) and their childhood friend Cason Ogden…
DEHLIA LOW From Asheville, North Carolina Formed in 2007 by Anya Hinkle (fiddle), Stacy Claude (guitar), Aaron Ballance (Dobro), Bryan Clendenin (mandolin) and Greg Stiglets…
MARK DELANEY From the Washington DC area. 1980, began playing banjo at age 11; learned from his Kentucky-born grandfather. Performed for many years with Arnold…
DELLA MAE From Boston, Massachusetts. An all-female band featuring Celia Woodsmith (guitar, lead vocals), Kimber Ludiker (fiddle), Jenni Lyn Gardner (mandolin), Amanda Kowalski (bass), Courtney…
DELTA REIGN From Mobile, Alabama. Formed in 2004 by husband and wife Pat and Benita Murphy (banjo and guitar, respectively). Other band members: George Mason…
IRIS DEMENT Born in Paragould, Arkansas. Grew up in Southern California. Lives in Kansas City, Missouri. Youngest of 14 children. Her family was deeply religious.…
MADDIE DENTON From Murfreesboro, Tennessee She began playing the fiddle at age 5. She is a member of several bands including the Dan Tyminski Band,…
DETOUR From Michigan. Features the lead singing of Missy Armstrong (guitar) with Peter Knupfer (fiddle), Scott Zylstra (guitar), Jeff Rose (mandolin), Jeremy Darrow (bass) and…
BETHANY DICK (BETHANY DICK-OLDS) From Belgrade, Montana. Lives in Nashville. A singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist specializing in bluegrass, country and contemporary Christian music. Began playing…
BOB DICK From Waterbury, Connecticut. Lives in Massachusetts. At age 15, played bass with the Greater Boston Youth Symphony. 1987, attended Berklee College of Music…
HAZEL DICKENS From Mercer County, West Virginia. For many years lived in Georgetown, Washington D.C. Daughter of a Primitive Baptist preacher who hauled timber for…
JOE DIFFIE From Tulsa, Oklahoma Began his career in the late seventies with an Oklahoma bluegrass band called The Special Edition, which also included Billy…
THE DILLARD AND CLARK EXPEDITION A short-lived group (1968-1970) featuring Doug Dillard, formerly of the Dillards, and guitarist Gene Clark, formerly of the Byrds. One…
DOUG DILLARD (DOUG DILLARD BAND) From Salem, Missouri. Lived in Los Angeles and Nashville during most of his career. Full name: Douglas Flint Dillard. He…
THE DILLARDS From Salem, Missouri although for most of their career together as a band they lived in Los Angeles, California. Rodney Dillard (guitar) and…
DEREK DILLMAN From Peru, Indiana. Began playing the banjo at age 4. 1998, released first album at age 15. 2000, joined Jimmy Martin’s Sunny Mountain…
THE DIRTY RIVER RAMBLERS From Omaha, Nebraska. They are a genre-bending band, playing “from oldtime to jam-rock.” Members: Josh Krohn (fiddle/banjo), Kustin Kephart (mandolin), Mace…
THE DISMEMBERED TENNESSEANS From Chattanooga, Tennessee. A group that formed in 1945 by fiddler Fletcher Bright and other students from the McCallie Private Boys School…
THE DIXIE BEE-LINERS From Southwest Virginia Features singer/songwriter Brandi Hart, a Kentucky native who began singing in church at age 2. Also features guitarist Buddy…
THE CHICKS (FORMERLY THE DIXIE CHICKS) From Dallas, Texas. 1989, original group The Dixie Chicks debuted on a street corner in Dallas. At the time…
THE DIXIE GENTLEMEN From Alabama. Formed in 1956 as the Country Gentlemen but changed their name when they learned that another band had that name.…
THE DOERFELS From Buffalo, New York. A family band whose members are: TJ (banjo), Kim (fiddle), Eddy (mandolin), Ben (guitar), and Joe (bass). They range…
JERRY DOUGLAS From Warren, Ohio. Lives in Nashville. Nickname: “Flux”, which means “to become fluid” (Websters). Grew up in a musical family; his father played…
THE DOWDY BROTHERS From Catawba, Virginia. Formed in 2019 by Steven Dowdy (bass) and Donald Dowdy (mandolin). Their father Victor Dowdy was one half of…
DOWNRIVER COLLECTIVE From Nashville, Tennessee Formed in 2020 by Ali Vance (lead vocals), John Gray (banjo, guitar), Bailey Warren (fiddle), Rico Wallenda (mandolin), and Jonny…
THE DREADFUL SNAKES From Nashville. A studio band featuring Bela Fleck (banjo), Jerry Douglas (Dobro™), Blaine Sprouse (fiddle), Roland White (mandolin), Pat Enright (guitar) and…
DR. ELMO From Novato, California, near San Francisco. 1979, had a big hit with “Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer,” recorded as a duet…
CASEY DRIESSEN From Chicago, Illinois. Started playing fiddle at age 6. Attended Berklee College of Music; taught by Matt Glaser. 1999, toured with Steve Earle…
DRIVEN From Kansas and Utah. Formed in 2010 by Jimmy Campbell (banjo/Dobro™), Blake McLemore (bass), Brandon McLemore (mandolin), Jake Workman (guitar) and Rebekah Workman (fiddle).…
BILLY DROZE From LaFayette, Louisiana. Grew up in Alabama. Currently lives in Nashville. He is the 10th of 12 children, son of country singer Bob…
MARIJA DROZE From Lithuania. Lives in Nashville. Her name is pronounced MAR-EE-A (the “j” is silent). 2009, met singer Billy Droze at a music festival…
DRUHA TRAVA From the Czech Republic (formerly Czechoslavakia). Formed in 1991 by singer/songwriter Robert Krestan and banjo player Lubos Malina. Krestan and banjo player Lubos…
THE DRY BRANCH FIRE SQUAD From Springfield, Ohio. Formed in 1976 by mandolinist Ron Thomason. The band is known for playing a raw style of…
DUCKTOWN STATION From Ducktown, Tennessee. Formed in 2003 under the name Ducktown Station. Their music is described as “Cosmic Rockin’ Boogie Grass.” Their original music…
DUE WEST From the San Francisco area. 1992, released album “Due West.” 2003, released “These Boots” album. Band members: Bill Evans (banjo), Jim Nunally (guitar),…
JOHN DUFFEY From Washington, D.C. 1957, co-founded The Country Gentlemen. 1969, quit the Country Gentlemen so that he could stay home more and pursue his…
NICK DUMAS From Brier, Washington. Lives in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. At age 12, played fiddle in his family band The Three Generations, which included his…
BILL DUNCAN From Liberty, West Virginia. 1954, formed a band called the Harmony Mountain Boys. He played guitar and sang lead vocals. They worked a…
GLEN DUNCAN From Columbus, Indiana. As a band member, he has played fiddle with The Kendalls, Larry Sparks, Bill Monroe, Jim & Jesse, The Osborne…
STUART DUNCAN Grew up in Santa Paula and Vista, California (near San Diego). Lives in Nashville. One of the top fiddle players in bluegrass music.…
DUNLAP & MABE From the Washington DC area. Formed in 2021 by Jack Dunlap (guitar) and Robert Mabe (banjo). Other band members: Alex Kimble (bass),…