G2 From Stockholm, Sweden. Formed in 2006 by Christoffer Olsson (guitar), Jens Koch (banjo), Erik Igelström (mandolin), Tobias Strömberg (Dobro™), and Jimmy Sunnebrandt (bass). 2007,…
JIM AND VALERIE GABEHEART From Hamlin, West Virginia. A husband-wife duo. Jim plays banjo, Valerie plays guitar. They married in 1981. Jim is a five-time…
PAM GADD From Independence, Kentucky. Lives in Nashville. First band: “East of Denver” (in high school). 1983, joined the New Coon Creek Girls. 1987, formed…
TRISHA GAGNON From Chlliwack, BC, Canada. Sings and plays bass with John Reischmann and the Jaybirds. Formerly performed with a group called Tumbleweed. 2010, released…
AMY GALLATIN (and STILLWATERS) From Glastonbury, Connecticut; grew up in Louisiana. 1993, moved to Connecticut and formed Stillwaters with Kevin Lynch and Matt Nozzolio. 1994,…
MICKEY GALYEAN AND CULLEN’S BRIDGE From Low Gap, North Carolina. Galyean (pronouned Galleon, like the ship) is the son of Cullen Galyean, a legendary bluegrass…
BEPPE GAMBETTA From Genoa, Italy. Now living in New Jersey. Beppe is pronounced Bay-pay. He was trained as a classical musician, but after hearing bluegrass,…
GANGSTAGRASS From Brooklyn, New York. Formed in 2006 by record-producer and guitarist Rench (Oscar Owens) who combined bluegrass with hip-hop to record the theme song…
JERRY GARCIA Founder and leader of the legendary rock group The Grateful Dead. 1962, played banjo with two bands—the Wild Wood Boys and Sleepy Hollow…
THE GILLIS BROTHERS (AND HARD DRIVING BLUEGRASS) From Soperton, Georgia. Call their music “Mountain Style Bluegrass from the Georgia Swamplands.” Brothers: Larry (banjo) and John…
JEREMY GARRETT From Idaho. Began his musical career playing fiddle with his father Glen (guitar) in a group called The Grasshoppers. Honi Deaton (then Honi…
JIM GAUDET AND THE RAILROAD BOYS From Albany, New York. A flat-pick guitarist, best known as a singer/songwriter. Began playing bluegrass (mandolin) with a New…
JIMMY GAUDREAU From Rhode Island. Mandolinist who in 1969 replaced John Duffey in the Country Gentlemen. Other bands: Eddie Adcock and the IInd Generation, J.D.…
THE GENTLEMEN OF BLUEGRASS From North Carolina. Band members: Danny Stanley (lead vocals/guitar), Julian (JC) Rowland (mandolin), Tom Langdon (resonator guitar), Greg Penny (bass), and…
THE GIBSON BROTHERS From Ellenburg Depot, New York (in the Champlain Valley, upstate New York.) Eric (banjo) and Leigh (guitar) Gibson formed their band in…
GLENN GIBSON From Louisville, Kentucky Has played Dobro™ with Gary Brewer, Karl Shifflett, Dale Ann Bradley, Michael Cleveland. Has also spent time playing with Louisville-area…
VINCE GILL From Norman, Oklahoma. Seriously considered golf as a profession, but decided to play bluegrass instead. First band: Mountain Smoke (in high school). This…
THE GILLIAMS From Keysville, Virginia. A family band featuring Spider Gilliam his wife Bonnie and daughters Cheryl and Julie. Spider Gilliam has worked with the…
BILLY GILMAN From Hope Valley, Rhode Island. Began singing when he was seven years old. He was discovered by Ray Benson of Asleep at the…
JOHN CURTISS GOAD From Kingsport, Tennessee. Began performing with his family band The Hawkins County Grass when he was 12 years old (playing bass). 2009,…
PETE GOBLE Grew up in Prestonsburg, Kentucky. Later moved to Detroit, Michigan. Best known as a writer of bluegrass songs. His songs have been recorded…
THE GOINS BROTHERS From Bramwell, West Virginia. 1951, brothers Melvin Goins (guitar) and Ray Goins (banjo) began performing on a Saturday morning radio program in…
GOLD HEART From Northern Virginia. A family band that formed in 2005. They began singing in church. Features the Gold sisters: Analise (mandolin), Jocelyn (or…
WES GOLDING From Lambsburg, Virginia. Lives in Advance, North Carolina—near Winston-Salem. Began performing at age 8 in a group called the Twin County Partners with…
GOLDWING EXPRESS From Okmulgee, Oklahoma. A bluegrass/comedy group consisting of three native American brothers and their father. The father’s name: Bob Baldridge (mandolin). The Baldridge…
THE GOODFELLERS From Pinnacle, North Carolina. Formed in 2011 by Ralph McGee (mandolin) and Teddy Barneycastle (guitar). Other members have included Hersie McMillan (banjo), Tim…
THE GOODWIN BROTHERS From East Kentucky A trio featuring brothers Jonathan (banjo/guitar) and William (mandolin) Goodwin with vocalist Kenneth Chase Bush and other backing musicians.…
THE GOOD OL’ PERSONS From the San Francisco Bay Area. Formed in 1975 as an all-girl bluegrass band by Kathy Kallick and Laurie Lewis. They…
THE GORDONS From Sparta, Illinois. They live on a nature preserve. A husband/wife duo: Gary and Roberta Gordon. Gary plays guitar and Dobro™; Roberta plays…
THE GOSPEL PLOWBOYS From Salisbury, North Carolina. A gospel bluegrass band formed in 2012 by David Murph (mandolin). Other members: John Goodson (banjo), Michael Jenkins…
RANDY GRAHAM From Chino, California (near Los Angeles). Moved east with the Bluegrass Cardinals. 1972, an original member of the Bluegrass Cardinals. Helped create “The…
GRANDPA JONES Born Louis Marshall Jones in Niagra, Kentucky. Began professional career at age 11. A guitar player first, then learned banjo in his early…
BILL GRANT AND DELIA BELL From Hugo, Oklahoma. 1960, Bill Grant and Delia Bell began singing together on a Hugo radio program called The Dixie…
TYLER GRANT From San Diego, California. 2003, won the Rockygrass Bluegrass Festival guitar contest. 2003, moved to Nashville and joined the Adrienne Young Band. 2004,…
THE GRASCALS From Nashville. Formed in 2004 by Terry Eldredge (guitar), Jimmy Mattingly (fiddle), David Talbot (banjo), Danny Roberts (mandolin), Jamie Johnson (guitar) and Terry…
THE GRASS CATS From North Carolina. Formed in 1997 by Greg Miller (guitar) , Russell Johnson (mandolin), Tim Woodall (banjo), Chris Hill (fiddle) and Jerome…
THE GRASS DADDIES From the Texas Panhandle (near Amarillo). Formed in 2024 by Garre LaGrone (guitar/lead vocals), Glen Spiller (fiddle), Danny Jones (mandolin), Bill McKnight…
GRASS FOOD AND LODGING From Milwaukee, Wisconsin Formed in 1977 by Dede Wyland (Guitar), Ken Finkel (Banjo), Jim Price (Mandolin), Jimmy Driskell (Bass), Peter Knupfer…
THE GRASSHOPPERS From Caldwell, Idaho. Formed in 1994. 1999, won the International Pizza Hut Bluegrass Showdown and the Rocky Grass Festival band contest. Original members:…
THE GRASSIFIEDS From Walkertown, North Carolina. Formed in 2006 by Jim Grubbs (mandolin) and brothers Greg (guitar) and Joel Barnett (banjo). Other members of the…
THE GRASS IS GREENER From Los Angeles, California. An instrumental group formed in 1993 by fiddler Richard Greene. Eventually became “Richard Greene and the Grass…
GRASSTOWNE (ALAN BIBEY & GRASSTOWNE) From Knoxville, Tennessee. Formed in 2006 by Phil Leadbetter (formerly with Wildfire), Steve Gulley (formerly with Mountain Heart) and Alan…
BUCK “UNCLE JOSH” GRAVES From Tellico Plains, Tennessee. Real name: Burkett Howard Graves. Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper called him Buck. Upon joining Flatt and…
TIM GRAVES From Telleco Plains, Tennessee. Lives in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. “Uncle Josh” Graves is in fact his uncle. His father Dick and Josh are…
J. T. GRAY From Corinth, Mississippi. Lived in Nashville. He was best known as the owner of the Station Inn (Nashville bluegrass and acoustic music…
SHANNON GRAYSON (AND THE GOLDEN VALLEY BOYS) From Sunshine, North Carolina. A banjo player who began his career working with Bill Carlisle in the 1930’s.…
GREASY BEANS From Asheville, North Carolina Formed at Warren Wilson College in 1994 by Josh Haddix (guitar and vocals) and Charley Brophey (mandolin and vocals).…
TODD GREBE (AND COLD COUNTRY) From Anchorage, Alaska. 2003, played with an Alaskan band called Well Strung. 2008, formed his own band Cold Country, 2009,…
GREEN ON THE VYNE From Nashville. Formed in 2009 and performed together for about two years. At the time, the oldest members of the group…
GREEN RIVER REVUE From Nashville. Formed in 2021 by Kelsey Crews (banjo), David Mansfield III (fiddle), James Seliga (banjo), David Freeman (mandolin), and Landy Ewing…
THE GREENBRIAR BOYS From New York City. Formed in 1958 by John Herald (guitar), Bob Yellin (banjo), Eric Weissberg (bass) and Ralph Rinzler (mandolin). They…
THE GREENCARDS From Australia and Great Britain. Living in Austin, Texas. A trio that specializes in “high-energy acoustic music deeply rooted in bluegrass.” Features vocals…
BUDDY GREENE From Macon, Georgia. Lives in Brentwood, Tennessee. A singer, songwriter, and popular session musician (plays harmonica and guitar). Well-known in southern gospel music.…
RICHARD GREENE From Los Angeles. An influential fiddler who worked with Bill Monroe (1966-67) and the short-lived Muleskinner band with Clarence White, Bill Keith and…
SMOKEY GREENE From Rutland, Vermont. Lives in Florida. 1946, began performing at age 16. Was a popular country music singer around New York and Vermont…
GREENSKY BLUEGRASS From Kalamazoo, Michigan (original home of Gibson Instruments). Formed in 2000 by Paul Hoffman (mandolin), Michael Arden Bont (banjo), Michael Devol (bass) and…
GREENWOOD RYE From Nashville, Tennessee. A “modern jam-grass” band formed in 2021 as the house band for the Nashville bluegrass supper club Jane’s Hideaway. Members…
THE GREERS From Oregon, now living in O’Fallon, Illinois (near St. Louis, MO. Formed in 1986. Features sisters Marla (bass) and Carla (guitar) Greer. Specialize…
DANIEL GREESON From Greensboro, North Carolina. Began playing fiddle at age 6. He has won numerous fiddle contest, both in youth and adult competitions at…
CLINTON GREGORY From Martinsville, Virginia. Lives in Nashville. As a country singer, he had several songs on the Billboard Top 100 charts including “If It…
DAVID GRIER From Laurel, Maryland. Lives in Nashville, Tennessee. An award-winning flat-pick guitarist who has performed with The Doug Dillard Band, The Big Dogs (with…
ANGELICA GRIM From Northern California. Began singing at age 13 at the CBA Grass Valley (California) bluegrass festival in the “Kids on Bluegrass” program. Was…
DANIEL GRINDSTAFF From Elizabethton, Tennessee. Began playing banjo at age 12. His father played banjo with Carl Story’s Rambling Mountaineers. 2001-2004, at age 18 joined…
DAVID GRINDSTAFF From North Carolina. In high school, played in a band called Highway Bound. As a student in the Bluegrass, Country and Old Time…
DAVID GRISMAN From Mill Valley, California. Originally from Hackensack, New York Called “The Paganini of the Mandolin” by the New York Times. Bill Monroe once…
GROOVEGRASS (THE GROOVEGRASS BOYZ) From Nashville. A short-lived recording ensemble that has included the Del McCoury Band, Mac Wiseman, Doc Watson, Terry Eldridge, Wilma Lee…
K. C. GROVES From Northville, Michigan (near Ann Arbor). She lives in Lyons, Colorado. Began playing guitar and writing songs in 1991. Also learned mandolin…
NATE GROWER Grew up in Western New York; lives in Delaware. A fiddle player who has worked with the David Bromberg Angel Band, Chester River…
STACY GRUBB From McDowell County, West Virginia. She began singing and playing wth her father’s bluegrass band, Alan Johnston and Highway 52. 2009, released “Hurricane”…
STEVE GULLEY (AND NEW PINNACLE) From East Tennessee. Began his professional career as musical director and performer at Renfro Valley Barn Dance (Renfro Valley, Kentucky).…