ROBERT HALE

• From Jolo, West Virginia
• Began performing at the age of 9, playing mandolin in his father’s band “Clayton Hale and the Bluegrass Mountaineers.”
• Age 11, was invited to perform at the Grand Ole Opry with Bill Monroe.
• Has been a band member with the Reno Brothers, J. D. Crowe and the New South (guitar, lead vocals), Livewire, Eddie and Martha Adcock (mandolin) and several other bands.
• 2000, founded Wildfire with Curt Chapman.
• Played on two Dolly Parton albums: “Halos and Horns” and “For God and Country.”
• 2012, released first solo project Pure & Simple (Pinecastle).
• 2020, released Blue Haze album (Pinecastle) with his “8th Wonder Band” including Scott Vestal, Missy Raines and Shawn Lane.
• 2022, appeared on Quiet Country Town album by Wildfire (Pinecastle).