IRON HORSE

• From Muscle Shoals, Alabama
• Formed in 2000.
• Members: Tony Robertson (mandolin), Ricky Rogers (bass), Anthony Richardson (banjo), Vance Henry (guitar).
• Several members had previously worked with Jake Landers and Rual Yarbrough.
• 2003, they were approached by CMH Records to record a tribute album to the heavy metal band Metallica, which they did. Since then, they have recorded numerous bluegrass tribute albums for CMH including:
  • Fade to Bluegrass: A Tribute to Metallica
  • Black & Bluegrass: A Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne & Black Sabbath
  • Something You’ve Never Heard Before: A Bluegrass Tribute to Modest Mouse
  • Take Me Home: A Bluegrass Tribute to Guns N Roses
  • Gospel According to Hank Williams
  • Bluegrass Tribute to Classic Rock
• 2011, released Horse and Pen album (B Sharp).
• 2016, released Small Town Christmas album (B Sharp).
• 2020, released Classic Bluegrass, Volume One (no label)
• 2023, released Pickin’ On Pearl Jam (CMH).
• 2024, released Pickin’ On The Doors (CMH).