- From Madisonville, Tennessee. Lives in Nashville.
- Plays all the bluegrass instruments.
- After high school, played with a band called Kentucky Wind.
- 2000, formed Blue Moon Rising with Kentucky Wind bandmates Tim Tipton and Keith Garrett.
- 2005, joined Sierra Hull and Highway 111.
- 2006, re-joined Blue Moon Rising, playing Dobro™ and fiddle.
- 2006, released Dusty Roads album (DustyGrass).
- 2008, joined the Dan Tyminski Band.
- 2010, joined Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, replacing Jim Mills.
- 2014, left Ricky Skaggs to do studio work and to perform regularly with Sierra Hull.
- 2015, released Beyond Measure EP (no label).
- 2017, married Sierra Hull (May 14).
- 2018, joined Blue Highway to play resophonic guitar.
- 2018, won the IBMA Award for Dobro™ Player of the Year.
- 2019, he is featured in the Country Music Hall of Fame’s American Currents exhibit with his 2018 IBMA Dobro Player of the Year award and childhood mandolin on display.
- 2019, appeared on PBS TV Special “Ken Burns: A Celebration of Country Music” recorded live from the Ryman Auditorium. He played banjo and resophonic guitar.
- 2019, signed with Mountain Fever Records.
- 2020, won the IBMA Award for Resophonic Guitar Player of the Year.