Route 3

ROUTE 3

  • From Purdy, Missouri.
  • Formed in 2018 by Jason Jordan (guitar), Doug Clifton (bass), Gaylon Harper (banjo) and Roy Bond (mandolin).
  • They chose their name after discovering that three of the four band members had all lived on Rural Route 3, a highway running north-south through central Missouri, at one time or another.
  • 2020, released self-titled album (7 Flat Records)
  • 2020, was named the Bluegrass Artist of the Year at the Arkansas Country Music Awards.
  • 2022, released Losing Time album (Pinecastle).
  • 2023, Janice Martin Houk (banjo) joined the group, as did Greg Potter (mandolin), replacing both Harper and Bond.