KARL SHIFLETT (AND BIG COUNTRY SHOW)
- From Longview, Texas.
- First group: Stringbean and His Mountain Playboys (in high school).
- Early career: he was a pipeline inspector for a major gas company and an aide for a state hospital.
- 1980-87, formed a group called Southern Heritage.
- 1990, joined the Sullivan Family (gospel group).
- 1993, formed Big Country, which eventually became known as Karl Shiflett and The Big Country Show.
- Specializes in re-creating classic bluegrass circa 1949, with retro outfits, one mike, even toured in a 1947 Chrysler New Yorker with a string bass tied to the top.
- 1999, released Karl Shiflett & The Big Country Show
album (Rebel).
- 2001, won IBMA award for Emerging Artist of the Year.
- 2001, released In Full Color
album (Rebel).
- 2003, released Worries on My Mind
album (Rebel).
- 2012, released Take Me Back
album (Pinecastle).