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ROB ICKES & TREY HENSLEY

Take Rob Ickes, the most decorated musician in IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association) Awards history with 15 Dobro Player of the Year wins, and 2023 IBMA Guitar Player of the Year Trey Hensley, a Tennessee-born guitar prodigy identified as “Nashville's hottest young player” by Acoustic Guitar magazine and you have Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley, a powerhouse GRAMMY®-nominated acoustic duo that has electrified the acoustic music scene. Known for their white-hot picking and world class musicianship, as well as their soulful stone country vocals, Ickes and Hensley cleverly meld bluegrass, country, blues, rock, jam grass, and more to create a signature musical blend that defies restrictions of genre. Ickes & Hensley have collaborated with Vince Gill, Tommy Emmanuel (including touring and the release of an EP together), Taj Mahal, Little Feat, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Marty Stuart, Rodney Crowell, Steve Wariner, David Grisman, Molly Tuttle, Jorma Kaukonen, and Hot Tuna, among many others. Ickes, a former founding member of bluegrass "supergroup" Blue Highway and highly sought-after Dobro master, has graced the recordings and concerts of artists such as Earl Scruggs, Merle Haggard, Alison Krauss, Alan Jackson, Reba McEntire, Tony Rice and many more. Ickes was a key member of Willie Nelson's band for the GRAMMY®-nominated 2023 Willie Nelson album, Bluegrass. Hensley made his Grand Ole Opry debut at the age of 11, performing with Marty Stuart and Earl Scruggs (thanks to an invite from Stuart), and has since appeared on stage with the likes of Johnny Cash, Peter Frampton, Charlie Daniels and Old Crow Medicine Show. He was chosen to perform in December 2022 as part of special 2-night-only engagement with Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and many special guests celebrating the 50 Anniversary of Will The Circle Be Unbroken at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville. The new critically acclaimed, song-centric Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley album, Living In A Song—produced by GRAMMY® Award-winning producer/engineer/songwriter Brent Maher (The Judds, Elvis Presley, Merle Haggard, Kenny Rogers, Tina Turner)—is available now. Ickes and Hensley's Living In A Song Tour 2023 has included many headline dates, plus performances with Little Feat, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Rodney Crowell, and Jorma Kaukonen. Ickes and Hensley were invited to perform at Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival in Los Angeles in September 2023 alongside some of the world's greatest guitarists. On October 27, 2023, a project entitled A Tribute To The Judds was released worldwide by BMG. Ickes and Hensley collaborated with Molly Tuttle on "John Deere Tractor," which was featured on the album, alongside an all-star artist cast including Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, Gwen Stefani, Blake Shelton, Lainey Wilson, Carly Pearce, Gabby Barrett, Cody Johnson, Ashley McBryde and many more.

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Take a 15-time IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association) Dobro Player of the Year and a Tennessee-born guitar prodigy called “Nashville’s hottest young player” by Acoustic Guitar magazine, and you have Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley, a powerhouse acoustic duo that has electrified the acoustic music scene around the world. Known for their white-hot picking and world class musicianship, as well as their soulful stone country vocals, the GRAMMY® nominated duo cleverly and uniquely melds bluegrass, country, blues, rock, jamgrass, and string band music of all kinds to create a signature blend of music that defies restrictions of genre. NPR has called Ickes and Hensley “two musical phenoms”; Vintage Guitar raved they’re an “acoustic firestorm” who “are changing the rules”; Acoustic Guitar describes their sound as “steel-string bluegrass with all the intensity of rock ‘n’ roll” and No Depression observed they’re “two of the finest musicians playing today.”

Ickes and Hensley have shared the stage or collaborated with Tommy Emmanuel, Taj Mahal, Vince Gill, David Grisman, Jorma Kaukonen, Marty Stuart, and Steve Wariner—all admirers of the duo. Ickes, the most decorated musician in IBMA Awards history and former founding member of bluegrass “supergroup” Blue Highway and highly sought-after Dobro master, has graced the recordings and concerts of artists such as Earl Scruggs, Merle Haggard, Alison Krauss, Tony Rice and more. Hensley, who earned IBMA Guitar Player of the Year nominations for the past three years, made his Grand Ole Opry debut at the age of 11 (thanks to an invite from Marty Stuart with Earl Scruggs) and has appeared on stage with the likes of Johnny Cash, Peter Frampton and Old Crow Medicine Show.

All three of the Compass Records albums released by Ickes and Hensley have received widespread acclaim, including their debut Before The Sun Goes Down, which garnered a GRAMMY® nomination, and the combo’s current release World Full of Blues, which features collaborations with Vince Gill and Taj Mahal. Ickes and Hensley teamed with guitar master Tommy Emmanuel for a very special EP, Tommy Emmanuel – Accomplice Series Vol. I With Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley (released May 7, 2021 via Emmanuel’s label, CGP Sounds) to critical acclaim. The three high-powered guitar virtuosos performed together on the Grand Ole Opry on May 8, 2021 and from famed Nashville venue 3rd & Lindsley on May 9, 2021 via worldwide broadcasts to celebrate the release of the project. Ickes and Hensley have completed their fourth record for Compass Records with GRAMMY®-winning producer Brent Maher, which is set for release in early 2023.

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“Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley shred…” – Rolling Stone “Two musical phenoms” – NPR “An acoustic firestorm…Ickes & Hensley are changing the rules…” – Vintage Guitar “Dual lightning strikes in a bottle…” – Guitar Player “Two of the finest musicians playing today” – No Depression

Take Rob Ickes, the most decorated musician in IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association) Awards history with 15 Dobro Player of the Year wins, and 2023 IBMA Guitar Player of the Year Trey Hensley, a Tennessee-born guitar prodigy identified as “Nashville’s hottest young player” by Acoustic Guitar  magazine and you have Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley , a powerhouse GRAMMY®-nominated acoustic duo that has electrified the acoustic music scene.

Known for their white-hot picking (as Acoustic Guitar puts it:  “steel-string bluegrass with all the intensity of rock ‘n’ roll”) and world-class musicianship, Ickes & Hensley have collaborated with Vince Gill, Rodney Crowell, Taj Mahal, Marty Stuart, Steve Wariner, Tommy Emmanuel (including touring and the release of an EP together), Little Feat, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, David Grisman, Molly Tuttle, Jorma Kaukonen, and Hot Tuna, among many others.  Their latest critically acclaimed album, Living In A Song , is available now, and you can also hear the talented duo on the new A Tribute To The Judds  album and as members of the Taj Mahal Sextet on the live album, Swingin’ Live at the Church in Tulsa  (out March 8, 2024).

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Take a 15-time IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association) Dobro Player of the Year and a Tennessee-born guitar prodigy who made his Grand Ole Opry debut at the age of 11, and you have  Rob Ickes  and  Trey Hensley , a powerhouse acoustic duo that has electrified the acoustic music scene.

On their new Compass Records album,  WORLD FULL OF BLUES , they move beyond the acoustic-centric sound of their previous two releases (including the GRAMMY-nominated BEFORE THE SUN GOES DOWN) and juice things up with Hammond B3 and a horn section. Guests include blues great Taj Mahal, who provides his unmistakable mojo to the title track, and country music legend Vince Gill, who joins the duo on an inspired rendition of The Grateful Dead’s moonshiner song, “Brown-Eyed Women”.  

White-hot picking and stone country vocals are still the driving force of the duo, but now with added grit and a nod to the rootsier side of Americana, all aided by the guiding hand of GRAMMY-winning producer Brent Maher.  Maher, known for his production and engineering of such diverse artists as The Judds, Faces, and Ike and Tina Turner, loved the duo’s demos and signed on to produce immediately upon hearing them.

The album was recorded live at Maher’s Nashville studio, The Blueroom, with minimal overdubs. Maher says, “For me, this record was all about living in the moment...letting spontaneity rule." Despite the diversity in instrumentation and song selection—acoustic blues to jammed out roots rockers, “Hag” country to Duane and Dickey style twin leads reminiscent of The Allman Brothers—the end result is a sound unified in its approach to the broad scope of roots music.  “Ultimately we’re the unifying factor,” says Ickes (rhymes with ‘bikes’.) “It’s obvious we’re into all these different styles, but there’s a commonality in the sound of our instruments that, blended with Trey’s voice, makes it one sound.”

Ickes and Hensley wrote or co-wrote nine of the songs on WORLD FULL OF BLUES and put their own spin on the two covers. Hensley says, “Our songwriting was always present on the last records, but there were maybe three originals and the rest covers. We made a decision on this one to present more of our own material.” 

Ickes contributes the instrumental “The Fatal Shore” and the cautionary “Thirty Days,” while Hensley offers the optimistic life-on-the-road song, “Both Ends of My Rainbow.” Hensley got the idea to write the lively “Nobody Can Tell Me I Can’t” after hearing a friend use that phrase in conversation. That title clearly embodies the duo’s creative streak, too.

“’World Full of Blues’” felt important to me to include from the first time Rob talked about it” says Hensley. “Bill Scholer had written a version of the song, but Rob and I decided to rewrite it, with some help from our friend Jason Eady, to make it more modern, while keeping Bill’s original intent intact: ‘It’s a crazy world and it feels like it’s getting crazier all the time...’ We knew we wanted a guest on this song and Taj Mahal was at the top of our dream list. He loved it and agreed to sing a verse and play some guitar on it. Working with Taj in the studio was a huge highlight for us... what an amazing guy and an absolute legend in every sense.” 

“Brown Eyed Women” has the distinction of not only being one of the duo’s favorite Grateful Dead tunes, but a career first for country legend Gill. “Vince is one of our big musical heroes and it was so awesome having him sing on a Grateful Dead tune, which was the first time he’s recorded a Dead song.”

“Born With The Blues” is a song Ickes and Hensley wrote with their friend Bobby Starnes. “Bobby started it and we finished it up,” Ickes recalls.  “It reminds me of a Clint Eastwood western, and the percussion and horn section really solidifies that. This is a song that gives us room to stretch out musically. It felt like the perfect song to kick off the record. “  

“Suzanne,” written by Hensley with Larry Shell and Larry Cordle, finds the duo swapping instruments, Hensley playing a 1931 National resonator guitar and Ickes playing a 1927 Montgomery Ward guitar that belonged to his grandfather. “We had spent the morning talking about how amazing Lightning Hopkins, Muddy Waters, and John Lee Hooker all were and this song just appeared,” Hensley recalls. “Having Jim Hoke arrange the horns and play on it just really added a Howlin’ Wolf-era/Sun Records vibe.

Closing the project is a rousing rendition of jazz-rock guitarist Robben Ford’s “Rugged Road.”  Few guitarists cross boundaries as deftly as Ford and this rendition firmly places Ickes and Hensley in the same pantheon as the celebrated guitar slinger.  

Ickes grew up in a suburb of San Francisco and discovered the Dobro as a teenager when he borrowed a Mike Auldridge cassette from his brother. He later moved to Nashville to pursue session work for artists such as Alan Jackson, Merle Haggard and Earl Scruggs, co-founded the highly influential bluegrass group Blue Highway, and ultimately won 15 IBMA Awards for Dobro Player of the Year. 

Hensley grew up in East Tennessee and started singing in a gospel group when he was 6 years old. A few years later, his parents took him to a bluegrass festival where the lineup included back-to-back sets by bluegrass legends Charlie Waller and Jimmy Martin. Hensley decided then and there that he wanted to play guitar. By the time he was 11, he had performed on the Grand Ole Opry playing guitar with Earl Scruggs and Marty Stuart. 

When Scruggs played Knoxville not long after the Opry appearance, he invited the young Hensley to sit in. Ickes, who was playing Dobro in Scruggs’ band at the time, remembers Hensley as “a very talented kid”, but it would be roughly a decade before they crossed paths again.  When they did, Ickes was blown away.

“I couldn’t believe the guy!” Ickes says. “I was just so excited about his music that I called everyone I knew in Nashville and told them about him.  Then I suggested that we start playing at (Nashville’s) Station Inn and treat it like a showcase for Trey, just to see what might happen.  I used to tease him and say, ‘I’ll have you famous by Christmas.’ Then, just one year later, our first record was nominated for a GRAMMY.”

Going forward the goal is simply to reach more people and illustrate what the unique talents and down to earth, honest approach of Ickes and Hensley can bring to roots music. “We want to keep doing the music that we love, no matter what the genre, and finding the audience that gets what we're mixing together” says Ickes. Hensley adds, “I love what we're doing, so it’s just continuing on with that, to more and more people.” With upcoming shows at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass (including guesting on Buddy Miller’s Cavalcade of Stars) and the 2020 Cayamo Cruise the duo is sure to do just that.

ROB ICKES & TREY HENSLEY ON TOUR : WE Nov. 13 – Alexandria, VA – The Birchmere (Roots & Branches Tour w/ The Gibson Brothers & Mockingbird)  TH Nov. 14 – Baltimore, MD – Union Craft Brewing (Roots & Branches Tour w/ The Gibson Brothers & Mockingbird)  FR Nov. 15 – Newtown, PA – Zlock Performing Arts Center (Roots & Branches Tour w/ The Gibson Brothers & Mockingbird)  SA Nov. 16   – Round Hill, VA - B Chord Brewing  (Roots & Branches Tour w/ The Gibson Brothers & Mockingbird)  MO Nov. 18 – New York, NY – Rockwood Music Hall WE Nov. 20 – Buffalo, NY – Buffalo Iron Works (Roots & Branches Tour w/ The Gibson Brothers & Mockingbird)  TH Nov. 21 – Syracuse, NY – Westcott Theater (Roots & Branches Tour w/ The Gibson Brothers & Mockingbird)  FR Nov. 22 – Norfolk, CT – Infinity Hall Norfolk (Roots & Branches Tour w/ The Gibson Brothers & Mockingbird)  SA Nov. 23 – Brownfield, ME – Stone Mountain Arts Center (Roots & Branches Tour w/ The Gibson Brothers & Mockingbird)  WE Dec. 4 – Boulder, CO – Chautauqua Community House  TH Dec. 5 – Denver, CO – Cervantes’ Other Side (w/ Mark Lavengood Band & Special Guests)  FR Dec. 6 – Phoenix, AZ - MIM  SA Dec. 7 – Carlsbad, CA – Museum of Making Music  SU Dec. 8 – Santa Monica, CA – McCabe’s Guitar Shop  MO Jan. 9, 2020 – Nashville, TN – The Station Inn  TH Jan. 23, 2020  - New Orleans, LA - Folk Alliance  MO Jan. 27, 2020 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Parker Playhouse (w/ Taj Mahal Quartet)  TU Jan. 28, 2020 - Stuart, FL - Lyric Theatre (w/ Taj Mahal Quartet)  WE Jan. 29, 2020 – Ponte Vedra, FL –  Ponte Vedra Concert Hall (w/ Taj Mahal Quartet)  TH Jan. 30 – Atlanta, GA – City Winery (w/Taj Mahal Quartet)  FR Jan. 31, 2020 - Nashville, TN - City Winery (w/ Taj Mahal Quartet)  MO-MO Feb. 3-10, 2020 – Miami, FL – Cayamo Cruise

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Rob Ickes And Trey Hensley Announce New Album With New Single “Living In A Song”

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Full-length album Living In A Song due out February 10th via Compass Records

December 8, 2022 – Nashville, TN – American roots music has seen its fair share of beloved duos over the years—from The Monroe Brothers and Flatt & Scruggs to modern-day pairs like Milk Carton Kids and The War and Treaty—but few leave audiences as amazed as Grammy Award nominees Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley . Built on the interplay of Ickes’s Dobro and Hensley’s six-string guitar, the only thing outshining the virtuosity of this group’s instrumental performances is their singing and songwriting prowess. On February 10th , Ickes and Hensley are set to release a whole new full-length album via Compass Records, Living In A Song . Featuring ten original tunes plus two timeless covers, and focusing on a classic country sound as heard in contemporaries like Chris Stapleton, Jamey Johnson, Sturgill Simpson, and Jason Isbell, Living In A Song is a love letter to a bygone Nashville and an in-depth look at the wonderful interplay between two masters of their craft. 

Today, Ickes and Hensley shared a sneak peek of Living In A Song , the album’s title track which grew out of their experiences as touring musicians. According to Hensley, the song practically wrote itself after a long day on the road driving through Ohio. When Hensley digs into the lyrics there is no question that he has lived the story he is telling, lifted up even further when Ickes’ tenor harmony enters the chorus. 

Fans can check out “Living In A Song” today at this link and pre-order or pre-save Living In A Song ahead of its February 10th release right here . Rob and Trey will next take the stage on December 30th in Asheville, North Carolina, with their friends Leftover Salmon. A full list of tour dates can be found below or at robandtrey.com/#shows .

More About Living In A Song: Rob and Trey re-enlisted Grammy-winning producer Brent Maher (The Judds, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson) for the project (they worked together on Rob and Trey’s previous album release, World Full Of Blues ). The three-man team wrote several songs together for this project. Additionally, Rob and Trey teamed with other award-winning songwriters to collaborate, which resulted in over 40 songs to choose from when it came time to record. Ickes and Hensley made a conscious decision to focus on their songwriting craft and lean the music in a classic country direction, with some elements of Americana and bluegrass thrown in for good measure. The results of their collaboration show the depth of their musicianship and are nothing short of stellar. 

“Deeper Than A Dirt Road” is a radio-friendly, feel-good paean to rural living, evoking life in the tiny East Tennessee town where Hensley was raised. And the duo’s rendition of “Way Downtown” draws its inspiration from Doc Watson’s version recorded 50 years ago on the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s Will The Circle Be Unbroken album, giving the duo a chance to trade some tasty licks with fiddle virtuoso Stuart Duncan. While a lot of Living In A Song focuses on acoustic instruments, “Moonshine Run” finds Rob and Trey ripping on lap steel and electric guitar in addition to their signature un-amplified instruments. “I had this song pieced together for a few years,” remembers Hensley. “I grew up near a river bridge and had always heard stories from the ‘other side of the bridge.’ It seemed to be a divider for the town I grew up in.” The song’s lyrics put it more bluntly: “That river’s bridge cuts the town in two / Between the common day sinners and the chosen few.” The song that began as Hensley’s collection of stories was finished with Ickes and prolific songwriter Thomm Jutz. The unison vocal and guitar lick that closes out each chorus bring the duo as close to classic rock as they may have ever been. “Hear me roarin’ down the valley on a moonshine run.” 

Life’s challenges play a key role in the inspiration for Living In A Song . “Is the World Still Turning” was the first song written for the project and is a gorgeous broken-hearted love song inspired by the historically unprecedented shutdown at the beginning of the pandemic. “I Thought I Saw a Carpenter” is another heartfelt ballad, inspired by Ickes’ father’s words as he lay dying from cancer; the emotion that Ickes captures in his Dobro solo is as poignant as any vocal. The album closes with “Thanks,” a track reminiscent of early Johnny Cash. Hensley wrote words to the melody penned by his friend Lyle Brewer and once he started working on it found that the song arrived quickly, giving him the opportunity to reflect on his love for his family as he put pen to paper. The demo version of the track had such a great feel that it ended up being the master, with producer Maher playing “percussion” on the back of an old Gretsch guitar. 

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Living In A Song

Deeper Than A Dirt Road

Backstreets Off Broadway

Way Downtown

I’ve Given All That I Can Take

Moonshine Run

Just Because

I’m Working On A Building

Is The World Still Turning

Louisiana Woman

I Thought I Saw A Carpenter

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Dec. 30 – Asheville, NC – Salvage Station*

Jan. 23 – Lexington, KY – Michael Johnathan’s WoodSongs at Lyric Theatre^

Feb. 10 – Johnson City, TN – The Down Home

Feb. 16 – Knoxville, TN – Barley’s

Feb. 17 – Cartersville, GA – The Booth Museum’s Boots & Saddles Pre-Gala Party 

Feb. 18 – Decatur, GA – Eddie’s Attic

Feb. 22 – Washington, DC – City Winery

Feb. 23 – Philadelphia, PA – City Winery

Feb. 26 – Portsmouth, NH – The Music Hall Lounge

Feb. 27 – New York, NY – City Winery

March 24 – Raleigh, NC – Private Event

March 31 – Phoenix, AZ – MIM:  Musical Instrument Museum

April 1 – Tucson, AZ – Tucson Folk Festival

May 11 – Athens, AL – Fiddlers Concert Series

October 14 – Williamsburg, KY – River Stomp Bluegrass Festival

*with Leftover Salmon

^with Jason Carter

For all dates and ticket information, please visit robandtrey.com/#shows .

More About Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley: Their brand new album Living In A Song clearly illustrates the breadth of the musical vision of Grammy Award nominees Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley and their depth as practitioners of their craft. It’s no wonder that between them they are two of the most sought-after musicians in Nashville. Ickes co-founded the highly influential bluegrass group Blue Highway and has been an A-team Nashville session player and performing musician for decades, with credits including Vince Gill, Earl Scruggs, Merle Haggard, Alan Jackson, Reba McEntire, and Alison Krauss. Hensley, a three-time IBMA Guitar Player of the Year nominee, has been called “Nashville’s hottest young player” by Acoustic Guitar magazine and his soulful baritone vocals have received widespread notice as well. Influenced by repertoires as diverse as The Allman Brothers Band, Ray Charles, Merle Haggard, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, Hensley has shared stages with artists such as Johnny Cash, Steve Wariner, Peter Frampton, and Old Crow Medicine Show.

Ickes is a 15-time IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association) Dobro Player of the Year (the most awarded player in IBMA history) and Hensley is a Tennessee-born guitar prodigy who made his Grand Ole Opry debut with Marty Stuart and Earl Scruggs at the age of 11. Together they shatter all expectations for their respective instruments. Ickes and Hensley are equally accomplished vocalists as well, with Hensley’s voice a rich baritone that evokes Merle Haggard one minute and George Jones the next.

As a duo, Ickes and Hensley have shared the stage and collaborated with Tommy Emmanuel, Taj Mahal, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, David Grisman, and Jorma Kaukonen & Hot Tuna—all enthusiastic admirers of the duo—and many more. Their discography as a duo includes World Full Of Blues  (Compass Records 2019), The Country Blues (Compass Records, 2016), and the Grammy-nominated Before The Sun Goes Down (Compass Records, 2015).

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Sounds Exciting! Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley

Next date: Wednesday, June 12, 2024 | 05:00 PM to 09:00 PM

“Dueling like Afghan kite fighters, and backed by upright bass, drums, percussion, B-3, and horns, the two acoustic virtuosos work the intersecting lines of blues, bluegrass, and traditional country while adding fresh moves of their own.”  — Premier Guitar Magazine

Rob is a 15-time International Bluegrass Music Association Dobro Player of the Year. Trey is a Tennessee-born guitar prodigy who made his Grand Ole Opry debut at the age of 11. Together, Rob Ickes &Trey Hensley are a powerhouse acoustic duo that has electrified audiences around the world. Known for their white-hot picking and world class musicianship, as well as their soulful stone country vocals, the GRAMMY® nominated duo cleverly and uniquely melds bluegrass, country, blues, rock, jamgrass, and string band music of all kinds to create a signature blend of music that defies restrictions of genre.

Opener: Rebecca Frazier

Rebecca Frazier gained notoriety as the first woman on the cover of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine and has since become known as “a genuine triple threat as singer, songwriter and flatpicking guitarist” ( Nashville Scene).  In 2017, Paste Magazine included Frazier in their piece titled “7 Women Smashing the Bluegrass Glass Ceiling.” Frazier was the first woman to be nominated for Guitar Player of the Year by the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America (SPBGMA) in 2018, and was nominated again in 2019.

Frazier is widely known for her work with award-winning Colorado-base bluegrass outfit, Hit & Run. The only band to win all three Rockygrass, Telluride, and SPBGMA festival band competitions.

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Pierogies | Pierogies Factory Gyros | Original by Greeks Ice Cream | Em's Ice Cream

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Enjoy local selections from: 

• 6 and 40 Brewery
• Colorado Cider Company
• Green Mountain Beer Company
• Landlocked Ales
• Old 121 Brewhouse
• WestFax Brewing Company

The beer garden is presented by Foothills Credit Union .

Sounds Exciting! Summer Concert Series Information

• Wednesday, June 12, 2024 | 05:00 PM - 09:00 PM

Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Amphitheater

Heritage Lakewood Belmar Park, 801 S. Yarrow St., Lakewood, CO, 80226,  View Map

Heritage Lakewood Belmar Park

801 S. Yarrow St. , Lakewood, CO 80226

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Tickets on sale April 18 at 10 a.m.

$10 | Adult Advanced $15 | Adult Day Of $8 | Child (Free for infants under 1)

5 p.m. | Gates open 6:15 p.m. | Rebecca Frazier 7:15 p.m. | Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley

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