Syntax Creative Clients Take 45 Nominations for the 35th Annual IBMA Awards
DESCRIPTION:
For their latest single, the Lonesome River Band revives Bob Amos’s snappy “Walking Back to Bluefield.” Fronted by Jesse Smathers, the track sticks to the classic bluegrass pattern of pairing a happy, reel-like melody with a lonesome lyric. Driven by Sammy Shelor’s bouncing banjo lope, the song moves with irresistible momentum as it follows a down-on-his-luck worker who loses his job at a North Carolina textile mill and makes his way back home to West Virginia with just a dollar to his name.
KEY SELLING POINTS
- Since its formation decades ago, Lonesome River Band has built its reputation as one of the most respected names in bluegrass music.
- Sammy Shelor leads the group; 5X IBMA Banjo Player of the Year and winner of the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass.
- Two stellar lead vocalists, Jesse Smathers (guitar) and Adam Miller (mandolin); the band boasts the talents of Mike Hartgrove (fiddle) and Kameron Keller (bass).
- Since its formation decades ago, Lonesome River Band has built its reputation as one of the most respected names in bluegrass music.
- Sammy Shelor leads the group; 5X IBMA Banjo Player of the Year and winner of the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass.
- Two stellar lead vocalists, Jesse Smathers (guitar) and Adam Miller (mandolin); the band boasts the talents of Mike Hartgrove (fiddle) and Kameron Keller (bass).
