Kickin Grass : A Carolina Bluegrass Band
[FROM KICKINGRASS.COM] Up-and-coming bluegrass band, Kickin Grass, have set themselves a cut above the rest with their tight vocal harmony, driving instrumentation and effusive energy on and off the stage.
The band prides itself on reaching all types of bluegrass and non-bluegrass audiences, incorporating standard bluegrass tunes, rock & country classics and a number of "can't get 'em out of yer head" originals into their entertaining sets.
Forming in 2000 to provide accompaniment for the Chapel-Hill based Apple Chill Cloggers, the current lineup started performing locally, regionally and internationally in 2002. Kickin Grass took the category of Best Band Name in the Independent Weekly's 2003 "Best Of" Issue, and in the same year they beat the odds and won the title of Best Band In Raleigh in a multi-genre competition hosted by the Guitar Center and the Hibernian Pub. They promptly took their $2000 prize money and recorded their first album, Backroads, recorded by Tom Landgon at West Station Records and produced by Steve Dilling of IIIrd Tyme Out.
After working with Kickin Grass in the studio, Steve Dilling summed up the band quite nicely: "This group is a force to be reckoned with. They have great original songs with powerful arrangements, and their execution is awesome! And to top it all off, they are all wonderful people. Wow!!! What a pleasure to work with this band."
Important Links - please visit and buy a CD!
Kickin Grass Web Site
A half-hour MP3 with the band including some performances. Interviewer Candace Corrigan lets the band talk about their pursuits and interests. Informative and entertaining.
Interview at The Nashville Nobody Knows
Previews from their new album:
Ain't Got Nothin
Cloverleaf
Change Your Mind
The band prides itself on reaching all types of bluegrass and non-bluegrass audiences, incorporating standard bluegrass tunes, rock & country classics and a number of "can't get 'em out of yer head" originals into their entertaining sets.
Forming in 2000 to provide accompaniment for the Chapel-Hill based Apple Chill Cloggers, the current lineup started performing locally, regionally and internationally in 2002. Kickin Grass took the category of Best Band Name in the Independent Weekly's 2003 "Best Of" Issue, and in the same year they beat the odds and won the title of Best Band In Raleigh in a multi-genre competition hosted by the Guitar Center and the Hibernian Pub. They promptly took their $2000 prize money and recorded their first album, Backroads, recorded by Tom Landgon at West Station Records and produced by Steve Dilling of IIIrd Tyme Out.
After working with Kickin Grass in the studio, Steve Dilling summed up the band quite nicely: "This group is a force to be reckoned with. They have great original songs with powerful arrangements, and their execution is awesome! And to top it all off, they are all wonderful people. Wow!!! What a pleasure to work with this band."
Important Links - please visit and buy a CD!
Kickin Grass Web Site
A half-hour MP3 with the band including some performances. Interviewer Candace Corrigan lets the band talk about their pursuits and interests. Informative and entertaining.
Interview at The Nashville Nobody Knows
Previews from their new album:
Ain't Got Nothin
Cloverleaf
Change Your Mind
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