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Considered one of the premier bluegrass fiddlers of his generation, Mike picked up a fiddle at age four, and his talent was recognized early. In 1993 he was chosen to be part of the Bluegrass Youth All Stars at the IBMA's award show. Later that year Mike made his Grand Ole Opry debut as a guest of Alison Krauss. His list of guest apperances over the years is a who's who of bluegrass legends including Bill Monroe, Jim and Jesse, Ralph Stanley, Mac Wiseman, Doc Watson, Larry Sparks, Doyle Lawson, and J.D. Crowe. After high school Mike briefly toured with then-named Dale Ann Bradley and Coon Creek before joining Rhonda Vincent and The Rage in 2000. At the 2001 IBMA awards, Mike took his first Fiddle Player of the Year award, and shared the title of Entertainer of the Year with Rhonda Vincent and the Rage. In 2002 Mike rejoined The Dale Ann Bradley Band. That year he won the Fiddle Player of the Year award and again in 2004. Mike's first project as a Rounder recording artist, "Flame Keeper," was released in February 2002 and was chosen the IBMA's Instrumental Album of the Year. In 2004, Mike shared the Instrumental Album of the Year award with Tom Adams for "Tom Adams and Michael Cleveland Live at the Ragged Edge," an album of fiddle and banjo duets. In September 2006 Mike took home his fourth Fiddle Player of the Year Award from the IBMA, and his second solo album on Rounder Records, "Let 'Er Go, Boys!," won Instrumental Album of the Year. A year later, in 2007, Mike won his fifth fiddle player award. In 2008 he won the award a sixth time. Today Mike is a sought-after guest and has performed with Vince Gill, Marty Stuart, The Mark Newton Band, J.D. Crowe and the New South, Audie Blaylock and Redline, Melven Goins and Windy Mountain and The Wildwood Valley Boys. He is also an active studio musician, and his credits include the 2005 GRAMMY-nominated "A Tribute to Jimmy Martin: The King of Bluegrass" and a 2003 GRAMMY winner, Jimmy Sturr's "Let's Polka 'Round." Mike lives in Charlestown, Indiana.
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Jesse has spent a lifetime in bluegrass, starting with his family band at the age of nine, and later with national acts such as Chris Jones and the Night Drivers and The Lynn Morris Band. Jesse was an integral part of Mike's two solo CDs on Rounder, "Flame Keeper" and "Let 'Er Go, Boys!," and was Mike's bandmate for three years in The Dale Ann Bradley Band. Jesse is also a solo artist in his own right, with an IBMA award-nominated CD "Kickin' Grass" on Pinecastle Records that includes A-list pickers such as Jason Moore, Ron Stewart, Tom Adams, Jason Carter, Rob Ickes, Marshall Wilborn, Alan O'Bryant and many others. Jesse lives in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
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Raised in a West Virginia home rich with the sounds of hard-core traditional bluegrass, Darrell discovered his talents as a musician at age eight with the mandolin, and later picked up the guitar, banjo, and eventually every bluegrass instrument during the frequent jam sessions hosted by his father. His professional music career started at 19 when he filled the mandolin position with The Lonesome River Band following Dan Tyminski's departure for Alison Krauss and Union Station. At the age of 21 he joined bluegrass veteran J.D. Crowe, and most recently was the guitarist with Rhonda Vincent and The Rage. Along the way, Darrell's unique voice and musicianship caught the attention of Dolly Parton who invited him to play mandolin and sing on her 2002 release "Halos and Horns." He appeared with Dolly the next year on her patriotic project "For God And Country." For more about Darrell, visit his personal website darrellwebb.net.
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A native of Austin, Texas, Marshall has played with some of the great bluegrass bands including Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys, The Johnson Mountain Boys, The Lynn Morris Band, and Longview. He is also a great singer and songwriter, with songs recorded by Alison Krauss, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, The Johnson Mountain Boys, and others. Marshall also produced an instrumental album for Pinecastle Records, 'Root Five,' an IBMA-nominated collection of duets that pairs his upright bass playing with some of the best banjo players in the business. And he is an experienced bass teacher as well, having produced a set of instruction videos for the Murphy Method. Marshall lives in Winchester, Virginia, with his wife Lynn Morris.
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Indiana native Jessie Baker taught himself the major chords at age eleven after receiving a ten dollar pawn shop guitar from his grandma. He soon gravitated to what is now his main instrument, the banjo. Although he is not yet out of his teens, Jessie has already had plenty of experience in bluegrass, playing with Wildfire, The Wildwood Valley Boys, The Karl Shiflett and Big Country Show, as well as his family band, The Baker Boys. He has also appeared with Marty Raybon and Full Circle, David Peterson and 1946, Avery County, Melvin Goins and Windy Mountain, and Ronnie Stoneman. Jessie lives in Georgetown, Kentucky.
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