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"Mountain Holler was the most talked about Band at the 2010 Festival."

A must see, and hear! - All Colorado Bluegrass Festival


"Good harmonies. Nice resonant voices and lovely playing."

Good harmonies. Nice resonant voices and lovely playing.
- Brad Smalling - Evergroove Studio


"MOUNTAIN HOLLER performed for an audience of bluegrass experts."

There were just plain folks there too. Everyone had a blast. The room was smoking with sound: oh what a fiddle, and true West Virginia lead vocal. We’ll carry the happy with us all week!"
- Alice Hill, - the Historic 1907 Shirley Opera House


Discography

Mountain Holler - LIVE at the Altona Grange, Sept. 11, 2010!
Digital downloads available at our website and all major (I-Tunes, Amazon, etc.) distribution outlets.

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Greg Blake - guitar & vocals ... Greg was born in southern West Virginia and, from there, acquired his love for bluegrass and mountain-flavored music. After graduating from high school, he moved to Kansas City where he attended the college. While in Kansas City, Greg joined up with The Bluegrass Missourians. He was a member of that band for nearly 15 years, having the opportunity to open for great bluegrass acts such as Bill Monroe, The Osborne Brothers, Jim & Jesse McReynolds, J.D. Crowe, Doyle Lawson and Ricky Skaggs. Greg is a Kansas State Flatpicking champion and, at one point in his career, was selected Bluegrass Guitar Performer of the Year 5 years in a row by the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America (SPBGMA). He was nominated for that honor a total of 9 times, as well as being nominated twice for Traditional Male Vocalist of the Year.

Emily Wilson - mandolin ... Emily grew up in the mountains west of Denver, Colorado with a deep love of music, playing violin and mandolin. Emily played with the Lakewood Symphony and the Denver Mandolin Orchestra during high school. After high school Emily moved to Durango, Colorado where she attended college, taught fiddle and mandolin at Canyon Music, and played mandolin with Wild Mountain, a popular local band.

Jay Genender - Fiddle ...
Jay Genender grew up in the front range of the Colorado hills. He found the violin at a young age and played in local school orchestras through high school. Jay turned his attention to playing guitar in his college years, but soon found his acoustic side again. Bluegrass music became a love and you’ll often find Jay in a late night Festival Jam somewhere.

Jay teaches music professionally at the Swallow Hill Music Center in Denver, Colorado as well as gives private music lessons in piano, guitar, violin and mandolin techniques from his studio.

Michael Lord - Dobro ...
Michael grew up in rural, southeast Pennsylvania about an hour southwest of Philadelphia. His father is a banjo player, so Michael spent lots of time as a child listening to Flatt & Scuggs and The Seldom Scene and enjoying dancing around the living room on Friday nights when his dad's buddies would come over to jam.

However, he wasn't bit by the pickin' bug until he was 19 when he started playing the guitar and mandolin. At 22, Michael became interested in playing the dobro, and that has become his main ax over the course of the last decade.

Having moved to CO with his wife five years ago, he has thoroughly enjoyed Colorado's eclectic music scene which has fed and expanded his own wide range of musical interests (blues, jazz, classical, rock, heavy metal, hip hop). Presently, Michael is a high school math teacher in Denver.

Tom Carr - Bass ...
Tom was born in Santa Barbara, CA. He grew up in the suburbs of Chicago. Then Tom moved to Colorado in 2002 and he's been playing acoustic bass, his first stringed instrument, since 2003.

Tom's musical interests include Bluegrass and Bob Marley. Otherwise you'll find Tom skiing the cool local scene on the slopes of Loveland, Colorado, where he can get away from the intermediate skiers and tourists in the bigger areas. Tom says, “Living and playing in the mountains is why I live here.”

Warren Kennison, Jr. - Banjo ... What can we say about this phenom. Warren is a pillar of the Colorado Bluegrass Community. Warren actually wrote the book on Earl Scruggs bluegrass styles, and continues to take the instrument to new heights.
We are delighted and honored to have Warren on this adventure with us, as he is truly one of the finest 5-string Scruggs-style banjo artists around. Hold on to your seats when Warren plays. His machine gun roll attack will knock you over.