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The High Windy Band

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About Me

Named for the sweeping ridgeline that runs from Swannanoa to Black Mountain in Western North Carolina, the High Windy Band is one of the area's fastest-rising bands. The group draws from a combination of contemporary and traditional bluegrass styles while adding old-time themes and an original approach. In addition to being the First Place Winners of the 2005 Western North Carolina Bluegrass Band Competition and 2006 Fiddler's Grove Band Competition, High Windy has shared the stage with nationally-recognized acts such as Mountain Heart, the Lonesome River Band, Special Consensus, Valerie Smith and Liberty Pike, Open Road and Hayseed Dixie. The band recently finished their debut album "A Greater Storm", produced by Eric Willson on Mountain Home Records and can be purchased on the band website, www.highwindyband.com... You should create your own MySpace Layouts like me by using nUCLEArcENTURy .COM's MySpace Profile Editor !

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Member Since: 9/11/2006
Band Website: highwindyband.com
Band Members: TY GILPIN - mandolin,TIM GARDNER - fiddle,SHANE LAIL - guitar,MARK DAVIS - bass,PATRICK McDOUGAL - banjo..
Influences: Chesapeake, Harley Allen, The Lonesome River Band, Blue Highway, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Flatt and Scruggs, Mark Johnson & Emory Lester, Doyle Lawson, The Bluegrass Album Band, The Kruger Brothers, Tony Rice, The Hot Club of France, Ralph Stanley, The Greasy Beans, J.D. Crowe, Lance Mills, The Catfish Brothers, Jason Shore, Kenny Smith, Jimmy Goudreau, Arvil Freeman and The Stoney Creek Boys, Stuart Duncan, Hazel Creek, Bruce Molsky, The Asheville Bluegrass Band, The Blue Dogs, and many, many others...
Sounds Like: We're not exactly sure... what do you think?
Record Label: Mountain Home
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Thank you Colorado!

Thanks to all the great folks out in Colorado for their help and hospitality for our first visit to the area.  Special thanks to Steve Cobb with Wayne Productions, Andrea Bradstreet with KRFC, Ne...
Posted by The High Windy Band on Sun, 10 Aug 2008 09:43:00 PST

A GREATER STORM IS HERE!!!

We are pleased to announce that after over a year in the making, our debut album "A Greater Storm" on Mountain Home Records is out and will be officially released on May 20th!   The album fe...
Posted by The High Windy Band on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:28:00 PST

HWB featured on WNCW's Goin' Across the Mountain Live Vol. 2!

We are excited that WNCW has selected us as one of the few regional bands featured on Goin' Across the Mountain Live Vol. 2, a compilation of bluegrass groups recorded live in WNCW's world-f...
Posted by The High Windy Band on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 01:44:00 PST