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ShoreGrass

About Me

ShoreGrass is a bluegrass band from the Connecticut shoreline which has performed as a quintet since December, 1996. Their music is a lively mix of traditional bluegrass, old-time, early country, gospel and folk songs as well as original pieces reflecting their roots in contemporary music with a local flavor. Three members of ShoreGrass sing, giving the group that unique bluegrass blend of guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle and bass while alternating leads on 2 and 3-part vocal harmonies. Their music demonstrates the range and uniqueness of each instrument as well as an unusually rich vocal blend, all delivered with the special sense of humor that marks all ShoreGrass performances.

The band performs locally as well as around New England, and has released three albums, including their debut "In Connecticut," "Songs of the Civil War Era" (recorded live) and their newest album "Going Home." More information about them can be found on the band website at www.shoregrass.com.


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Member Since: 23/10/2006
Band Website: www.shoregrass.com
Band Members: Frank & Barbara Shaw (banjo & guitar), Paul Pozzi (mandolin) and various musicians on bass, fiddle and Dobro. The full ShoreGrass band is a quintet and occasionally sextet, but they also frequently perform as a duet (Frank & Barbara) or trio (Frank, Barbara et al), at which they call themselves SHORTGrass!
Influences: Ralph Stanley, Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, Dry Branch Fire Squad, Beethoven, Chopin, Mozart, Nashville Bluegrass Band, King Wilkie, Louvin Brothers, Gillian Welch, Del McCoury, Doyle Lawson, Danny Paisley, Ricky Skaggs, Tim O'Brien, Seldom Scene, Beatles, Animals, Cream, The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Clean Living, Bonnie Raitt, Jay & Molly, Stillhouse Rounders, Ginny Hawker, Little Feat, Stecher & Brislin, Carter Family, Robin and Linda Williams, Beasts of Eden, Mudcat, many more...
Sounds Like: Bluegrass, old-timey, folk, early country, traditional, original.
Record Label: Shaw Family Publishing
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Poetry and Bluegrass

The poem "Bluegrass Benediction" read by Bob Mitchell on his RBI program (June 1) has been uploaded to our myspace page. Barbara Shaw wrote the Benediction along with the background music Connecticut ...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:44:00 GMT

Bluegrass Benediction on Radio Bluegrass International

I'm happy to announce that RBI (Radio Bluegrass International, the broadcast of the International Bluegrass Music) will soon air a program with my "Bluegrass Benediction" recited by Bob Mitchell....
Posted by on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:42:00 GMT

Sing Out! Review of GOING HOME CD

This just came out in the Winter 2008 issue of Sing Out!SHOREGRASS Going Home  Shaw Family PublishingThere was a time when bluegrass wasn't big business. Emphasis was placed on the true nature o...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:01:00 GMT

GOING HOME reviewed by Bluegrass Unlimited!

SHOREGRASS-GOING HOME-..."Going Home" is a showcase for original numbers mostly penned by Barbara ... [also] ...including ...Bill Monroe's "I'm On My Way Back To The Old Home" and Merle Travis' "Sixte...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 03:15:00 GMT

16 Tons - Cmon over and hear OURS!

It's a delicious old chestnut that we dropped into the "grass" and put on our latest album GOING HOME.  Fun to play, fun to hear, fun to sing along, with all due respect to Merle Travis and Tenne...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 06:06:00 GMT

Back In the Days - Country Style Favorite

Just heard from a ShoreGrass fan that his favorite song on our new album is "Back In the Days," so we thought we'd upload it for others to hear. It is available for download right on our myspace page ...
Posted by on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 08:06:00 GMT

iTunes Available, new music uploaded here...

The new album GOING HOME is now available on iTunes for individual tracks or as a full album.  This is one step closer to getting Frank a ringtone for his cell phone with some banjo on it!  ...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 07:23:00 GMT

New CD "Going Home" is here!!

Our CD showed up today and we're really excited to share this one with our friends, family, fans, the world!  It will take a couple more weeks to get it up on cdbaby.com and onto Snocap, so we ho...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:47:00 GMT

New CD Coming in 2 Weeks! Sweet feeling...

Yeah, lots of musicians put out frequent CDs, and that's a good thing.  But we are in this only part-time and can't do as much music as we'd like.  Which makes it all the sweeter when we do ...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:56:00 GMT

We're going into the studio again! Lots of new songs...

Exciting week coming up as we return to the studio to start a new album.  We have many, many original songs, some that we've done at gigs and people have been asking for on CD and others tha...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 06:20:00 GMT