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Mike Sumner

About Me

I play banjo for the Randy Kohrs Band. The band has a great sound and a wonderful group of musicians... great fun! I recently moved to Nashvegas and love the area!

I started with a strong Scruggs base and added a melodic and chromatic twist. One of my strongest influences as a teenager was Mike Snider. His tasteful playing seemed like the right way to play. I still love his playing today.

I strive to play clean yet tasty banjo. In May of 2007 I released my debut CD entitled Winds of Winfield. Supplying their tremendous skills on the CD is Grammy Award winning Randy Kohrs, also Grammy Award winning Cody Kilby and Andy Leftwich. Cody also engineered the CD at his studio in Nashville, TN with the assistance of Grammy Award winning Phil Harris. Bryn Davies supplied powerful bass playing talent to finish off the instrumental melodies.

I had the chance to travel the contest circuit and meet some amazing bluegrassers! It's a privilege to play music and share the passion that goes with the language of music.

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To purchase the CD online, click the link below.


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Member Since: 4/26/2007
Band Website: http://www.randykohrs.net
Band Members:

Randy Kohrs Band

Randy Kohrs - Dobro

Josh Williams - Guitar

Chris Wood - Drums

Elio Giordano - Bass

Ashley Brown - Fiddle


Influences: Joe Sumner, Brian Lappin, Tony Rothrock, Mike Snider, Bela Fleck, Sammy Shelor, Scott Vestal, Allison Brown
Sounds Like: Old School Mike Snider, Scott Vestal, Allison Brown
Record Label: BlueGrass Ahead
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Heading out, birthdays and more...

Today we head out to Unadilla, GA then to Charlotte, NC.  The gigs look fun... a festival and a theatre type venue.  I am looking forward to pickin... it's been a while since we've been out....
Posted by on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:38:00 GMT

the blog thing...

Hey bloggers and bloggettes... oh wait, no gender in the blog world.  I wanted to try the blogging thing out.  Air out some thoughts on virtual paper so that the eyes of countless tens of pe...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:23:00 GMT