Member Since: 15/05/2007
Band Website: www.alansibley.net
Band Members: Alan Sibley - Mandolin, Guitar, Fiddle and Vocals; J.R. Willis - Banjo and Vocals; Bo Collier - Guitar and Vocals; Ruth Hammons - Bass and Vocals
Influences: The Bluegrass Gospel Music of the Sullivan Family (Enoch Sullivan, Margie Sullivan, Emmett Sullivan, Jerry Sullivan, Joe Stuart, & James Phillips) has probably been the single most important, followed closely by the harmonies of Ira and Charlie Louvin. Carl Sauceman and the Green Valley Boys along with the Sullivan Family have done more for Bluegrass Music in Mississippi than anyone else out there, so they would be high on my list. Others include Ralph & Carter Stanley, the Carter Family, Eddie & Martha Adcock, John Duffey, Jimmy Martin, Sonny & Bobby Osborne, Jim & Jesse McReynolds, Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs, Bill Monroe, Red Allen & Frank Wakefield, Carl Story, the Lewis Family, Don Reno & Red Smiley, Rual Yarbrough, Bud Rose, Red Rector, Carl Jackson, Lethal Jackson, Tammy Sullivan, Jim Brock, Russell Burton, Bill Tennyson, Caleb Dennis, Larry Wallace, & Lyle Meador.
Sounds Like: Traditional Bluegrass & Old Time Gospel Music in style of The Sullivan Family, Louvin Brothers, and Bill Monroe.
Record Label: Unsigned