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Member Since: 1/16/2006
Band Website: http://www.davidvia.com
Band Members: David Via
In a Hollar on a Mountain
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SOUND SAMPLES
David Via and Corn Tornado released their 2nd CD on Little King Records a while back - In a Hollar on a Mountain.
1. That Trumpet's Blowin'
2. I Wrote This Song
3. Payday Millionaire
4. Virginia Ground
5. All Comes Down To A Song
6. Red Rockin' Chair
7. Never See His Name In Lights
8. For Pete's Sake
9. Hard Times
10. Ain't That The Blues
11. Left This Country Boy
12. Whiskey
13. Corn Liquor
14. Baby Boy
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Influences: DAVID VIA
* 1stplace, 2001 Merlefest Chris Austin Songwriters award with the song Pawn Shops & Wedding Rings;
* 2nd place, 2000 Merlefest Chris Austin Songwriters award with the song Virginia Ground;
* 1st place, 1997 Merlefest Chris Austin Songwriters award with the song Never Hear the Call;
* Wrote the hit, Left this Country Boy (Sittin all Alone): chosen as one of the Decades Top 200 Bluegrass Songs; top ten of the IBMA bluegrass chart.
David Vias songs come from being raised and living up in the Blue Ridge mountains of Patrick County, Virginia. Via (as most folks call him thats pronounced Vi and rhymes with sky) is a well-known figure in bluegrass/newgrass circles, and with twenty-some odd years of singing and songwriting, hes made a lot of pickin buddies along the way. He started his performing career in church when he was three years old. He picked up on the guitar early and in college began playing the blues from coast to coast. Returning home after college, Vias long-time friend Tommy Morse brought him back to an appreciation for the home tradition the bluegrass and old time music Via had heard his uncles play when he was a boy. Via and Morse performed with The Bluegrass Buddies and played many well-known bluegrass festivals with members David Via, Alan Bibey (currently with BlueRidge), Tommy Morse (currently with Clearwater) and Ronnie Bowman (now a solo artist and with Lonesome River Band). It was then that Via started playing the mandolin and since then he has won numerous pickin championships. Over the years, Via has played in a lot of lineups and with a lot of great pickers: the newgrass In Sync Jody King and James Donchez, Kim Gardiner, and Alan Purdue (now with New Vintage) and with the Dan River Revue (Wyatt Rice, Tommy Morse, Tim Jefferson, Pete Ross) among others. He traveled to the west coast in 2000 for a six week tour with Larry Keel and Curtis Burch. He is now highlighting original material, teaming up with longtime friends who spin the Corn Tornado.
Corn Tornado features Via with Daniel Knicely (guitar), Fiddly Dave Van Deventer (fiddle), and John Flower (doghouse bass. Other frequent guests include Woody Wood (guitar), Tommy Morse (banjo), David Knicely (bass) and Curtis Burch (dobro). They all highly complement Vias songs, singing and mandolin with pyrotechnic pickin and tight harmony vocals. Before coming together with longtime buddy David Via, Daniel and John were original members of Magraw Gap (with Larry Keel and Will Lee), band winners at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival and one of the hottest bluegrass bands of the mid-1990s. Fiddly Dave also toured with the Gap and heads his own old-time funk and new acoustic group, Furnace Mountain. Woody Wood was an original member of The Blue Rags and frequently performs with his father, world-champion banjo-picker A.L. Wood.
Via has joined the stage with the late, great Vassar Clements, Ronnie Bowman, The Blue Dogs, Tony Rice, Curtis Burch, John Cowan, A.L. Wood and Rex McGee. Daniel and Fiddly Dave are featured on several recordings with Keller Williams ; Knicely has performed with such artists as Mark Schatzand Rooster Ruley and VanDeventer still heads Furnace Mountain.
Most important, David Via and Corn Tornado is a collection not just of stellar musicians, but of close friends - a feeling that really comes through on stage.
Sounds Like: Patrick County, Virginia
Record Label: Little King Records
Type of Label: Indie
