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Blue Canyon Boys

About Me

The Blue Canyon Boys, winners of the 2008 Telluride Bluegrass Festival Band Competition, have been picking and entertaining audiences with their unique style of bluegrass in the Colorado area for over five years. This high energy bluegrass powerhouse consists of Gary Dark on mandolin, Jason Hicks on guitar, Drew Garrett on bass, and Jeff Scroggins on banjo. Blending incredible brother-duet-style vocals and hard-driving instrumental proficiency, this energetic Colorado band has quickly become a mainstay of the front range bluegrass scene. Rooting themselves in tradition, The Blue Canyon Boys draw upon influences like the Stanley Brothers, Jim and Jesse, and Jimmy Martin to entertain audiences with a thoughtful selection of songs, fine musicianship and humorous stage presence. They have been earning a reputation as a bluegrass band that plays with sincere intensity and raw emotion. The Blue Canyon Boys also offer well-crafted original material, which can be heard on their debut CD, "Just An Ol Dirt Road", and their sophmore release "Hello City Limits". They are currently hard at work on their third CD entitled, "House Full of Sorrow"
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Member Since: 08/03/2006
Band Website: www.bluecanyonboys.com
Band Members: Gary Dark-mandolin and vocals;Jason Hicks-guitar and vocals;Drew Garrett-Upright bass;Jeff Scroggins-banjo;
Influences: Jimmy Martin, Stanley Brothers, Reno and Smiley, Jim and Jesse, Bill Monroe, Delmore Brothers, Lily Brothers, John Hartford, Country Gentlemen, Norman Blake, Doc Watson, Red Allen, Frank Wakefield, Monk, Mingus, Miles, and Trane; Mr. Zappa, Chewbacca, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings; Ween, , Robert Zimmerman, Mr. T, Dwight Yoakam, Vern Williams, Hank Williams, Merle Haggard Haggard, Willie, Skaggs & Rice; Dawg, Superjason
Sounds Like: Driving Bluegrass Music!
Record Label: BCB Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

"House Full of Sorrow" is here!

The Blue Canyon Boys new CD, "House Full of Sorrow" has arrived and will be available at their upcoming CD release parties.  On friday April 3rd, join the Blue Canyon Boys and Southern Exposure at the...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:57:00 GMT

Blue Canyon Boys win the 2008 Telluride Bluegrass Festival band competition!!!

Well folks we went to the 35th annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival this past weekend to enter the band competition and we came out on top!  It was truly a phenomenal experience being in such...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:14:00 GMT

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the blog's clogged and the plunger isn't working need some fast actin' tinactin drano formula
Posted by on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:02:00 GMT

About the Band

Originally from Kentucky, vocalist and mandolinist Gary Dark has been performing for more than 15 years. Carrying on a tradition of music handed down through his family of bluegrass and folk musicians...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:48:00 GMT