Andy Martin - banjo and vocals
John "Johnny Fabulous" Evans - guitar,
Bryan Varin - mandolin and vocals
Brian Connell - mouth harp and vocals
Rich Mullinax, bass
Kaitlin "Lester" Jones - guitar, vocals and spiritual advisement
Influences
Bill Monroe, Flatt and Scruggs, The Stanley Brothers, Hot Rize, Larry Cordle and Lonesome Standard Time, Tony Rice, The Bluegrass Album Band...
A few words about our guitar picker John “Johnny Fabulous” Evans, Guitar & Vocals - John was born and raised in the North Georgia Mountain town of Ellijay, where he learned flatpicking guitar & mandolin by mistake. The youngest of 23 children, John was lavished with a lot of attention, mostly by his older sisters. The family was so poor they couldn’t afford Cabbage Patch dolls, so his older sisters used to dress John up like a doll and force him to host tea parties with teddy bears, Barbies and a partially dressed, quadriplegic GI Joe. He managed to escape the worst of these “episodes” by hiding under the canvas of an old fishing boat. Once he ran out of other things to do while in hiding, …... he discovered that someone had left an old Martin D-18 under the canvas and had forgotten about it. The rest is bluegrass history. John lives in Seattle with his wife, Monica and his twin boys, Monique & Unique. He also has a home in Salt Lake City that he shares with his wife, Sandy, and her children from a future marriage. He spends most of his free time sneaking into strangers’ carports and hiding under their boat covers. 16 Tons also features Andy "Dr. Nasty" Martin on the banjo, Bryan "Top Shelf" Varin on mandolin, Rich "The Don King of Athens Bluegrass" Mullinax on bass, Kaitlin "Lester" Jones on vocals and guitar and Brian Connell on mouth harp.
