Missy Raines
Mike Witcher
Megan McCormick
Ethan Ballinger
Influences
Early influences:
Bill Monroe, Ralph Stanley, Flatt & Scruggs, The Country Gentlemen, Sam Bush, David Grisman, New Grass Revival, Dave Holland, Ron Carter, Todd Phillips, too many more to mention
Later influences:
Joe Jackson, Christian McBride, Ray Brown, Joshua Redmond, Bonnie Raitt, Shelby Lynn, Charles Lloyd, Ed Snodderly, Ella, Oscar Peterson, and many more
Sounds Like
groove oriented, song driven, a balanced diet of the arranged and improvised, the sung and the picked.
Make it daring, make it intimate, make it virtuosic and load it with groove.
Missy Raines and the New Hip is that rare quantity: a band who makes
music absolutely no one else could make. Missy Raines, one of the most
beloved figures in bluegrass today, steps out with her sophisticated
brew of jazz moods, pop shimmer and bluegrass mastery.
Missy Raines has long been recognized as a pre-eminent instrumentalist
in bluegrass, and has just won a record 6th IBMA Bass Player of the
Year award. She has recorded and toured with the giants of the field;
at the same time she's pushed on all the boundaries that define
bluegrass. From her early days with Cloud Valley, through her stint
with the Brother Boys and her groundbreaking duo work with Jim Hurst,
Missy's adventurous musical spirit has been her compass.
Joining Missy are young lions like Michael Witcher (resonator guitar),
Megan McCormick (acoustic and electric guitar) and Ethan Ballinger (mandolin) who have the chops to travel the
challenging territory Missy has mapped out like it's a walk in the park.
Missy Raines and the New Hip: where song meets groove.
missy raines & the new hip's Friend Space (Top 32)
Thanks for the comment! I'll be up at Augusta next week. I'm not taking the bass class but if I get a chance I'll come over and say Hi... Have a great day! Andy B.
Hey Missy - You'd better watch out - I just signed up for the "Bass from Scratch" mini-class at Augusta Heritage this month!!!! Look forward to seeing you there!
You have a great memory for not such a greatly memorable place Missy. The place was the Halifax Hotel, near Harrisburg, owned by a woman named Alma! You all put on a great show! Late 1970's (gulp)?
