Rural Rhythm Records is proud to release the new album by multi
award winning Bluegrass Super Group the LONESOME RIVER BAND titled
“NO TURNING BACK.” Just last year LRB celebrated 25 years as one of
the most popular and influential acts in Bluegrass Music!
They have not looked back since the release of their breakout album,
“Carrying The Tradition”, in 1991, which included current LRB band
leader, Sammy Shelor, as well as, Dan Tyminski, Ronnie Bowman and,
LRB founder, Tim Austin.
Over the past 25 years the LONESOME RIVER BAND career has been
filled with a multitude of awards and recognitions including numerous
awards by the IBMA and SPGBMA for Song of the Year, Album of
the Year, Bluegrass Vocal Group of the Year and Bluegrass Band of
the Year.
Through changes in vocalists and rhythm sections, the constant in the wildly
popular LRB sound has been Sammy Shelor’s insistent, driving banjo style which
has won him “Banjo Player of the Year” awards by the IBMA 4 years in a row,
(1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998).
“Them Blues” is the first single from the award winning LONESOME RIVER
BAND’S 12th album and contains current band members: Sammy Shelor (banjo, vocals), Brandon Rickman (guitar, vocals), Mike Hartgrove (fiddle), Andy Ball (mandolin, vocals) and Mike Anglin (bass, vocals).
The new album, “NO TURNING BACK” proves again that after over 25 years in
Bluegrass Music they still remain one of the most admired and influential acts in the genre!
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- Terry Herd, Bluegrass Radio Network
Sammy Shelor once told me he only wanted to make CD's his fans would be proud of. With the release of "No Turning Back", I must say wholeheartedly "Mission Accomplished".
- John Lawless, Bluegrass Blog
“Lonesome River Band has spent 25 years defining the meaning of modern bluegrass, all the while influencing an entire generation of pickers and fans. A look at past members reads like a who’s who of contemporary bluegrass, and Sammy Shelor has once again assembled a powerful group of stellar musicians for this new release. Here’s to another 25 years of LRB,” said John Lawless of the Bluegrass Blog.
