Marty Raybon and Full Circle

January 28, 2010 on 4:35 pm | In Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Sally Gap Bluegrass Festival is proud to announce that Marty Raybon and Full Circle will be performing at Sally Gap this year!  This is a top-notch Bluegrass band featuring one of the finest voices in any genre of music!

Founder and former lead singer of the Grammy-award-winning Country act Shenandoah, Marty Raybon led Shenandoah to 22 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including thirteen number one singles, including: “The Church on Cumberland Road” (1989), “Sunday in the South” (1989), “Two Dozen Roses” (1989), “Next to You, Next to Me” (1990), “If Bubba Can Dance (I Can Too)” (1994) and “Butterfly Kisses” (1997).

His talents are unmatched, whether he’s singing Country, Gospel, or his personal favorite, Bluegrass.  And between the three genres, he has become very busy, performing over 100 shows per year between the United States and Canada.

His latest and most exciting venture is the release of “Daddy Phone,” a heartfelt tribute to fathers separated from their children by divorce.  Raybon has packaged his songwriting genius in At His Best, his debut album with current label GrandVista Music, scheduled for Spring 2010 release.

Everyone who hears Raybon knows he has a voice to be reckoned with.  Dating back to his early days in his home state of Florida, he sang in his family’s Bluegrass band.  Like so many other Bluegrass artists, the grind of part-time playing and full-time work eventually got old and in 1984 Raybon headed for Nashville.  By the following year he’d scored a publishing deal and moved to Muscle Shoals, Alabama, founding the group that would eventually become Shenandoah.

Since then, he has enjoyed many years as an esteemed performer in the Country, Southern Gospel, and Bluegrass genres.  He grew up in Bluegrass and later earned acclaim in Country music, so it should come as no surprise that the latest release from Marty Raybon and his band, Full Circle, bears the mark of both.

Raybon’s vocal abilities have garnered numerous accolades throughout his career.  Those he treasures most are said to be those from his peers in the industry.   Gary LeVox, lead singer of the mega supergroup Rascal Flatts, views Raybon as “The greatest singer on the planet to this day,”  while esteemed music critic and scholar Robert K. Oermann exclaims, “There are few more thrilling vocalists in America than Marty Raybon.”

Marty Raybon has gathered great musicians to form Full Circle, including Glenn Gibson, Chris Davis, Jayd Raines, and Daniel Grindstaff.  So whether you come-out to hear a Country superstar singing Bluegrass, or whether you just come to hear a great Bluegrass band, you don’t want to miss Marty Raybon and Full Circle!

Go to the schedule page of Sally Gap’s website to find-out when they’ll be playing.