Artist description We play Jazz, Bluegrass, Western Swing and Bluegrass.

Music Style Jazz, Bluegrass, Irish, Western Swing

Musical Influences Flatpicking artists like Steve Kaufman, Cody Kilby, Gary Cook. Violinists like Claud Williams, Mark O' Conner, Joe Venuti. Others like David Grisman, Oliver Gannon

Artist History The Hale Family started playing in nursing homes in 1996. They have been continually improving, and have since played in numerous Borders Books, Music Festivals in the Northern Virginia Area..

Group Members Chris Hale, has been performing for five years. He started the violin at 3 years old, the guitar at 8, the mandolin at 8, and the bass at 13. He has started teaching the guitar. He is presently attending Virginia Tech majoring in Business Management. Rose Hale has been playing the violin for 25 years, has been playing music for all of her life, She is a trained piano tuner, and has thirty piano, violin students. Ernie Hale, a retired civil engineer,started playing classical guitar. He has since mastered the backup guitar, and has become a guitar teacher.

Instruments Guitar, Violin, Mandolin, Piano

Albums The Hale Family; The Greenhorns Jazz

Location Blacksburg, Virginia - USA

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