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    Artist description
    Hill Country Express performs contemporary and traditional Bluegrass styles, featuring tight three and four part vocal harmonies.
    Music Style
    Bluegrass, Gospel, Newgrass, Contemporary Country
    Musical Influences
    Flatt and Scruggs, Carter Family, Grampa Jones, Ricky Scaggs, Ralf Stanley, Bill Monroe
    Similar Artists
    Alison Krauss, Ricky Scaggs, Newgrass Revival, Ralf Stanley, Bill Monroe
    Artist History
    Hill Country Express has been performing in Central Texas since the late 1970's. On August 14, 1982, Hill Country Express opened for the David Grisman Quartet and the Chieftains at the Performing Arts Center at the University of Texas in Austin. The first 11 songs on the "Hill Country Express - Live" CD are a direct copy of the original audiotape fed live from the sound board that night, with no overtracks or effects added.
    Group Members
    Pete Akenhead - vocals, flat-picked guitar * Mike Hobbs - vocals, finger-picked autoharps * Joanna Alves - vocals, bass fiddle * Jamie Akenhead - vocals, flat-picked guitar * Don Prater - banjo, mandolin, finger-picked guitar
    Instruments
    guitars, banjo, mandolin, autoharp, bass fiddle
    Albums
    Hill Country Express - Live
    Location
    Austin, Texas - USA

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