Artists
Prewitt is best known as an excellent bluegrass mandolin player and harmony singer who is fresh off of a three-year run with The Special Consensus. He is a front-man now with two full albums released within the past year. Prewitt’s first album, The Peerless Mountain Sessions (CLR004) was released in February 2024. His second album, Something He Can Handle (CLR006) was released on October 25, 2024. His versatility, both instrumentally and vocally, are evident on the new album with his guitar work, singing, and songwriting combining to form a unique sound that is all his own.
Prewitt lives in Williamsburg, Kentucky. You can catch him on the road with his full band in 2025!
For more information, visit https://michaelprewitt.net/home
Photo by Alex Sutton. Michael Prewitt
Stillhouse Junkies
Acoustic adventurers Stillhouse Junkies explore the worlds between roots, bluegrass, Texas swing, blues, and rock. Their free-flowing musical interplay and improvisation creates a sound all their own as they weave their way through high-energy, intricately composed original songs, never taking the same path twice. Based in the Southwestern Colorado town of Durango, the band consists of founder Fred Kosak on guitar and mandolin and longtime member Alissa Wolf on fiddle. They’ve recently been joined by Nederland, CO’s Matt Thomas on upright bass and Nashville, TN’s Eric Lee on mandolin, guitar, and fiddle. Lee and Thomas formerly played together in the award-winning band Man About a Horse.
For more information, visit https://https://stillhousejunkies.com
Spring Creek 45 is an Alabama-based bluegrass band that released its first full album on vinyl in December 2023. They’re really a bluegrass album band that plays live when the stars align in the southern sky. The band began when Justin Stickler met Wesley Knapp on an archaeology dig in Mobile. Knapp introduced Stickler to banjo man, Mike Bailey, and fiddler/bass player, Kelsey Cunningham, which led to putting this band together. Knapp is the senior member of the band and sings lead on several songs and plays guitar throughout the album. Mike Bailey plays a driving banjo on each song. Bailey toured with the Sullivan Family in the 1980s and played on the Grand Old Opry when he was 16. Kelsey Cunningham plays fiddle and bass and sings lead on one tune. Cunningham moved to Washington County, Alabama, from Kentucky many years ago. Steven Salter wrote several of the songs sings (lead and harmony) and plays guitar and bass throughout the album. Stickler plays guitar and harmonica and wrote many of the songs. Michael Prewitt, well hell, you can tell what he’s playing.
Photo by Morgan Stickler
Spring Creek 45
Pontiac Stove Company is a Dothan-based band that plays mostly original music with some obscure covers thrown in, Americana-style. We’ve played together for many years but officially formed in 2017 and made a full-length all original record, Pontiac Stove Company (CLR001) in late 2019, just in time for COVID. We have slowed down from our initial pace of live shows, but we still play an occasional gig when not tied up with our day jobs or tending to family duties.
Photo by Andrew ReidPontiac Stove Company
Like so many bands, these fellas know a thousand songs and have played together for many years. Back in the pines of Washington County, Alabama, there’s a long history of bluegrass music. In fact, Wesley Knapp’s father was a county fiddle champion and friend of Kenny Baker. Back in the 80s, there used to be a festival called Lockwood right around this part of Washington County. You may have heard Monroe’s intrumental tune, Lochwood, on his Master of Bluegrass album. Well, that’s the same Lochwood where some of these boys cut their teeth.
The band from left to right: Wesley Knapp, Tim Savage, Anky Akridge, Mike Bailey, Hal Keith, and Kelsey Cunningham. They play live in the Washington County area as often as they can.
Photo by Justin Stickler