Mountain Heart & Ricky Skaggs Blue Grass on May 25, 2003

(Branson, Missouri) The blue grass band Mountain Heart will perform with Ricky Skaggs at The Grand Palace, in Branson, Missouri, on Sunday May 25. The performance is part of the 2003 Red, White and Bluegrass Series, at The Grand Palace, in Branson, Missouri, on Sunday May 25 which will also include the Del McCoury Band.

Mountain Heart routinely performs with artists including the George Jones, Merle Haggard, Del McCoury Band, and Brad Paisley In 1999 the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) named Mountain Heart Emerging Artist of the Year by. Their second CD, a gospel collection called “The Journey,” earned the 2002 Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year award from the IBMA. Also In 2002, the group received an IBMA nomination for Vocal Group of the Year. They have just released a new CD, “No Other Way.”

Mountain Heart was formed in 1998 by tenor/guitarist Steve Gulley and baritone/banjo player Barry Abernathy, both of whom were formerly part of Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver. Mandolin player Adam Steffey, who previously played with Alison Krauss and Union Station, fiddle player Jim Van Cleve, also formerly of Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, and bassist Jason Moore complete Mountain Heart.