Douglas Back-classical guitarist
- Montgomery, AL
- Classical Guitarist
- 9 Verified Bookings
Kelley W. said “Doug was such a lovely part of our party! So professional & accommodating. The music was perfect for our "Italian" themed engagement party.…”
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Grass Backardz is a husband/wife team. Both are members of the Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame. Larry Benefield has earned himself quiet a reputation for picking His Flat top Martin and His lead vocals are outstanding!
Angie Hawkins plays a Kay doghouse bass. To watch her play is like watching an artist paint a musical picture. She also has over 700 copyrighted songs as well as published albums. She has had some of her material recorded by the "Greats of Bluegrass."
They just released the now popular CD"To Pick with Tony Rice." They are now working on a new project called AGAINST THE ELEMENT that was inspired after the house fire in December 2014 that took everything they own.
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Price Range: $400.00-5,000.00 (depending on travel expense)
Gig Length: 45 - 180 minutes
Languages: English
We're just down to earth folks who love to perform. We love to get our audience involved. We just wanna share who we really are with ya. We want you to laugh with us(sometimes at us), and "remember when" with us,and sometimes even cry with us (hopefully not many unhappy tears) but the world is our family and we gotta go through it all together.We wanna get to know our (link hidden)ter all, if it wasn't for you guys, none of us would have jobs doing what we love more than anything (Except our Lord).So we are truly blessed, and thankful to you all. We want to leave you singing a song in your heart(and your head). We want you to take home an unforgettable experience that leaves you uplifted. We NEVER want you to forget the name Grass Backardz because you guys mean the world to us. God Bless.
We're just down to earth folks who love to perform and have lots of fun. We love to get our audience involved. We just wanna share who we really are with ya. We want you to laugh with us(sometimes at us), and "remember when" with us,and sometimes even cry with us (hopefully not many unhappy tears) but the world is our family and we gotta go through it all together.We wanna get to know our (link hidden)ter all, if it wasn't for you guys, none of us would have jobs doing what we love more than anything (Except our Lord).So we are truly blessed, and thankful to you all. We want to leave you singing a song in your heart(and your head). We want you to take home an unforgettable experience that leaves you uplifted. We NEVER want you to forget the name Grass Backardz because you guys mean the world to us. God Bless.
We don't need anything special. We have our own gear. Keep in mind now that we Are a traditional/contemporary Bluegrass band. But you may be surprised at what comes out of us sometimes. We also do some gospel and we may even bluegrass up an old rock n roll song and throw out there to ya. Just depends on what ya want. We try to involve everybody and sometimes we are even surprised at what y'all have us doing.lol. But it sure is fun:)
Gosh! We do A LOT of songs. We usually don't have a "Set List" that we go by. We have a list of songs on our instruments (for back up when we can't think lol). Alot of the songs we do are original. We also do a lot of Traditional as well and everything in between. We also love to play fast paced instrumentals. If you know Bluegrass at all then you have heard something that we do.Even if you don't know Bluegrass you're gonna hear something that you've heard before...it's just gonna be a lot different. We've had folks to tell us "hey I liked the way y'all did that song. I've heard it before but never like that."(That always makes me feel good). I'm a firm believer that everybody loves Bluegrass. They just all don't know it yet.
Angie Hawkins | Plays Doghouse Bass/Lead and harmony vocals/song writer |
Larry Benefield | Lead Guitar/Lead and hamony vocals |
& Friendz | You never know |
Well, the reason the last CD was cut was because Larry Benefield kept talking about how much he loves Tony Rice. Angie Hawkins wrote the song for Larry to sing and He liked it so much he decided he wanted to put it on an album so Angie dug out 9 more songs to go with it and now we have the "Grass Backardz To Pick With Tony Rice" CD out.
Angie's influences are Mother Maybelle Carter,June Carter Cash, Clair Lynch and Dale Ann Bradley to name a few.
Dan's influences will be put in here in a day or two. He's worked hard this past weekend(we did three shows in one day) and it's late so i'm not gonna call and bother him cause he's probably sleeping at this hour( I oughta be sleeping too lol).
LOL. Shelter if it rains and a glass of water if it's hot:)
Kelley W. said “Doug was such a lovely part of our party! So professional & accommodating. The music was perfect for our "Italian" themed engagement party.…”
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