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The Steep Canyon Rangers are an American bluegrass band from Brevard, North Carolina.
In 2013 their album Nobody Knows You won a Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album. The previous year, their 2012 collaboration with Steve Martin, Rare Bird Alert, was nominated for the same award.
The International Bluegrass Music Association awarded Martin and Steep Canyon Rangers Entertainer of the Year in 2011.
In 2008, the band received a nomination from International Bluegrass Music Association for "Album and Gospel Performance of the Year".
The band were featured performers on the June 27, 2009 broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion, with the addition of Steve Martin on the banjo.
It was announced on June 13, 2011 that the Steep Canyon Rangers signed with Rounder Records, with SCR’s lead singer Woody Platt saying the Rangers “are honored to join Rounder Records and be a part of such a rich musical history."
Read full Tell The Ones I Love bio online at SteepCanyon.com.
The Steep Canyon Rangers feature:
Woody Platt — guitar, lead vocals
Graham Sharp — banjo, lead/harmony vocals
Mike Guggino — mandolin, harmony vocals
Charles R. Humphrey III — bass
Nicky Sanders — fiddle
Mike Ashworth — cajon drums
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