Description
Tucked away in a small country cabin just outside Collinsville, Texas is John and Shawn Grubb and their seven children. They first began performing as a family in 2001 and have played for various festivals, churches, nursing homes and private parties in Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, including the Youth in Bluegrass Competition in Silver Dollar City, Missouri. The girls first started picking out harmonies while singing hymns around the breakfast table with the family. Then a friend gave them a CD by Alison Krauss called "Now That I've Found You". They played it night and day (and still do!), singing to it while doing chores around the house until they knew them by heart. That began the family's journey into the world of bluegrass as well as keeping the hymns alive to tell the old, old story to a whole new generation. Their first gig was at the restaurant down the street when they filled in for a cancellation. Influences to their music style came from Dad's extensive album collection (or as they're called these days-big black CDs!) of fine musicians such as John Denver, the Beatles, Cat Stevens, Buck Owens, Don Williams, Leo Kottke, Steve Fromholz, Michael Martin Murphy, Mark O'Conner, Vasser Clemments, John Hartford, Blake and Rice, Tim O'Brien, Lazarus, Trapezoid, CSNY, James Taylor, Merle Haggard, Michael Katakis, John Vandiver, Dan Fogelberg, Shake Russell, Michael Hedges, Joni Mitchell....well, you get the idea. They've since added new CD's which include the Cox family, the Peasall Sisters, Dan Tyminski, Barry Bales, Ron Block, Jerry Douglas, Ralph Stanley, Rhonda Vincent, Tony Rice, Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Bela Fleck, Sam Bush, Mike Marshall, Nickel Creek and Ricky Skaggs.