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Latest News
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March 3, 2021
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I am happy to announce the release our our latest recording "Country Roots." Click here to download!
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November 20, 2020
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Check out Merle Monroe performing at Radio Bristol's "Farm and Fun Time." Our portion begins around the one hour mark.

June 9, 2020
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Gravel Road Bluegrass was excited to be back at the Farmer's Market this summer after a long hiatus due to COVID-19. 

​December 8, 2019
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Performing with Merle Monroe in Flemingsburg, KY. 

​May 8th, 2019
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Performing with Merle Monroe at the world famous Station Inn in Nashville, TN!

May 12th, 2018
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Playing banjo with the Wando High School Orchestra
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​February 15th, 2018
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Performing with Gravel Road at Two Blokes Brewery

December 21st, 2017
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It was a lot fun getting to play some Christmas tunes with Charleston's Mayor John Tecklenburg on piano!
​Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

July 28th, 2017
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​"Play Ball!" -- Charleston Riverdogs 

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​April 7th, 2017
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​Looking forward to working for the mouse next week during two "You're Instrumental!" workshops.  Students will be coming from Pennsylvania and Massachusetts to perform Disney music and make their own music videos!

​January 28, 2017
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​I enjoyed getting to play for Yeast-Everything Homebrew's 3rd anniversary with Alan Bibey and Gary Payne!

November 30, 2016
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Three Banjos playing at Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party!
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September 10th, 2016
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After 16 years of performing at Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World, the Notorious Banjo Brothers and Bob will perform their last set on October 1, 2016.  I was honored to perform with them periodically over the past year and a half.  Here's a clip from a fun day in Frontierland!
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​​July 18th, 2016
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I enjoyed getting to play with Gravel Road Acoustic Trio on Lowcountry Live this morning!  Check out our performance:

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​March 30th, 2016
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Join us for the Palmetto Brewgrass Festival!
Click here for tickets.  
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​December 19th, 2015
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Great job to all the Wando Orchestra students in our holiday concert this past week!  Have a great holiday season and a
​happy new year!

​October 31st, 2015
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Happy Halloween, everyone!

​May 29th, 2015
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I had a great time playing bluegrass music with The Bluestone Ramblers at The Charleston Music Hall.  Bill Monroe would be proud of a night filled with music honoring the legends!

February 7, 2015
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I had a really fun day playing with the Bluestone Ramblers in Mount Pleasant at the Yeast-Everything Homebrew 1 year anniversary party!

December 14, 2014
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Check out the latest video from the Bluestone Ramblers:
Full Videos to be released in 2015!

November 25, 2014
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I'm looking forward to performing with the Blue Stone Ramblers in the month of December.  Here's a sampling of our recent band photo shoot.  Many thanks to Karson Photography for the great images!

September 29, 2014
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I had a lot of fun playing with the Blue Stone Ramblers this past weekend at the Gibbes Museum of Art Renovation Celebration.  Here's a couple of pictures from the event:

August 30, 2014
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Check out the recently posted YouTube clip of me playing with the Osborne Brothers around 2003.

​July 2, 2014
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I'll be playing with my friend Chris Henry and his awesome band HardCore Grass at the Garden Theater in downtown Winter Garden on Saturday, July 5 at 8:00 pm.  

Click here for more information.

May 30, 2014
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I wanted to let everyone know that I'll be playing with my friend Ernie Evans and his great band at the Garden Theater in downtown Winter Garden on Saturday, June 14 at 8:00 pm.  

Click here for more information.

April 11, 2014
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Here's a short montage from a couple of jams in the Central Florida area.  I have a lot of fun getting to play bluegrass music with many different people!

March 16, 2014
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The Fort Christmas, Florida Bluegrass Festival was a success this past weekend.  Thanks to my friends Lester Canada and Gary Mackey for asking me to perform with you!

January 17, 2014
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I had a lot of fun jamming with the folks in Ocoee, FL last week.  Click the link below to hear a sample of the jamming:

December 29th, 2013
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Happy 2014 everyone!  

September 30th, 2013
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I will be playing with the Greenville Grass on October 5th at R. A. Fountain General Store in Fountain, NC.  The show starts at 7:30pm.  

Click Here 
for more info

July 16th, 2013
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I am looking forward to a week of shows in Charleston with my acoustic trio, Gravel Road.  I hope to see many of you next week!  
July 23rd: Mount Pleasant Farmer's Market
July 24th: Awendaw Green
July 26th: Okra Grill in Mount Pleasant
Click here to visit Gravel Road's website.

Posted May 24, 2013
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I'd like to invite everyone out to the Bear City Opry in New Bern, NC.   Milan and the gang will be playing country, gospel, and patriotic music in honor of the 4th of July holiday, and of course lots of fiddling!  The next show is June 29 at 7 pm. For more information, click here.

Posted February 6, 2013
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Come out to Gravel Road's upcoming show at the Paramount Theater in Burlington, NC this coming Sunday, February 10 at 
3:00 pm.  For more details, click here:

Paramount-Burlington

Posted December 20, 2012
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It was a lot of fun getting to play with Bobby Osborne again in Myrtle Beach, SC at the South Carolina Bluegrass Festival and Pigeon Forge, TN at Christmas in the Smokies.  Check out a clip of "Rocky Top" from a show at Myrtle Beach:

Posted November 13, 2012
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Lisa and I had a great time performing at the fundraiser in Tarboro, NC for the NECP Music and Arts Programs.  
A lot of money was raised to support the music 
and art programs in the school.


I wanted to let everyone know that I'll be playing with 
Bobby Osborne and the Rocky Top X-Press on 
two of his festivals coming up:
 Saturday, November 24: Myrtle Beach Bluegrass Festival 
(2:00 pm and 9:45 pm).  
Friday, December 14:  Christmas in the Smokies 
(5:15 pm and 10:00 pm)

For more information check Bobby's website:
http://bobbyosborne.com
I hope to see you there!

Posted October 11th, 2012
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A big thanks to the Lumpsters for a great night of music and fun!  Together, the group raised over $40,000 for the United Way of Alamance County.  Check out some of the highlights:

Posted September 3rd, 2012
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Lisa and I are gearing up for two benefit shows this month in Burlington, North Carolina.  On September 15th, we will be playing as guest fiddlers for The Fabulous Lumpsters, a benefit concert for the United Way of Alamance County.  The location is downtown Burlington near the Co-op grocery store.
Click here for more information. 
On September 29th, we will be playing with Gravel Road at 
the Alamance Children's Museum for their grand 
opening celebration.   Visit Gravel Road's website 
for more info.  We hope to see you soon!

Posted July 10th, 2012
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  Gravel Road Acoustic Trio's debut album, 
"Where We Belong," is available now!
  Click here to get your copy today. 
Enjoy bluegrass favorites mixed with Michael Jackson, The Beatles, 
and original tunes.

Derek Deakins:  guitar, lead vocals, harmony vocals
Lisa Deakins:  fiddle, bass, harmony vocals
 Meg Monroe High:  lead vocals, harmony vocals
                                            

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