1/9/2024 0 Comments Five of a kind bluegrass![]() ![]() “They were like, ‘Hell yeah, let’s do it.'” “I was like, ‘I don’t think you need a drummer because you’re a bluegrass band, but I’ll be your drummer if you want me to be,'” Sam recalls. They played a couple of shows together in high school, but it wasn’t until after college that Ford and Sam joined the band and together the five guys formed the band Boy Named Banjo that we know today. While playing, a man walked by and yelled to Barton “Play that banjo boy!” Later that night William came up with the name Boy Named Banjo, which has stuck ever since.įord started playing bass when he was 13 years old, and he, Willard, William and Barton shared a guitar teacher. The guys started playing music on the streets of downtown Nashville, which is where the name “Boy Named Banjo” was created, outside of the famed Robert’s Western World. He suggested they jam together, which led to them asking Willard to join them. William and Willard played in a middle school garage rock band together, but it wasn’t until William met Barton in high school English class that Boy Named Banjo started to take shape.īarton had just started playing banjo when he heard William listening to bluegrass music. The band, which has been together in some iteration since members were in high school, is comprised of Barton Davies (banjo), Ford Garrard (bass/standing bass), Sam McCullough (drums) Willard Logan (mandolin, acoustic/electric guitar) and William Reames (acoustic guitar/harmonica). ![]() “We’re trying to find our own niche within popular country music today,” says Sam McCullough (drums). The Nashville-raised five-piece is a fusion of contemporary country, Americana and folk-rock stacked on a foundation of bluegrass. In a time when the popular choice is to chase the double yellow line down the road to country radio, Boy Named Banjo thrives on its fringes. Bring a new, unwrapped toy to a show this November and we'll enter you for a chance to win some fantastic prizes.* ![]()
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