Adam Steffey

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Instruments Mandolin, vocals Years active 1987–present		Website www.adamsteffey.com Name Adam Steffey

Born November 24, 1965 (age 58) Norfolk, Virginia, United States ( 1965-11-24 ) Occupation(s) Musician, singer-songwriter, producer, bandleader Labels Mountain Home Records, Organic Records, Sugar Hill Records Associated acts Alison Krauss & Union Station, Mountain Heart, Lonesome River Band, The Dan Tyminski Band, the Isaacs, Kenny Chesney, Clint Black, Vince Gill, Dolly Parton, The Dixie Chicks, James Taylor, Rhonda Vincent, Ronnie Bowman, Jim Mills Role Musical performer · adamsteffey.com Education East Tennessee State University Music groups Alison Krauss & Union Station (1998), Mountain Heart, Lonesome River Band (Since 1987), The Boxcars Albums New Primitive, So Long So Wrong, Every Time You Say Goodbye, Two Highways, Chronology Volume 1

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Adam Steffey (born November 24, 1965) is an American mandolin player, best known for playing in the bluegrass and old-time styles. He spent time as a member of bands such as Alison Krauss & Union Station, Mountain Heart, Lonesome River Band, The Dan Tyminski Band, and the Isaacs. He is currently a member of The Boxcars. Adam has also performed with such artists as Kenny Chesney, Clint Black, Vince Gill, Dolly Parton, The Dixie Chicks, James Taylor, Rhonda Vincent, Ronnie Bowman, Jim Mills, and others.

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Biography

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Adam grew up in Norfolk, Virginia but moved to Kingsport, Tennessee when his father retired in 1975. He attended the Carter Family Fold each weekend when he was young, and became interested in the music he heard there. He started playing the mandolin when he was 15, taking lessons first from Audie Ratliff and later on from Jack Tottle.

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Adam currently serves as an adjunct faculty member at East Tennessee State University, teaching mandolin. He completed his Bachelor of Science at ETSU in 2014.

Personal life

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Adam married his wife, musician Tina Trianosky, in May 2008, and they have twin sons, born in 2011.

Awards

Adam is a 5 time Grammy award winner and has won the bluegrass mandolin player of the year from the International Bluegrass Music Association 10 times, more than any other player.

Selected Discography

(2001) Grateful (Mountain Home Records)

(2009) One More for the Road (Sugar Hill)

(2013) New Primitive (Organic)

Also performed on:

(2013) It's Just a Road (The Boxcars)

(2013) Life on a Rock (Kenny Chesney)

(2013) The Bluegrass Album (Alan Jackson)

(2012) All In (The Boxcars)

(2008) Good Thing Going (Rhonda Vincent)

(2008) Secrets (Sierra Hull)

(2007) DoorWay (Ron Block)

(2006) Wide Open (Mountain Heart)

(2005) First Time Around (Aaron McDaris)

(2005) Hide Head Blues (Jim Mills)

(2005) Some Hearts (Carrie Underwood)

(2002) Home (Dixie Chicks)

(2002) My Dixie Home (Jim Mills)

(2001) Stand Still (The Isaacs)

(2000) Carry Me Across the Mountain (Dan Tyminski)

(1997) Nothin' But the Taillights (Clint Black)

(1997) So Long So Wrong (Alison Krauss & Union Station)

(1996) High Lonesome Sound (Vince Gill)

(1996) Treasures (Dolly Parton)

(1994) I Know Who Holds Tomorrow (Alison Krauss)

(1993) World Turning (Tony Trischka)

(1992) Every Time You Say Goodbye (Alison Krauss & Union Station)

(1991) Arkansas Traveler (Michelle Shocked)

References

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