Name Missy Raines | Role Singer ยท missyraines.com | |
Albums My Place in the Sun, Inside Out, Synergy, New Frontier Profiles |
Folk alley sessions missy raines and the new hip i learn
Missy Raines (born April 6, 1962) is a bassist, singer, teacher, and songwriter. She has won seven International Bluegrass Music Awards for Bass Player of the Year.
Contents
- Folk alley sessions missy raines and the new hip i learn
- Folk alley sessions missy raines and the new hip the blackest crow
- Biography
- Cloud Valley
- Jim Hurst and Missy Raines
- Claire Lynch Band
- Missy Raines the New Hip
- Helen Highwater Stringband
- Online Bass School
- Ill Take Love
- Solo albums
- With Claire Lynch
- With Jim Hurst and Missy Raines
- With Helen Highwater Stringband
- As composer
- As producer
- Also appears on
- References
Folk alley sessions missy raines and the new hip the blackest crow
Biography
Hailing from Short Gap, West Virginia, Raines began playing bass and touring professionally as a teenager. Today she is a respected bluegrass musician, playing both straight-ahead bluegrass and more progressive forms of music.
She has worked with legends such as Mac Wiseman, Kenny Baker, Josh Graves, and Eddie & Martha Adcock to current artists such as Peter Rowan, Laurie Lewis, Dudley Connell, and Don Rigsby, and the Brother Boys.
Cloud Valley
Raines was a member of the progressive bluegrass band Cloud Valley with Bill Evans (banjo), Charlie Rancke (guitar), and Steve Smith (mandolin). They released two albums: A Bluegrass Ensemble in 1983 and Live In Europe in 1985.
Jim Hurst and Missy Raines
Missy Raines toured extensively from 1998- 2005 in a duo with Jim Hurst. They recorded two albums for the Pinecastle label: Two in 1999 and Synergy in 2003.
Claire Lynch Band
Missy and Jim re-joined the Claire Lynch Band in 2005 (along with David Harvey) when Lynch returned to the road after a hiatus. The band recorded two more albums: New Day and Crowd Favorites, both on Rounder Records. Missy left the band in 2008, asnd was replaced by Mark Schatz.
Missy Raines & the New Hip
In 2008, Missy established her Americana/jazz-tinged ensemble Missy Raines & The New Hip, who have released two albums on the Compass label: Inside Out released February 10, 2009, and New Frontier released September 2013. Besides Missy, the New Hip includes Ethan Ballinger (guitar), Jarrod Walker (mandolin), and Cody Walker drums.
Helen Highwater Stringband
Raines is a member of the bluegrass supergroup the Helen Highwater Stringband, along with Mike Compton, David Grier, and Shad Cobb. They released an eponymous EP in 2015.
Online Bass School
In 2011, she began teaching double bass online at the Online Bluegrass Bass School with Missy Raines, as part of the ArtistWorks Academy of Bluegrass.
I'll Take Love
Missy co-produced and played on the Compass release "I'll Take Love", a collection of Louisa Branscomb's songs sung by a top list of artists including The Whites, Alison Krauss, Claire Lynch, Steve Gulley, Dale Ann Bradley, Josh Williams, John Cowan, and more.