20110127

Carolina Road Introduces New Band Members!


NEW BAND MEMBERS!

Carolina Road has never sounded better! A new face and a slight reconfiguration of the band has taken their music to another level. New lead singer and guitar player is Tommy Long of Hamptonville, NC. Tommy's lead singing and guitar work are unsurpassed. His performance on the new CD project is outstanding! Tommy Long and Lorraine Jordan have a great vocal blend together and will be doing duets from bands of the days when traditional duets were around. Carolina Road has definitely come full circle and  has returned to their roots with the hard driving traditional sound.

Super lead guitar player and singer, Dustin Benson has moved to acoustic bass giving the band a more punch than it has ever had!
 DYNAMIC INSTRUMENTAL DUO!
Josh Goforth and Ben Greene are world-class musicians and remain staples of the group. Both Josh and Ben are entering their sixth season with Carolina Road and continue doing a fantastic job. Josh will be playing three finger style guitar picking on our guitar style gospel tunes. In 2009, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for the project CUTTING LOOSE which he produced and recorded on with David Holt.

Ben Greene has two albums to his credit, one of which includes a lead vocal from all the bluegrass bands of his past which includes James King Band, Junior Sisk and Blue Ridge, Allen Mills and Lost and Found, David Parmley & Continental Divide, Tribute to Charlie Moore, and Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road.

PUBLIC RELATIONS!

Ray Edwards has been named as the groups exclusive manager and booking agent and will be playing Dobro at select festivals and venues. Ray is an awesome song writer and has played with several country legends such as Tom T. Hall, Randy Travis, Ed Bruce, Lynn Anderson, Jeanie C. Riley, and Sammy Kershaw. Ray has great business skills and does a great job on public relations.

2011 SPBGMA NOMINATIONS!
Lorraine Jordan 
- Entertainer of the Year
- Female Vocalist of the Year (Traditional)
- Bluegrass Promoter of the Year
Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road
- Vocal Group of the Year
- Instrumental Group of the Year
- Gospel Group of the Year (Traditional)
Ben Greene
- Banjo Performer of the Year
Josh Goforth 
- Fiddler Performer of the Year
Dustin Benson
- Guitar Performer of the Year

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