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Lonesome River Band Inks Contract with Mountain Home!

PRESCRIPTION BLUEGRASS IMAGE  - (L-R) Standing: Daniel Mount (Mountain Home); Josh Trivett (Moonstruck Management); Ty Gilpin (Director of Marketing for Mountain Home): Tim Surrett (Producer for Mountain Home); Scott Wagner, (V.P. of Sales for Mountain Home). Seated: Mickey Gamble, (A&R for Mountain Home); Sammy Shelor (Lonesome River Band).North Carolina-based Mountain Home Music Company is the new recording home for The Lonesome River Band.

The contract binds the band  for exclusive recording with North Carolina  record label of Arden, NC.

The band’s multi-award-winning banjo player Sammy Shelor comments: "Lonesome River Band is very excited about the opportunity to be a part of The Mountain Home/Crossroads Music Family. We look forward to recording this next project and having the support of such a great team. Thanks to Mickey Gamble and the rest of the team for making this a reality.”

The Lonesome River Band is a staple in Bluegrass and has remained a headlining act at major Bluegrass and Roots Music festivals for years. They continue their heavy presence as a sought-after live band as they begin work on this new album.

Mountain Home, operating out of Arden, NC, on the old road about 10 miles south of Asheville, is home to some of the top bands in Bluegrass including Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, The Boxcars, Balsam Range, Darin and Brooke Aldridge, The Grascals, and more.

The group begins recording in April with the new release planned for this summer.

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