Crowe Brothers - Forty Years Old Released Today!

Mountain Fever is proud to release today the all new album from The Crowe Brothers. If you know traditional bluegrass then you already know their story.

40 Years together singing and performing traditional bluegrass. Josh and Wayne Crowe bring their best recording to-date to the table as the brother harmonies soar, delivering that sound that fans have loved for ""Forty Years.

With Josh Crowe on guitar, and Wayne Crowe on bass, the Crowe Brothers’ music career has spanned more than four decades and a dozen recording projects. Growing up in Clayton, Georgia, Josh and Wayne began playing music as boys with their dad, Junior Crowe, and with various local bands playing bluegrass and gospel. In 1975, they teamed up with Raymond Fairchild and worked the bluegrass festival circuit and traveling the country with him full-time for the next 15 years, and relocated to Maggie Valley, NC. Over the years of their career, the Crowe Brothers have made notable appearances on the Grand Ole Opry and at the Library of Congress, as well as numerous National TV show performances, including the Bluegrass Spectacular, Fire on the Mountain, Nashville Now, I-40 Pickin’ at the Paradise, and American Music Shop.

TRACK LISTING 1. Lost Highway -Leon Payne -Sony/ATV Acuff Music Publishing 2. You Turned Forty Years Old -G.Steve Watts-Redbud Ridge Music 3. Excuse me, I Think I've Got a Heartache-James Henry Boxley III, Ricky M. L. Walters, Eric T. Sadler -Songs of Universal Inc. 4. Green Fields of Erin -Tucker Smith-*Maggie Valley Publishing 5. I've Got the Moon on My Side-I Got the Moon on My Side-Tom T. Hall, Dixie Hall, Troy Engle -Good Home Grown Music 6. Someday My Ship Will Sail -Allen Reynolds-Universal Songs of Polygram International Inc. 7. Don't Let Our Love Die - Mike Dowling, Alan O'Bryant- Morganactive Songs, Inc., Dennis Morgan Music 8. Livin' in a Mobile Home-Rory Michael Bourke, Ronnie Scaife - Universal Songs of Polygram International Inc. 9. Send Me the Pillow-Hank Locklin - WAMA - Songs of a Fairchild a/c Big Pillow Music 10. Where Will You Be-Wayne Crowe - Maggie Valley Publishing 11. Angel Mother -Cindy Walker-Hill and Range Songs 12. Two Feet on the Floor - Ed Williams-Draw Four Music

To their credit, they have received recognition from the SPBGMA association (Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America) with awards for Best Bluegrass Rhythm Guitar and Best Instrumental Band, and were nominated by IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association) for Emerging Artist of the Year. In 2009, their recording of “Cindy Mae” (written by Cody Shuler), went number one on several bluegrass charts. In 2011, “He Could Pick the Hound” (penned by Steve Watts), also reached the number one slot.

Wayne left the road for a while around 1990 and Josh continued to play music with other acts such as Crowe & McLaughlin (David McLaughlin, formerly of the Johnson Mountain Boys) and with his own band, The Josh Crowe Band, resulting in a recording project for both acts. While not on the road, Wayne and Josh have worked at numerous theaters around Maggie Valley, NC and Gatlinburg for the past 40 years, including the Stompin’ Ground and the Maggie Valley Opry.