Scott Holstein Releases NEW CD With Help From Randy Kohrs!

SCOTT HOLSTEIN found himself, in the Spring of 2009, making a move to the "Music City" Nashville, Tn. After years of road gigs and paying his dues along side the "Legends" of the music business,He felt he had enough under his hat to focus on his own recording career.  A multi-instrumentalist and songwriter who's silent career had mostly consisted on others music endeavors kept busy as a "sideman" and "frontman" through the years but Holstein had his own bigger picture in mind! He was encouraged to make the move from industry professional and Grammy Award winning Producer/Engineer/Musician Randy Kohrs,after the two met at a festival ,near Macon Ga. Randy Kohrs was producing great Bluegrass records and recording on hit sessions from Tom T. Hall, Dolly Parton and Dierks Bentley to Hank 3!

Holstein had several original albums to record and a sound all his own . He was looking for a producer with the same vision for the music as he had. Randy Kohrs would put together Nashville's Acoustic Elite to start the first recordings - Cold Coal Town - The Bluegrass Sessions Vol.1 was born. These recordings would mark the beginning of a legacy for Scott Holstein and his "Original" music!

On Aug.17, 2010 at Kohrs' Slack Key Studio ,a session was scheduled. The evening session would include Randy Kohrs (dobro), Clay Hess (lead guitar), Scott Vestal (banjo), Aaron Ramsey (mandolin), Tim Crouch (fiddle) , Jay Weaver (bass) and Don Rigsby coming in for guest harmonies. It was an All-Star cast of musicians that's played on countless hit recordings and members of great bands including- but not limited to, Dolly Parton, Vern Gosdin, Dierks Bentley, Ricky Skaggs, Hank Williams 3, Sam Bush and Mountain Heart, to name a few!   It was engineered by Mike latterell and all tracked in one rainy night session. An "Original" album was in the making and Holstein sure had some stories to tell!

Nothin' Fancy Signs New Record Contract!

Nothin' Fancy on the Bell Buckle Cruise 2011

Nothin' Fancy is excited to announce a new pending record contract to Virginia Dreams of Harrisonburg, VA! More information about the label and the new release is still forthcoming

Speaking of new release...there's going to be a new release! Nothin' Fancy is going into the studio for the third week of March. The say in their February newsletter, "We can't wait to get into the studio, work with our friend Don Rigsby, and hopefully come out with a classic! We're still working out what we're going to be recording, so if you've got a hot number you just can't wait for us to record, email Mike atmike@nothinfancybluegrass.com with your best lobbying pitch!"

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