Music 1990's - Present
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In its eleventh year as a band, Blue Highway is considered
a top bluegrass group. The instrumental and song writing skill
of its members have blended new and traditional music into an
exciting sound. They have won numerous bluegrass awards including
Album of the Year and Instrumental Group of the Year. Band members
include Tim Stafford, Rob Ickes, Shawn Lane, Wayne Taylor, and
Jason Burleson. Most of the group have traditional Appalachian
roots with two of the members hailing from Southwest Virginia.
Shawn Lane from Scott County, Virginia, is an accomplished mandolin
and fiddle player and a great tenor singer and songwriter. He
cut his musical teeth in the bands of Ricky Skaggs and Doyle
Lawson. Wayne Taylor is also a gifted songwriter and bassist
from Southwest Virginia. The bands 2001 release of "Still
Climbing Mountains" featured several songs by both Taylor
and Lane. Taylor contributed "Riding The Danville Pike"
and "Only A Thought Away" while Lane wrote "The
Seventh Angel" and "Goodbye For A While." Blue
Highway's new gospel album "Wondrous Love" debuted
in 2003. |
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