Cathy Pearson: fiddle

Cathy originally from West Virginia has won championships at the Winfield National Fiddle Contest, Vandalia Fiddle Contest, Galax Fiddle Contest, Mid Atlantic Fiddle Contest, and has placed in the prestigious Grand Masters Contest in Nashville, TN along with winning state championships in Maryland, Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Michigan. She also enjoys playing the mandolin in her spare time and has placed in the Mid Atlantic Mandolin Championships as well as the Mayville Bluegrass Festival Mandolin Championships. She has also got to perform for Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia and be an instructor at the Houghton College in New York and the College of Davis & Elkins in Elkins, WV.

Scott Pearson: mandolin and fiddle

Scott started playing at the age of 9 and quickly excelled into an award-winning musician. He has won the Merlefest and Mayville mandolin contests and has placed numerous times in the national mandolin contest in Winfield, Kansas, and Rockygrass in Colorado. He is a three-time winner of the New York state guitar contest and has won state contests in Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland in fiddle, guitar and mandolin. Scott has been fortunate to play on stage with Tim Stafford, Del McCoury and Bill Monroe, just to mention a few.

Jimmy Metz: banjo, dobro, vocals

Jimmy began playing fiddle at the age of 5, and by the age of 12 he was playing professionally at local square dances. At age 22 he did a six-week tour with the Country Gentlemen. During those years he played alongside the “West Virginia Travelers”, Jerry Douglas, Ricky Skaggs, Mac Wiseman, Bill Monroe and too many others to mention here. In 1970 Jimmy was the Ohio state bluegrass banjo champion and was the Kent State Folk Festival banjo champion three years in a row. He is known for his driving banjo and excellent tenor voice.

Darla Evans: Bass and vocals

Darla started playing guitar at the age of 10 when her mother showed her first chords. In the mid-80s she joined her first country band called “Orange Blossom Country."  From 1989-1995 she joined her first bluegrass band, “Leather Britches,” which became very popular in the area’s bluegrass scene. She has had the pleasure of performing at many bluegrass festivals and being a part of the entertainment with bands such as Alison Krauss and Union Station, Claire Lynch, Lauri Lewis, The Lonesome River Band, Mountain Heart, Jim and Jesse, Bill Monroe, just to name a few.

Nelson Boosel: guitar, vocals

Nelson got his start at the age of 3 singing “You Ain’t Nothin but a Hound Dog” to everyone’s surprise at a church service. At 19 he started playing professionally in a country-rock band by performing in local clubs and VFWs. His first bluegrass band was “Church Street Blues”, which has won or placed in numerous band competitions (Bob Evans, Renofest, SPBGMA). In 2009 he and fellow band member Jimmy Metz wrote the song “Black Bubblin Crude” and, with the help of “Church Street Blues”, took first place in a songwriting competition at the Oil 150 celebration in Oil City, Pa. Nelson has become a local favorite and can be found performing at North Country Brewing, Rachel’s Road House and Variety on the Square.