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Name: Karl Shiflett
Group: Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show
Date: Tuesday October 9th, 2007
Time: 12:00am EDT
Website: www.karlshiflett.com
Interviewer: Uncle Billy Dunbar
Description:
Karl Shiflett grew up in Texas with a love for “Acoustic Country” music of all styles. He began playing guitar and singing at the age of nine. His musical influences include Buck Owens, Porter Waggoner, Bob Wills, Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs along with a multitude of others. He began his professional career as a sideman in the 1980’s and has been a bandleader since 1993. Staying true to original bluegrass roots is The Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show, a five-piece acoustic country group hailing from Texas. The group masterfully blends vintage country music with bluegrass to capture a sprit and feeling of by gone days. They are best known for their fast paced and highly entertaining “Retro” stage show.
The Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show officially started in 1993 but did not gain national recognition until 1999 when they signed with Rebel Records. Their debut release went to the top of the charts and featured their signature song “Where the smoke goes up (and the money goes down)”. The group has recorded two additional projects on the same label.
The group’s efforts to entertain and preserve a classic “musical art form” has not gone unnoticed. They have been recognized by their peers for various awards and nominations during their career, including the IBMA “Emerging Artist” award in 2001 and nomination for “Entertainer of the year” in 2002. Most recently the group were recipients of the 2006 IBMA “Album of the year” award for their participation in the “Skaggs Family Records” recording, titled “Celebration of life”. This project was recorded in 2005 at the “MACC” (Musicians against childhood cancers) in Columbus, Ohio.
Karl and the band are also known as “Ambassador’s of Bean Blossom” at Bill Monroe’s Memorial Park in Bean Blossom, Indiana, the largest and longest running bluegrass festival in the world (since 1966). They expect their fourth project for Rebel Records to be released in early 2008. |
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