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Name: Woody Platt
Group: Steep Canyon Rangers
Date: Thursday August 16th, 2007
Time: 12:00am EDT
Website: www.steepcanyon.com
Interviewer: Uncle Billy Dunbar
Description:
The Steep Canyon Rangers are a band of young souls who play old-time bluegrass music. The quintet formed during the late '90s, when all of the members were still enrolled at the University of North Carolina. For the band's debut, Old Dreams and New Dreams, Newgrass Revival's Curtis Burch lent a hand as producer when the group recorded the album in Kentucky in 2001. The Steep Canyon Rangers put together their next release, Mr. Taylor's New Home, in a Chapel Hill studio. The 2002 release features mostly original material and a couple of bluegrass standards. The Steep Canyon Rangers are Elizabeth "Lizzie" Hamilton on fiddle, Charles Humphrey III on bass, guitarist Woody Platt, banjo player Graham Sharp, and mandolinist Mike Guggino. Platt also provides lead vocals, while all of the other band members also contribute some vocals. The band has appeared with such artists as Doc Watson, Jimmy Martin, Peter Rowan, Rhonda Vincent & the Rage, IIIrd Tyme Out, Donna the Buffalo, and Norman Blake. The Steep Canyon Rangers have played festivals in their home state of NC, several in Tennessee and also Colorado. Woody enjoys fly-fishing when he isn't playing with the SCR. He likes it so well he has his own fly fishing gear shop in a downtown Brevard mall. The name of the shop is The Open Fly. He also provides part-time guide fishing services on area streams and rivers. |
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