IBMA Female vocalist of the year Dale Ann Bradley will be appearing at Mixon's Fruit Farm along with Steve Gulley, Phil Leadbetter, and the Walker Brothers (Jared and Corey). This will be a very special, one time performance in the Sarasota/Bradenton area.
Raised in Pineville, Kentucky, Dale Ann Bradley began performing publicly at the age of 14 at Pine Mountain State Park. Soon she joined her first bluegrass band, Back Porch Grass and it was a fellow bandmate, Harold McGeorge, who later helped her put together a demo, take it to Nashville, and get her a gig on “Barndance.” In 1991, she became the lead singer and guitarist with New Coon Creek Girls, recording four albums for Pinecastle Records. In 1997, the group disbanded and she became a solo artist. Since going solo, Dale Ann has recorded eight albums on several record labels. Somewhere South of Crazy has been one of her most acclaimed projects so far. In 2007,2008,2009,2011, and 2012 she was named the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Female Vocalist of the Year. Dale Ann has a touring schedule that takes her all over the globe.
Guitarist Steve Gulley had already won esteem for his lofty tenor voice and emotional delivery as an entertainer at Kentucky's historic Renfro Valley before he joined Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, bringing him before a wider but no less appreciative audience. Steve was also a founding member of the bluegrass group Mountain Heart where he recorded five highly acclaimed CDs as the lead singer for that band.
He has been tapped as a harmony and featured singer on projects like the widely-praised Keith Whitley album, "Sad Songs and Waltzes," and many others including projects by Ronnie Bowman, Dan Tyminski, Tim Stafford, David Parmley, Dale Ann Bradley, Jeff Parker and Grasstowne's own Phil Leadbetter just to name a few.
He has also earned multiple Male Vocalist of the Year nominations from the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America.
