The SteelDrivers to Perform Live at the Schimmel Center This February

Hear bluegrass supergroup The SteelDrivers perform songs from their the renowned 2016 Grammy Award-winning album, The Muscle Shoals Recordings, on Friday, February 10 at Schimmel Center - 3 Spruce Street, Manhattan. The house bar (serving wine and beer) opens at 6:30 pm; performance at 7:30pm. Tickets: $29.

The group continues its rich musical progression, conjuring music drenched in soul, blues, bluegrass, R&B, country, and rock 'n' roll, with songs including "Ashes of Yesterday" and "Long Way Down."

Grammy nominated banjo player Richard Bailey has recorded with such diverse artists as Al Green and George Jones. Featured in the book Masters of the 5-String Banjo, Bailey has performed with Bill Monroe, Roland White, Vassar Clements, Loretta Lynn, Chet Akins, Larry Cordle, Laurie Lewis, Dale Ann Bradley, and countless others.

A versatile veteran, bassist Mike Fleming lays down the firm foundation and sings the baritone harmony that rounds out the SteelDrivers' sound. A self-confessed "recovering banjo player," Mike has recorded with Holly Dunn, Joy Lynn White, and with groundbreaking singer/songwriter David Olney.

From Muscle Shoals to Music Row, the talk is always the same, "It's Gary Nichols' gritty and soulful story telling that sets him apart from the rest, he is the real deal!" Guitarist and lead vocalist Gary Nichols is in the ranks with all the great songwriters, musicians, producers and performers of the Muscle Shoals past and present.

Growing up in a family bluegrass band that also included banjo great Scott Vestal, fiddler Tammy Rogers brings a lifetime of instrumental and vocal experience to the SteelDrivers. She was also in the legendary pre-Union Station bluegrass band Dusty Miller with Barry Bales, Tim Stafford, Adam Steffey, and Brian Fesler. No stranger to the studio, she has recorded with Neil Diamond, Wynonna, Rodney Crowell, Radney Foster, Bill Anderson, Iris Dement, Randy Scruggs, Patty Loveless, Buddy and Julie Miller, Jim Lauderdale, and many more.

Raised in the backwoods of Pure Air, Missouri, guitarist Brent Truitt comes from a long line of musicians. At age twelve, he picked up a mandolin and started playing along with his parents and grandfather at local festivals and went on to tour the mid-west extensively. In 1984, Truitt made the move to Nashville and has been fortunate enough to record and tour with legends like Alison Krauss, Dolly Parton, and The Dixie Chicks. Along with being a proud SteelDriver, Truitt is also an in-demand record producer and Grammy winning engineer, garnering two awards for The Riders in the Sky's "Monsters Inc." and "Woody's Round Up Toy Story II". In total Brent Truitt has recorded over 250 records with plenty more to come.

For more about the event, visit schimmelcenter.org/event/the-steeldrivers.

Schimmel Center is located in the heart of Downtown Manhattan at Pace University. At the Schimmel Center, it is our mission to present internationally acclaimed artists in the fields of dance, cabaret, music, comedy, lecture, world music and dance and family programming. We strive to provide affordable tickets allowing all patrons access to the high quality talent in the intimate setting of the Schimmel Center auditorium. Patrons enjoy performances as they've never seen or heard them before. By participating in our programming, you contribute to the rich culture of arts and education that we hold so dear in downtown Manhattan. For more information, visit SchimmelCenter.org.