HUNT FAMILY BLUEGRASS

     Bluegrass Music has always been a part of our lives. I (dad) grew up in the Ozarks of North Arkansas and got bit by the Bluegrass bug at an early age. Leanne (Mom) grew up in a very musical family on a dairy farm in Central Missouri.

     Andrew started taking fiddle lessons when he was 7 and Jonathan started at about the same age. In a home where Bluegrass and Gospel music were playing on the stereo most of the time, they progressed pretty quickly. Andrew's interest expanded to include the mandolin and Jonathan took up the banjo shortly thereafter.

     When a job change included a move from Missouri to Oklahoma, playing music together took on a much larger place in our lives. In 2004, our evening pasttime took on a life of its own as we started playing music in our church from time to time. That eventually led to other churches and then more events and engagements and then festivals and larger venues such as Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri. 

     2005 was a great year for us. We won the band contest at the Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival and really solidified our skills as a band. We came out with our first CD later that year "Hunt Family Bluegrass" that included Andrew and Jonathan's original song-"Blue and All Alone".  In 2006 we won the "Youth in Bluegrass" band contest held each year at Silver Dollar City. 2007 was a great year of growth for us. As well as playing many engagements,we started recording our second CD "Preachin', Prayin', Singin'", an all gospel project. We were able to finish it in January 2008.  Also in January 2008 we competed in the SPBGMA International Band Competition in Nashville, and placed 10th out of 30 bands.  It was fun and exciting.  We look forward to what God has in store for us through the rest of the year.

     Bluegrass music is a big part of our lives. It has given us the opportunity to work together as a team, to travel across this beautiful country of ours, to be challenged to be the best we can be and to meet many wonderful people.

     Here we are playing at the gazebo stage at silver dollar city near branson, mo in may 2008

     if we aren't booked on a saturday night, we'll be at the double stop fiddle shop music hall in guthrie, ok .

     Here is jonathan and andrew playing with Byron, john hickman and the rest of the byron berline band. On this night, vince gill joined the band  as the "third hunt brother"!