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GRAMMY® Award Nominees Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley LIVE at The Redbird in New Braunfels, TX on their Living In A Song Tour '24 - Saturday, October 5, 2024! Rob Ickes is the most decorated musician in IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association) history as a 15-time IBMA Resophonic Guitar Player of the Year honoree. Trey Hensley is the 2023 IBMA Guitar Player of the Year--a guitar prodigy referred to by Acoustic Guitar magazine as "Nashville's hottest young player." Together, Rob and Trey have been referred to as "two musical phenoms" by NPR and are 2023 Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival Invitees.Acclaim for Rob & Trey:
“Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley shred…” -Rolling Stone
“An acoustic firestorm…who are changing the rules” -Vintage Guitar
“Hot-shot guitar picking…steel-string bluegrass with all the intensity of rock ’n’ roll…” -Acoustic Guitar
“Dual lightning strikes in a bottle” -Guitar Player
“Two of the finest musicians playing today” -No Depression
“In this ever-changing world of Country Music, it’s comforting to know the real deal still exists” -Marty Stuart
“I’m sure I don’t make a true ‘critic’ since I’m already such a fan, but this album from Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley is a wonderful piece of work. And my songwriting side is truly overwhelmed. Thank you, thank you, thank you.” -Merle Haggard
Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley are a powerhouse acoustic duo that has electrified the acoustic music scene. Noted for their guitar prowess (Ickes & Hensley were invited to perform at Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023 in Los Angeles alongside some of the world's greatest guitarists), white-hot picking (as Acoustic Guitar puts it: "hot-shot guitar picking...steel-string bluegrass with all the intensity of rock 'n' roll"), world class musicianship, soulful stone country vocals and top-shelf songwriting, Ickes & Hensley cleverly meld bluegrass, country, blues, rock, jam grass, and more to create a signature musical blend that defies restrictions of genre.
Ickes & Hensley were influenced by repertoires as diverse as The Allman Brothers Band, Earl Scruggs, Ray Charles, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, Del McCoury and Stevie Ray Vaughan. The duo has collaborated with Vince Gill, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, Taj Mahal, Tommy Emmanuel, Little Feat, Marty Stuart, Steve Wariner, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Leftover Salmon, Rodney Crowell, David Grisman, Jorma Kaukonen, and Hot Tuna, among many others.
Ickes, a native of the San Francisco Bay Area, former founding member of bluegrass "supergroup" Blue Highway and highly sought-after Dobro master, has graced the recordings and concerts of artists such as Merle Haggard, Alison Krauss, Alan Jackson, Reba McEntire, Earl Scruggs, Tony Rice and many more. Ickes was a key member of Willie Nelson's all-star band for the GRAMMY®-nominated 2023 Willie Nelson album, Bluegrass.
Hensley, a native of Johnson City, Tennessee, made his Grand Ole Opry debut at the age of 11, performing with Marty Stuart and Earl Scruggs (thanks to an invite from Stuart), and has since appeared on stage with the likes of Johnny Cash, Peter Frampton, Charlie Daniels and Old Crow Medicine Show. Hensley was chosen to perform in December 2022 as part of special 2-night-only engagement with Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and many special guests celebrating the 50 Anniversary of "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville.
Ickes & Hensley are frequent performers at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville and those performances can be heard worldwide on the WSM-AM broadcasts online. Their reach nationwide is vast via television: PBS' award-winning "David Holt's State of Music"; RFD-TV's Emmy-nominated TV series, "My Bluegrass Story" (they each had their own episode), PBS’ "WoodSongs" and Circle All Access’ "Opry Live" and radio: NPR’s "Mountain Stage" and "WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour" (on 537 radio stations around the world).
The new critically acclaimed, song-centric Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley album, "Living In A Song"—produced by GRAMMY® Award-winning producer/engineer/songwriter Brent Maher (The Judds, Elvis Presley, Merle Haggard, Kenny Rogers, Tina Turner)—highlights the songcraft of Ickes & Hensley like never before. Featuring the title cut, “Deeper Than A Dirt Road,” and “Way Downtown,” "Living In A Song" was a Top 5 Bluegrass album, Top 10 Americana album and Top 40 Current Country album.
On October 27, 2023, an album entitled "A Tribute To The Judds" was released worldwide by BMG. Ickes & Hensley collaborated with Molly Tuttle on "John Deere Tractor" for the project, alongside an all-star cast including Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, Gwen Stefani & Blake Shelton, Lainey Wilson, and many more. On March 8, 2024, the Taj Mahal Sextet (of which Ickes & Hensley are members) released "Swingin' Live At The Church In Tulsa" to acclaim from SPIN, Performing Songwriter, No Depression and more.
For more information: robandtrey.com
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Redbird Listening Room, 1260 S Business IH 35,New Braunfels,TX,United States
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