Audie Blaylock
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AUDIE BLAYLOCK'S in El Paso, Texas, and raised in Lansing, Michigan, Audie Blaylock picked up a guitar at age eight and hasn't put it down since.
Now, after more than 25 years on the road as a sideman, he has stepped to center stage, fronting his own band, Audie Blaylock and Redline, and bringing the energy of the early days of bluegrass to every show.
Audie was born in into a musical family whose roots go back to the hills of Virginia and Tennessee where bluegrass was born. He learned to play the guitar and sing with his mother and father, then moved on to playing locally around the Lansing area; but bigger things were in the works. In , at age 19, Audie Blaylock joined Jimmy Martin and The Sunny Mountain Boys and spent nine years on the road learning the craft of bluegrass from one of the music's first-generation legends. Through the s Audie played with Red Allen, The Lynn Morris Band, and Red's son Harley Allen. In , he joined Rhonda Vincent's band, and in , with award-winning instrumentalists Tom Adams and Michael Cleveland, helped that band win the IBMA Entertainer of the Year Award. That year also br
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Nashville, TN (February 17, ) – The () Hideaway Records is pleased to announce the new single “Red Rover”from Bluegrass veteran and flamekeeper Audie Blaylock and Redline. “Red Rover”is the follow up to Blaylock’s single “Better Angels Fly Away”which reached #1 on the Bluegrass Junction, SiriusXM Radio MOST-PLAYED TRACKS - December
This Red Roveris definitely not child's play. Written by Audie Blaylock and Redlinebassist and vocalist, Reed Jones, and inspired by a story his papaw told him of the "good ol' days" in eastern Kentucky, this latest Redline contribution demonstrates how some folks just can't leave the childish games behind. What starts as innocent fun as kids carries through to adulthood, when sometimes relationships can feel like childhood deja vu. “Red Rover feels classic and new all at the same time with its hard-charging pulse and free-flowing harmonies. The song is upbeat and bright, but the lyrics bring in just the right twinge of heartbreak and lonesome; it feels old, but the melody and
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Audie Blaylock, life long bluegrass singer and bandleader, passed away unexpectedly earlier this week at his home in Auburn, IN. He was 61 years of age.
His family reports that he was experiencing some health problems of late, and died from complications of these existing issues. An intensely private person for someone with a public personna, no further details were offered.
Known in recent years as lead singer and guitarist with his own band, Redline, Blaylock dedicated most of his adult life to bluegrass. Born in El Paso, TX, Audie grew up in Lansing, MI, where he was playing guitar and mandolin in regional bands while still in school.
His big break came in when he was offered the mandolin gig with Jimmy Martin, and he spent the next nine years as a Sunny Mountain Boy. From there he played some with Red Allen, and a good bit with Harley Allen, based in Nashville. When Red died in he took a job with The Lynn Morris Band. For a brief while he played with Chris Jones & The Night Drivers.
Then from until he played guitar and sang with Rhonda Vincent & The Rage. After that stint, Audie launched his solo career, sidetracked briefly in when he
“Audie Blaylock’s mellow, wailing tenor and lightning-fast guitar picking have made him one of the names to watch in the world of traditional bluegrass.”–ALL MUSIC GUIDE
There’s something in a name; and Redline, the name of Audie Blaylock’s hot-shot band, could not be more fitting. Blaylock's vision for his sound involves an occasional glance in the rear view mirror, but with a heavy foot planted firmly on the accelerator, his music has a way of driving hard into the future.
Audie Blaylock’s musical journey is a familiar one in bluegrass music, having grown up in an Appalachian musical family, his musical education started early and led to him sharing the stage with some of bluegrass’ finest and most respected artists, including first generation bluegrass character and giant, Jimmy Martin, as well as Red Allen, Harley Allen, Lynn Morris, Michael Cleveland, and Rhonda Vincent.
Yet a true artist is never content in the passenger’s seat, and this is where Blaylock’s path diverges from the familiar, well-beaten path on this old mountain side. Blaylock wrapped his fingers around the steering wheel a dozen or so years ago, charting his own
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