Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley in Concert
Venue: Floyd Country Store, Floyd
Organizations: Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley
Date: Thursday, September 27, 2018
Time: 7:30 - 10:00 PM
Event Types: Music
Cost:

Description:
Floyd Country Store presents Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley in concert on Thursday, September 27, 2018.

Based on a mutual love of bluegrass, country, blues, western swing and other string band music of all kinds, the partnership of dobro player Rob Ickes (who also plays superlative lap steel guitar in the duo on occasion) and acoustic/electric guitarist Trey Hensley continues to delight and astound audiences of traditional American music around the globe.

Since the duo decided to join forces and make their collaboration the focus of their touring and recording careers in 2015, after cutting their first album on Compass, "Before The Sun Goes Down" (nominated for a Grammy), they have continued to bring their music to venues near and far. They’ve performed in places as close to home as Nashville’s world famous Station Inn, and as far away as Denmark’s Tonder Festival as well as an impressive number of the most prestigious US music festivals, including Rockygrass, ROMP, Wintergrass, Bluegrass Underground and the Freshgrass Festival, just to name a few. They have toured the European continent four times, as well as England, Ireland, and Australia.

Rob, who grew up in California’s Bay Area, cut his teeth on traditional bluegrass, since several family members played. He fell in love with the dobro. After moving to Nashville in the early ‘90s, he quickly became one of the instrument’s acknowledged masters. His fluid, lyrical, yet stinging style has graced the recordings and concerts of bluegrass artists as diverse as Earl Scruggs, Alison Krauss, The Cox Family, Tony Rice, and more, plus such mainstream artists as Vince Gill, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Reba McEntire, and even rocker David Lee Roth on his ‘bluegrass’ album. Additionally, Rob has won the Dobro Player of The Year Award from the IBMA an unprecedented 15 times. He was also a founding member of the acclaimed bluegrass ‘super group’ Blue Highway for 21 years.

Rob’s rich, resonant baritone voice can sound at times uncannily like The Okie From Muskogee, but he is capable of far more than that. He also plays blues and rhythm and blues on both acoustic and electric guitar. Trey is also a talented writer; the band’s repertoire is dotted with his original compositions. Even more precocious than his musical partner, Trey grew up in eastern Tennessee. He doesn’t seem to have ever doubted what he was meant to do, and in fact, when he was 11 years old, he was brought onstage by Marty Stuart to play with Marty and Earl Scruggs at the Grand Ole Opry. He has played onstage or opened for artists as diverse as Johnny Cash, Charlie Daniels, Steve Wariner and Peter Frampton.

It was his singing on what was meant to be a scratch vocal on a Blue Highway album that first brought him to the attention of Rob Ickes. In many ways, this musical partnership is the ideal vehicle for both partners. Their excitement playing together continues unabated; as their enthusiasm charges the creativity of their collaboration on a nightly basis. It is the audience who stands to be the big winner.

Links:

• http://www.robandtrey.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/RobandTreyMusic
• https://www.twitter.com/RobandTreymusic

Tickets are $12.00 in advance and $15.00 the day of the show.

To purchase tickets online, visit: https://www.floydcountrystore.com/event/rob-ickes-and-trey-hensley-live-2018-09-27.

For more information, visit: http://www.floydcountrystore.com or https://www.facebook.com/floydcountrystore or call 540-745-4563.