The sounds of newgrass with The New Hip
Courtney Benton
Issue date: 10/27/09 Section: Entertainment
On Oct. 8, Missy Raines and the New Hip performed a concert at the Irwin County Auditorium in Ocilla, Georgia.
Locals from the community as well as fans and students from ABAC came to this event to experience the sound of Newgrass. The concert was the second of many to come for the ABAC Art Connection's First Tuesday Series.
"[Missy Raines] is dynamic. It is fun watching her perform because she has so much fun doing what she is doing." Wayne Jones the Interim Director of the ABAC Arts Connection said.
The group sang a mixture of bluegrass, contemporary country and even some progressive jazz.
"Bluegrass is good music, it takes a lot of talent to play it but I'm more of the rock style, some of the heavier stuff they played I liked," Will Jerkins, a voice major at ABAC, said.
Raines' started her career with the experimental bluegrass group "Cloud Valley". She joined the group, upon graduating high school in her home town of Short Gap, West Virginia. Later she toured and recorded with the "Brother Boys," a band she says expanded her mind about what could be achieved by a band playing spontaneously and communicatively.
Soon after her tour she showed her bass skills to the "Masters" (Adcock, Kenny Baker, Josh Graves and Jesse McReynolds). Then in 1995, Missy joined Claire Lynch's popular Front Porch Band. In the late 90s, she won the first of her seven IBMA awards, released her first solo album, and also worked a as duo with band mate Jim Hurst.
"That was integral in getting to where I am," Raines said. "because it changed the way I approach music. Taking the bass out of the background and leading off songs with it and writing songs on it - that was something people hadn't seen much of. That put it right in their face, and they responded to it."
Through these experiences much knowledge about different genres of music and more talent give her music more value. She is now stepping out to make a longtime dream come true. Raines and The New Hip have included the talent of bluegrass, jazz and ambitious songs with deep feeling into their performances.
Locals from the community as well as fans and students from ABAC came to this event to experience the sound of Newgrass. The concert was the second of many to come for the ABAC Art Connection's First Tuesday Series.
"[Missy Raines] is dynamic. It is fun watching her perform because she has so much fun doing what she is doing." Wayne Jones the Interim Director of the ABAC Arts Connection said.
The group sang a mixture of bluegrass, contemporary country and even some progressive jazz.
"Bluegrass is good music, it takes a lot of talent to play it but I'm more of the rock style, some of the heavier stuff they played I liked," Will Jerkins, a voice major at ABAC, said.
Raines' started her career with the experimental bluegrass group "Cloud Valley". She joined the group, upon graduating high school in her home town of Short Gap, West Virginia. Later she toured and recorded with the "Brother Boys," a band she says expanded her mind about what could be achieved by a band playing spontaneously and communicatively.
Soon after her tour she showed her bass skills to the "Masters" (Adcock, Kenny Baker, Josh Graves and Jesse McReynolds). Then in 1995, Missy joined Claire Lynch's popular Front Porch Band. In the late 90s, she won the first of her seven IBMA awards, released her first solo album, and also worked a as duo with band mate Jim Hurst.
"That was integral in getting to where I am," Raines said. "because it changed the way I approach music. Taking the bass out of the background and leading off songs with it and writing songs on it - that was something people hadn't seen much of. That put it right in their face, and they responded to it."
Through these experiences much knowledge about different genres of music and more talent give her music more value. She is now stepping out to make a longtime dream come true. Raines and The New Hip have included the talent of bluegrass, jazz and ambitious songs with deep feeling into their performances.
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