Gentle Rain
Gentle Rain has been performing bluegrass since 1995. The combined experience of the band members exceeds 100 years of performing experience. Members of the band have performed from the local church to the Grand Ole Opry.
Our musical style will expose the audience to bluegrass that ranges from the nostalgic to contemporary, from gospel to newgrass.
Based in Greenwood SC we will perform at your festival, church, party, wedding reception, political event, restaurant or other event.
In every life some rain must fall, we pray that all of your rain is gentle rain!
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
Gentle Rain has been performing bluegrass since 1995. The combined experience of the band members exceeds 100 years of performing experience. Members of the band have performed from the local church to the Grand Ole Opry.
The band first formed in late 1995 when band member Tommy Tucker moved to Greenwood SC. Having played with numerous groups and pickers in the upstate he was looking for new musicians in the area to pick with. Having met the remaining members of Gentle Rain at the Ware Shoals SC Catfish Feastival, they began to practice together soon after. The first few times they tried to practice it always seemed to be a raining. When Tucker lamented that it seemed to always rain when the band got together his son Harper 10 at the time commented "yes dad but it is always gentle rain" and thus the name for the band was born.
The rest is history and the band has been performing together to many local and regional audiences since.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Yes, we love to play live and play anywhere we are able. We always love to play for a crowd that is there to listen to the band as it energizes us when the crowd is getting into it.
Your musical influences
Of course the pioneers of the genre, Monroe, Flatt, Scruggs, Martin, etc.
Also Scaggs, Rice, Bush, Cowan, Bobby Hicks, Terry Balcom, etc.
We respect the founders of the music and love all of the current artists and anyone who promotes their love of bluegrass to others as we do.
What equipment do you use?
Banjo: Gibson
Bass: Englehart
Guitar: Martin
Anything else?
Visit our website at: www.gentlerain.net
Join us for our monthly bluegrass jam only an hours drive from: Anderson SC, Augusta GA , Columbia SC, Greenville SC, & Spartanburg SC, visit: http://bumc.ws/bluegrass.htm
