BUDDY WOODWARD
BUDDY WOODWARD
Americana music veteran Buddy Woodward is an award-winning songwriter, singer, band leader, multi-instrumentalist, producer, sideman, studio musician and teacher, with over 25 years experience as a touring and recording professional, with several albums to his credit, and Top 10 hits on Bluegrass and Americana radio.
He was a founding member of seminal 90’s alt.country whiz kids The Ghost Rockets, and NYC honky-tonkers Buddy Woodward & The Nitro Express, was a featured performer in the long-running Alphabet City Opry, as well as having played and/or recorded with Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Laura Cantrell, Jim Lauderdale, Eric Brace & Peter Cooper, John Starling, The Coal Porters, The Know Escape, Pete Mancini, Smalltown Parade, Rick Clark, and Butchers Blind, among many others.
In 2003 Buddy co-founded The Dixie Bee-Liners, known throughout the United States and beyond for their original material and onstage chemistry. Combining bluegrass and old-time mountain music with folk-rock, blues and power pop influences, the ensemble created a sound “…steeped in tradition, but with tones and rhythms that are very 21st century” (No Depression), released two hit albums (RIPE and Susanville) on Pinecastle Records, and toured nationally and internationally.
He is also a music teacher, having taught Banjo, Guitar, Mandolin, Mountain Dulcimer, Electric bass, Autoharp, Dobro, and Songwriting, and has hosted and run numerous instrumental, harmony vocal and songwriting workshops at major folk, bluegrass and roots music festivals across the country, where the Bee-Liners were featured performers.