Welcome to the Sunny South Bluegrass Band website. Sunny South is one of the top bluegrass bands playing in the Portland, Oregon area. They play fiery bluegrass with tight harmonies, and wonderful musicianship. They have been playing together in various configurations for over 30 years and cover a wide range of bluegrass styles and eras. Led by founding members Mike Stahlman (banjo) and Dave Elliott (mandolin) and rounding out the band are Steve Reischman (guitar), Dee Johnson (bass) and Aaron Stocek (guitar). Sunny South is an experienced band, both professional and comfortable on the stage. They put on a great show that audiences enjoy.
Hey friends,
We have a bunch of great shows coming up this spring and summer. We are really excited to be getting close to festival season and hope we have the chance to see you and/or pick with you sometime in the near future. Please check our calendar for all shows which we will be updating as they come.
Thanks!
Aaron
Hey friends,
Well it's starting to feel like summer is coming to an end as our days get shorter and the nights are cooler. We had a great summer and enjoyed playing out. A couple of highlights for us were playing at the Columbia Gorge Bluegrass Festival and Winlock Pickersfest. It's the time of year where we start looking at booking shows for the winter, spring and next summer. We are excited to work on new material during this time as well and do some wood shedding.
Our next show will be in October out at the Multnomah Grange Hall. It is posted on our calendar so stop over there to check it out. At our next show we will be selling t-shirts and stickers. We hope to see you soon, take care!
Summer is flying by. We have had several fun shows this summer including at the Troutdale First Friday and at the Hollywood Farmers Market. We are really excited to be kicking off the shows at the Columbia Gorge Bluegrass Festival in Stevenson, Washington http://new.columbiagorgebluegrass.net/.
And after that we will be at Winlock Picker's Fest. https://winlockpickersfest.com/
Check out our calendar for all the details. We hope to see you at one of these events.
Sincerely,
Sunny South
Howdy Friends,
We have been busy over here at the Sunny South corporate headquarters... Busy digitizing more great music to share. This time we have the first Sunny South recording done in 1980. This was digitized from it's original format cassette. There's some great playing and we hope you enjoy. Go ahead and check it out on our music page.
We added a couple more shows to the calendar so please check that out as well and we look forward to seeing you all soon.
Sincerely,
Sunny South
We recently digitized our album, "Another Sight Of Home" featuring all members of the original band, recorded in 1987. We have the first two tracks added to the website on our Music page, so please check them out. We hope to add the rest of the tracks soon! Enjoy and we hope to see you at one of our upcoming shows.
Sincerely,
Sunny South Bluegrass Band (SSBB)
Hey folks,
We are just getting things off the ground after all enduring a long pandemic that we are still struggling with. We have decided to merge The Loafers and Sunny South into one wonderful band. We are going to be using the name Sunny South now. We are working on getting updated information, shows, music and merchandise out to you soon.
Thanks!
Sunny South
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Darrington Bluegrass Music Park, 42501 State Rte 530 NE, Darrington, WA 98241
This is a great festival in Washington that we very excited to be a part of. Some of us have been coming to this one for years and it's a real treat to be able to perform here. Schedule is not posted yet but check their website.
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Skamania County Fairgrounds, 710 SW Rock Creek Dr, Stevenson, WA
We will be playing at the Columbia Gorge Bluegrass Festival again this year! This is one of our favorite festivals and we are honored to be a part of the program. Schedule is not posted yet, but check their website. We believe we are playing on Sunday.