Sideline is a pedigreed six-piece powerhouse whose style has set the pace in bluegrass for over two decades. Founders Steve Dilling, Skip Cherryholmes and Jason Moore can all claim their own historical significance as members of highly awarded groups, multiple Grand Ole Opry appearances and years of national and international touring. What started as a side project soon moved front and center as the three were joined by guitarist Bailey Coe, mandolinist Troy Boone and fiddler Daniel Greeson to record and release albums in earnest. Listening to Sideline reminds the fan why so many people fall in love with bluegrass in the first place: pulse-pounding drive, songs sung from the heart, perfect timing and dynamics as well as visceral emotion in the rendering. A band that started as an off-season fun experiment has become a full-time dream team of players and singers. Recorded or live, the band moves dynamically from well-chosen, hard-hitting neo-traditional covers of classic songs to new material curated by a band with a perfect sense of who they are and what they have to say.
