Casey Henry
Casey Henry, born in Gainesville, Fla., relocated to Winchester, Va., with her family when she was eight. She started playing bass at the age of twelve, and joined her parents’ band at fourteen. A year later she took up the banjo and never looked back. Throughout high school and college Casey played with several local Virginia bands and taught banjo in Charlottesville. Upon graduating from the University of Virginia in May 2000 with a BA in English and Women’s Studies, Casey put out her first banjo CD, “Real Women Drive Trucks,” which was greeted with much critical praise.

 Since relocating to Nashville, Tenn., in early 2001 Casey has played with Uncle Earl, the Jim Hurst Band, June Carter Cash, and Tennessee Heartstrings, who released one CD in 2004, “New Strings, New Hearts.” Casey’s writing has been published in several music magazines and she gives banjo lessons in Nashville.

Chris Henry

Chris Henry started playing mandolin when he was nine and added the guitar a couple of years later. At age twelve he joined Casey in their parents’ band, playing up and down the east coast. They recorded two projects as a family and he also played on Casey’s “Real Women Drive Trucks” CD. In high school Chris took up drums and put together a rock band called the Bends. They played loud, fast, and wrote all their own material.

Chris moved to Nashville in late 2003 where he quickly found a job with Dave Peterson and 1946. After playing one season with them Chris left to work on his own musical projects, including a CD, produced by Butch Baldassari, of original and Monroe tunes, which should be released in the summer of 2005. Chris has recorded one instructional video for the Murphy Method, “Bill Monroe Style Mandolin.” He also gives lessons on mandolin and guitar in Nashville.


Tyler Grant
Tyler Grant graduated from California Institute of the Arts in 2000 with a degree in instrumental music performance. There he studied with such luminaries as Miroslav Tadic, Stuart Fox, Larry Koonse, Wadada Leo Smith, and Charlie Haden. He participated in master classes with Christopher Parkening and Dusan Bogdanovic. A tasteful and versatile guitarist, Tyler’s musical expertise covers such styles as bluegrass, old-time country, rock, folk, jazz, r&b, and reggae. A native of San Diego, Calif., Tyler now lives in Nashville, Tenn., where he has spent the last year on tour with international acts Adrienne Young and Little Sadie, April Verch, and Abigail Washburn.