Iron Horse is a bluegrass band from

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, US. They are known for performing and recording bluegrass

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s of rock songs, particularly their bluegrass treatments of heavy metal songs popularized by

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. The band has two tracks on the tribute album '' Strummin' with the Devil: The Southern Side of Van Halen'', which also features

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, among other artists. They have recently been working on self-produced material and in October 2009 released an all-original Christmas project called "Small Town Christmas".

Members

* Vance Henry:

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

, lead and tenor vocals * Anthony Richardson:

banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and usually made of plastic, or occasionally animal skin. Early forms of the instrument were fashi ...

, baritone and bass vocals * Ricky Rogers:

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, baritone and lead vocals * Tony Robertson:

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, lead and tenor vocals

Discography

Tribute albums

* 2003: ''Fade to Bluegrass: The Bluegrass Tribute to

''Metallica: Fade To Bluegrass?
''Ultimate Guitar''. * 2004: ''Black and Bluegrass: A Tribute to

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and

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'' * 2004: ''

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'' * 2005: ''Whole Lotta Bluegrass: A Bluegrass Tribute to

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'' * 2006: ''Strummin' With The Devil: The Southern Side of

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'' (two tracks on a multi-artist compilation) * 2007: ''The Bluegrass Tribute to

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'' * 2007: ''The Bluegrass Tribute to Classic Rock'' (featuring 7 songs by Iron Horse and 7 songs by Corn Bread Red) * 2007: ''The Bluegrass Tribute to

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: Something You've Never Heard Before'' * 2007: ''The Gospel According to

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'' * 2009: ''A Boy Named Blue: A Bluegrass Tribute to

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's Heartless" (single) * 2017: ''Pickin' On''

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Original material/self produced

* 2001: ''Ridin' Out The Storm'' * 2005: ''New Tracks'' * 2009: ''Small Town Christmas'' (new, all original Christmas songs) * 2010: "Reba McEntire" (single) * 2011: ''Horse & Pen'' * 2018: "Classic Bluegrass Vol 1" * 2020: "Classic Bluegrass Vol 2"

References

Bibliography * Bozeman, Bobby
"Bluegrass focus of Rogersville festival"
''TimesDaily'', 19 April 2012. * Palmer, Robert

''TimesDaily'', 15 October 2012.

External links

Iron Horse Bluegrass
- Official Band Website * American bluegrass music groups Musical groups established in 2000 People from Killen, Alabama {{US-band-stub