Junior Sisk cites the hard-driving bluegrass of the Stanley Brothers as a major influence on his approach to bluegrass music.
10 Facts About Junior Sisk
1.
2.
When Junior Sisk was 14, his parents gifted him with an upright bass.
3.
Junior Sisk began performing in local bands at age 16, first playing bass but eventually switching to guitar.
4.
Junior Sisk played in his family's band Dreamin' Creek with his father and cousins.
5.
In 2001, Junior Sisk worked with the band Lost and Found, then in 2002, he joined Baucom, Bibey and BlueRidge.
6.
In 2007, Junior Sisk re-formed Rambler's Choice with Massey, Darrell Wilkerson, Chris Harris, and Billy Hawks and in 2008, they released the album Blue Side of the Blue Ridge on Rebel Records.
7.
In 2013, Junior Sisk released the album The Story of the Day That I Died with Ramblers Choice, and in 2013, released Hall of Fame Bluegrass, an album of duets with banjoist Joe Mullins.
8.
In 2017, Junior Sisk released the album The Mountains Are Calling Me Home on the Mountain Fever label.
9.
Junior Sisk has worked with Ralph Stanley, Dave Evans, and Del McCoury.
10.
In 2012, Junior Sisk won the International Bluegrass Music Association award for Song of the Year for "A Far Cry from Lester and Earl," and he won Album of the Year for The Heart of a Song.