14 Facts About Larry Keel

Larry Dwayne Keel was born on November 25,1968 and is an American bluegrass musician from Southwest Virginia who has been performing since 1976.

Larry Keel was a founding member of Magraw Gap in 1990.

Larry Keel was taught guitar by his father James Keel, who played banjo.

In 1993, Larry Keel entered the guitar competition at Telluride Bluegrass Festival and won first place.

Larry Keel met Jennifer Newmark when she came to see Gary Ruley play in March 1994.

Larry Keel got together with Keel, and quickly began learning the bass.

In September 1996, Keel split with Magraw Gap and formed the Larry Keel Experience, made up of himself on guitar, Jenny on bass, and other musicians he'd worked with over the years.

In 1998, Larry Keel worked with Curtis Burch, recent Grammy Award-winner for The Great Dobro Sessions.

In 2002, Larry Keel Experience played numerous shows with Vassar Clements and Tony Rice, including at Suwannee Springfest and MerleFest.

That same year, the Larry Keel Experience played a sold-out show at the "Bluegrass Underground" concert series in a cave in 33 feet below McMinnville, Tennessee.

Larry Keel Experience hosted a 2014 New Year's Eve show at the Oskar Blues Brewery in Brevard, North Carolina.

Larry Keel performed in collaboration with Darol Anger, Sam Grisman, and Scott Law that year, adding three sets at FloydFest in Virginia.

Larry Keel is married to his bassist, Jennifer "Jenny" Larry Keel.

Larry Keel has a passion for fishing and has developed a number of related enterprises, including a website dedicated to sport fishing and bluegrass called Fishinandpickin.