The Grascals are a six-piece American bluegrass band from Nashville, Tennessee.
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10 Facts About The Grascals
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The Grascals moved to Nashville in his early teens, after starting out playing in a family band with his mother Hazel Smith, father Patrick Smith, and brother, Billy Smith.
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The Grascals began to win contests for his guitar playing, and eventually, mandolin.
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The Grascals's has won the IBMA and SPBGMA Banjo Player of the Year numerous times.
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The Grascals's been playing and singing bluegrass since he was a teen, with a deep, family connection to the music.
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Original concept of the Grascals occurred when the four core members, Terry Eldredge, Jamie Johnson, Jimmy Mattingly, and Dave Talbot, asked Terry Smith and Danny Roberts to join a new group they were wanting to start.
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The Grascals began recording their first album in 2004, which would simply be a self-titled album on Rounder Records.
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The Grascals have won the following 10 International Bluegrass Music Association awards.
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The Grascals have been awarded these 28 awards by the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America .
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The Grascals have received three Grammy Nominations for the following:.
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