Guitarist and singer-songwriter Jim Hurst’s distinctive guitar style combines flatpicking and fingerstyle techniques. He has won the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Guitar Player of the Year award twice and has played with Holly Dunn, Sara Evans, Claire Lynch, and Trisha Yearwood. Bass player and songwriter Missy Raines has been named IBMA’s Bass Player of the Year ten times; when she first won the award in 1998, she was the first woman to earn the title. Her 2018 album, Royal Traveller, was nominated for the Best Bluegrass Album Grammy. From 1998 to 2005, Hurst and Raines toured extensively as a duo and recorded two albums together, Two (1999) and Synergy (2003). Presented as part of the annual Museum celebration Bluegrass and Beyond, supported by Rick and Kit Crump in honor of George A. and Marjorie S. Crump. Ford Theater. Included with Museum admission. Program ticket required. Free to Museum members.

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