Lonesome Day Records is a small independent record label based in Booneville, Kentucky, where the label holds its main office and studio and is run by owner Randall Deaton. With future plans to open an office in Lexington, KY the label - which takes its name from a Bruce Springsteen song - has released some of the most noteworthy records in bluegrass and roots music from an impressive roster of talent, which has included over the years Fred Eaglesmith, Ralph Stanley II, and Larry Cordle. Today, Deaton has a new slate of talent carrying the bluegrass torch, including Girls, Guns and Glory, Richard Bennett, Tim Shelton, Jeff Clair, and Jeff Parker. As for Deaton’s musical mission, it's simple: Make great music with integrity and quality. “The power of music is astonishing. The subject matter of songs has not really changed over hundreds of years yet there is 'new' music created everyday and people still want it. I think we have done some records that will still be played years down the road. The music industry may change but it isn’t going anywhere. People will always want good music but they just may buy it in a different way," he explains.

The Colonels of Truth are a 6 member high energy bluegrass band out of Seattle. This band wasn’t formed by child hood friends nor was it formed in some magical meeting one night at a bar. Like good whiskey it was distilled over years of playing with many musicians at various jams, house parties, and festivals. These are the guys that at 2 am are the ones that think the jam is just getting going. These are the guys that drive 2 hours one way to regularly go to a jam. They took their time slowly gathering like minded individuals under one banner to create the Colonels of Truth. When these guys get on stage you can tell not only are they talented musicians, but they really enjoy making music together. While these musicians prefer playing bluegrass music, they have highly diverse musical backgrounds from classical, jazz, funk, reggae, Brazilian, and rock and they bring the best of all these styles under one roof, energy of a rock show, precision vocal and instrumental harmonies, off the cuff improvisation, funk and reggae jams. Colonels of Truth play traditional bluegrass standards, appalachian old-timey tunes, obscure newgrass tunes, and original tunes. All of the members are song writers and arrangers, some of them have even won awards in song writing contests, and they bring this creativity to their playing.

Danielle Ate the Sandwich is a touring pop, folk singer-songwriter and ukulele player. http://www.danielleatethesandwich.com

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