Junior Sisk perform 'Nobody Cares' at The Floyd Country Store on July 8, 2023.
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Junior Sisk is widely recognized as one of today's top bluegrass vocalists and is a constant reminder that traditional bluegrass is still alive and well. A longtime resident of the Virginia Blue Ridge, his bluegrass pedigree runs deep. Influenced by a father who wrote songs and played guitar and a mother who sang, Sisk first learned to play around age 14.
His early influences included The Stanley Brothers, Larry Sparks, and Dave Evans, but he often credits the Johnson Mountain Boys with inspiring him to pursue bluegrass professionally. Sisk first made his mark in bluegrass as a songwriter in the early 1990s, penning classic Lonesome River Band songs like "Game (I Can't Win)" and "Tears Are Blinding Me."
As a member of Wyatt Rice & Santa Cruz and Blueridge, he helped define the sound of driving, modern traditional bluegrass. Sisk founded Ramblers Choice in 1998, releasing Sounds of the Mountains on Rounder Records. After leaving Blueridge in 2006, he reformed the group and began a successful career with Rebel Records.
Solidifying the success of the latest album, Junior Sisk has received a landslide of nominations in the IBMA Awards for 2021, including Album Of The Year, for LOAD THE WAGON, Song Of The Year, for "Just Load The Wagon" and Male Vocalist Of The Year. SPBGMA also recognized Junior's recent music releases with two WINS in February 2022, for Album Of The Year, for LOAD THE WAGON, Song Of The Year, for "Just Load The Wagon!"
Mountain Fever has released three singles ahead of Junior's next album so far, with "I Wanna Be Where You Are," "Patches On My Heart," and the newest "Up There On A Hillside," and there is no doubt that the album anticipation is building among his fans worldwide.