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Missy Raines & The New Hip
Seven-time International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) bass player of the year, Missy Raines is a popular figure in the bluegrass community for her warmth and her passion for the music and its practitioners. She spent years as a valued member of the Claire Lynch Band and half of a remarkable duo with guitarist Jim Hurst. But for much of that time she was dreaming of something beyond that familiar terrain.
The New Hip's name is at once a subtle tribute to "Birth Of The Cool," the heraldic 1950 album by Miles Davis that Raines cherishes, as well as a wry joke about a life-changing surgery that has allowed Raines to play in her famously physical style without pain for the first time in decades. That liberation resembles the musical freedom enjoyed by this young and vibrant band. The New Hip lets Raines compose and exchange ideas with four players ranging in age from 17 to 27 who grew up enthralled by traditional American roots music and its modern offshoots, just like their boss.
It's sometimes said that great bass playing vanishes, supporting the music without drawing attention to itself. But history also shows us that when the best bass players step forward as band leaders, remarkable things can happen. That's why it's time to pay heed to Missy Raines and the New Hip. Missy, a trailblazer in her field for as long as she's been playing music, formed this dynamic quintet to bridge the musical worlds of newgrass, jazz, singer/songwriter and any others they take a notion to explore.
Assembling the new band took years of diligent recruiting and rehearsing, "I had to find musicians who could do a wide range of stuff. But I didn't have the music sitting on a record so I could say: âcan you do this?' I needed people who were invested enough to help me create this sound and who were good enough to pull it off, and that's not many people. So I started looking in the very young pool."
The band consists of 26-year old dobro player Michael Witcher, brother of Gabe who plays fiddle in a similarly exploratory string band, Chris Thile's Punch Brothers. Mandolin and guitarist Ethan Ballinger, 22, is a son of Kris and Dale of the respected band the Cluster Pluckers, and he grew up surrounded by traditional music. The very young Dillon Hodges recently won the Winfield Flatpicking Championship at age 17. Drummer veterans, Doug Belote and Tommy Giampietro share duties on the percussion side.
"It's invigorating to be surrounded by that much excitement and drive and expertise," says Raines. "They challenge me all of the time. It helps me remember what it was like for me at that age and keeps me motivated and on task."
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LocationFirst Church of Christ Scientist
522 B St. (corner of B and 6th)
Petaluma, CA 94952
United States
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