Six Mile Grove is a four-piece Alternative country

Alternative country

Alternative country is a loosely defined sub-genre of country music, which includes acts that differ significantly in style from mainstream or pop country music...

 outfit based in Rochester, Minnesota

Rochester, Minnesota

Rochester is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Olmsted County. Located on both banks of the Zumbro River, The city has a population of 106,769 according to the 2010 United States Census, making it Minnesota's third-largest city and the largest outside of the...

. The band draws influences from various genres such as oldies

Oldies

Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....

, Bluegrass

Bluegrass music

Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a sub-genre of country music. It has mixed roots in Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish traditional music...

, and classic country

Classic country

Classic country is a music radio format that specializes in playing mainstream country hits from past decades.This genre generally follows one of two formats: those specializing in hits from the 1920s through the early 1970s, and focus primarily on innovators and artists from country music's Golden...

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Members

• Brandon Sampson - Lead vocals, rhythm guitar, and harmonica
• Barry Nelson - Backing vocals, Wurlitzer, Hammond Organ, piano and lead guitar
• Dezi Wallace - Bass guitar, banjo, and mandolin
• Brian Sampson - Drums and percussion

History

Six Mile Grove was founded in 1997 in Lyle, Minnesota

Lyle, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 566 people, 211 households, and 148 families residing in the city. The population density was 733.2 people per square mile . There were 225 housing units at an average density of 291.5 per square mile . The racial makeup of the city was 99.82% White and 0.18%...

 (population 566) by brothers Brandon and Brian Sampson, Barry Nelson and Dezi Wallace. The group is known for an Americana

Americana (music)

Americana is an amalgam of roots musics formed by the confluence of the shared and varied traditions that make up the American musical ethos; specifically those sounds that are merged from folk, country, blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll and other external influential styles...

/alt-country/roots rock

Roots rock

Roots rock is a term now used to describe rock music that looks back to rock's origins in folk, blues and country music. It is particularly associated with the creation of hybrid sub-genres from the later 1960s including country rock and Southern rock, which have been seen as responses to the...

sound.

Albums

"Steel Mule" (2008). “Bumper Crop (2005)” is a collection of “lonesome, spare balladry and buoyant bar-time beats (Pulse Magazine, Minneapolis, MN)”. It is preceded by “Friction (2000)”, recorded and produced by Lou Whitney at The Studio in Springfield, MO, “Long Distance Everything (1998)”, recorded at Oar Fin Records in Minneapolis, MN, and “A Day’s Work (1997)" also recorded with Lou Whitney at The Studio.

Awards

• "Vs. The World" Ranked #4 by Roots Highway Radio (Italy)
• "Later On" Ranked #19 by Roots Highway Radio (Italy)
• "Bumper Crop" Ranked #21 by American Roots Music Top 100 Chart
• "Bumper Crop" Ranked #26 by Freeform American Roots Chart
• "Man of Steel" Ranked #2 by Moxie Radio Top 20 Chart

External links

• SMG's Official Homepage
• SMG's New Artist Direct Page
• SMG's Myspace Page
• Buy Bumper Crop