Deanies richardson biography jacksonville

I recently caught fiddler Deanie Richardson with the highly-acclaimed bluegrass band, Sister Sadie, at the Wintergrass Music Festival, and then I proceeded to dig out her solo album released on the Pinecastle label.

Deanie hails from from Kingston Springs, Tenn. (near Nashville), and she is an award-winning fiddler who has worked with country and bluegrass artists such as Vince Gill, Patty Loveless, Emmy Lou Harris, Hank Williams Jr., Marty Stewart, Travis Tritt and Holly Dunn.  Deanie Richardson first performed at the Grand Ole Opry at age 13, and in 2016 she became a member of the Grand Ole Opry staff band.  In 1989, she was with The New Coon Creek Girls.

In 1991, she had her own band called Second Fiddle that released an album called In the Mood (Webco).

In 2013, Richardson joined The Likely Culprits, and several members of that band are featured on Love Hard, Work Hard, Play Hard in