tag:deepershadeofblue.com,2005:/blogs/band-blog?p=2Band Blog2024-02-02T21:34:29-05:00Deeper Shade Of Bluefalsetag:deepershadeofblue.com,2005:Post/73451092024-02-02T21:34:29-05:002024-02-02T21:42:47-05:00Bluegrass ...in a Deeper Shade of Blue<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">For 22 years, Deeper Shade of Blue members have been entertaining audiences across the central United States and along the eastern seaboard. </span></p><p> </p><p><a class="no-pjax" href="https://www.thebluegrassstandard.com/post/bluegrass-in-a-deeper-shade-of-blue">https://www.thebluegrassstandard.com/post/bluegrass-in-a-deeper-shade-of-blue</a></p><p> </p>Deeper Shade Of Bluetag:deepershadeofblue.com,2005:Post/64177722020-05-11T15:40:00-04:002022-02-24T13:08:26-05:00Jim Fraley retiring from Deeper Shade of Blue Posted on May 11, 2020 By Sandy Hatley<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/312007/be64fb8782255ae9c29494017084a17988a99a6f/original/fraley.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>It’s never easy to give up something that you enjoy and have done for the better part of your life, but sometimes you just know when it’s time to walk away. It has reached that point for Jim Fraley. This month, the longtime banjoist with North Carolina-based Deeper Shade of Blue bluegrass band is retiring. </p>
<p>“Due to some health issues and traveling a long ways, sometimes it has gotten to be more than I really want to do right now,” confessed the Monroe, NC resident. </p>
<p>Fraley, a southpaw, began picking as a teenager. “Actually watching Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs on Saturday evenings on TV was what really sparked my interest. I started playing around 1970 and actually started left-handed, but when I tried that, the fifth string was on the bottom of the neck so I just learned right-handed. At that time, I did not know they made left-handed banjos!” </p>
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<p> </p>Deeper Shade Of Bluetag:deepershadeofblue.com,2005:Post/53943972018-05-22T14:25:00-04:002022-02-24T13:13:30-05:00Steam drops for Deeper Shade Of Blue - Posted on May 22, 2018 By John Lawless<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/312007/739915024e9eb68c7fc066d247a35cb92941c739/original/steam.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_" />Mountain Fever Records have a new single from a new signee, the title track of their new album. </p>
<p>They are delighted to welcome North Carolina’s Deeper Shade Of Blue to the label by releasing their first single, Steam, to bluegrass radio. The band had a great showing during the Denton festival this month, and are looking forward to their debut project with Mountain Fever, expected June 29. </p>
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