Steve Bowen is the bass player and lead singer. He graduated from Appalachian State University with a Bachelor's Degree in Health /Physical Education and received his Master's Degree from Gardner Webb University. He retired from teaching with the Surry County Schools. Steve has been involved in bluegrass and old time music for thirty years.
   
                       
     
Diane Bowen plays the clawhammer banjo and helps Steve (her husband) with vocals. Diane is a graduate of Appalachian State University and is also a retired teacher with the Surry County Schools. She taught her entire thirty years at Mountain Park Elementary. Diane learned the clawhammer banjo from Emily Spencer of Whitetop, Virginia.
 
     
Jacob Bowen is the fiddler of the band. He is the older son of Steve and Diane. He followed his parents' choice of learning institutions and graduated from Appalachian State University as well with a degree in Psychology. He is employed by Surry Mental Health. Thornton and Emily Spencer of Whitetop, Virginia, have both been important fiddle teachers of Jacob. He has also been greatly influenced by the late Albert Hash and G.B. Grayson, and has been compared to both men in his fiddling style.
  
                         
 
Originally from Southwestern Virginia and imported to North Carolina in 1994. I have been playing and writing music for 25 years.I was heavily influneced by my parents in folk and celtic music before venturing off with a self taught guitar into rock and roll and eventually bluegrass. It was through bluegrass that I found my way back full circle back into folk, celtic and Old Timey styles of playing. Outside of playing music, I am a therapist and work in child welfare as well as do work for the homeless.