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The Chuck Nation Band, from Gainesville, GA, near Atlanta, made their Carnegie Hall debut performance in New York City in 2015, and performed at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN in 2016. They were 2016 Georgia Music Awards nominees for Artist Of The Year. Chuck is a member of the Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame, a two-time Georgia State Fiddle Champion, Georgia State Mandolin Champion, and a Louisiana State Fiddle Champion. They have been called “the South’s best Bluegrass band.” The band has toured internationally to Ireland, China, Inner Mongolia, and Argentina.
Close harmony singing and superb instrumental playing are the hallmarks of their distinctive sound. They have performed The High Lonesome Mass in concert over 40 times, often with its composer/arranger Dr. Tim Sharp, and have recorded three CD projects: On A High High Mountain, Thinking About Home, and their latest: Beneath The Tennessee Moon.

Chuck Nation (fiddle/mandolin), from Gainesville, GA, has performed across the U.S. and in 20 different countries. In addition to his singing and songwriting skills, Chuck is equally skilled at playing fiddle, banjo, mandolin, and guitar. Chuck has performed at the Grand Old Opry, New Orleans World’s Fair, Savannah Music Festival, Carnegie Hall, Smoke On The Mountain, Always Patsy Cline, and The High Lonesome Mass. He has opened shows for a diverse list of folks ranging from Ernest Tubb to Mother Maybelle Carter, Mac Davis, John Hartford, Charley Pride, John Anderson, and Bill Monroe. He was a member of the historic band from Louisville, Kentucky—The Bluegrass Alliance (whose alumni includes Vince Gill, Sam Bush, & Tony Rice)—which paved the way for the modern “Newgrass” music style. Besides being an in-demand studio musician for others, Chuck has recorded two solo projects: Fiddle Favorites and One Man Band.

“Few work so hard, entertain so well, and elicit such enthusiastic, appreciative response. The standards, the little known, the requests, originals—they wrapped every number in sweet harmonies and dazzling instrumentals! Everyone left feeling they had shared something special that night.” – Greg Averett, Acoustics at Oaks End

"WOW! That's a good description of this band. Their music is incredible!" - Dorothy Swearingen, Silver Dollar Raceway Festival

"The set showcased their considerable talents as singers and instrumentalists. Ending with a red-hot Orange Blossom Special, that old classic where "Paganini meets Bluegrass" in a rousing display of fiddling pyrotechnics at breakneck speed, Chuck Nation "burned the house down" as the sparks flew off his bow in a jaw-dropping virtuosic fiddling display. The audience loved it and roared in approval." - New York Concert Review, Carnegie Hall performance