Hot Strings
High Energy, Original, Newgrass
Contact:
- Carson Park - fiddle
- Jared Payne - guitar
- Josiah Payne - mandolin
- Lech Usinowicz - bass
Playing for ten years together seems like a stretch for a band this
young. But it's true. Originally the Pagosa Hot Strings, their first
"paying gig" was playing for tips, at the bus stop, at the
Telluride Bluegrass Festival(1996). Four years later they opened that
festival.
The band has played many of the more prestigious Festivals in the west
including the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Rockygrass Bluegrass Festival,
Walnut Valley Festival,(Winfield), and the Four Corners Folk Festival.
Josiah was the 1998 Colorado State champion at age 14, and won the National
Mandolin championship in 2000 at age 16. Carson was crowned Colorado
state fiddle champion in 1998 at age 12!
The Hot Strings are considered the host band at the Four Corners Folk
Festival, and they will open that festival for the tenth consecutive
year in 2005.
Though cousins, the three boys were raised under the same roof. Their
father Dan Park played bass with them for many years. Lech Usinowicz
took over on bass in the summer of 2004.
The Hot Strings wow their audiences with a high energy eclectic approach.
Elements of Jazz, Bluegrass, Irish, Raggae, and Newgrass shine through,
but they own their own sound. In fact 99% of what the Hot Strings play
is original.
The Hot Strings third CD release, "Uncharted", was released
in April of 2005 This project was produced by Patt Flynn, former member
of Newgrass supergroup Newgrass Revival. It was recorded in Nashville
at Monkey Finger Studio by Engineers Brent Truitt (Dixie Chicks), and
Tim Roberts.
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