Welcome to the official home of Patuxent Records recording artists Avery County!

Bluegrass. Not that hybrid, genre bending acoustic music, but authentic hard edged bluegrass. Real songs of heartache, pain and tragedy...


 Avery County came together after two long time bluegrass sidemen decided that after many years it was time to play the music they wanted. With numerous IBMA awards on their mantles after stints with The James King Band, Danny Paisley and The Southern Grass, The Country Gentlemen and numerous others, the band has come together to bring back the sounds of traditional, edge of your seat, bluegrass that was spread from country to city during the '50s & '60s of the last century.


Forget the cliches...This is bluegrass music with timing, drive and plenty of honky tonk soul. With a new album set for release in 2010 on Patuxent Records, the band is ready to bring the classic sounds of hard edged bluegrass to a new audience. Putting on a show that is as authentic as it is entertaining, the band can go from family bluegrass festival to the college night club circuit with an ease that only seasoned professional musicians can master. The new record, titled State of Depression, features hard core obscure material from the likes of Charlie Moore, the Easter Brothers, Charlie Monroe, Ted Lundy and Bob Paisley as well as a pair of tunes from the deep catalogue of hardcore country honky tonkers Vernon Oxford and Hank Williams, Jr. They pickers are proud to say that this is your grandfather's bluegrass. Hard edged with lots of soul and a twist of Jimmy Martin. Somewhere between barroom heaven and cries from the depth of despair you'll hear the sound of Avery County.

So, stop by anytime to keep up with the band and don't forget to sign the guestbook at the bottom of the page!