Chris Martin
Guitar & Lead and Tenor Vocals

Chris's Family is from Vanceburg, and Florence Kentucky. He's been playing and singing for 24 yrs. He started playing guitar in church, and later
developed a passion for bluegrass.

He plays guitar, banjo, mandolin and bass. Recently he finished a 8 year membership with the band Harbourtown from Northern Ohio. There, he further honed his singing skills. His biggest influences are Doyle Lawson, J.D. Crowe, and The Bluegrass Cardinals.

He enjoys spending time with his kids, Sherri, Shelbi, Kyle, Emma, and his wife, April. They reside in Tiffin, Ohio.

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Danny hails from Whitesburg, Kentucky and now resides in Northwest Ohio. He was raised on Bluegrass and old time country. He started out on guitar and only started playing mandolin with his brothers since no one in the band knew how to play mandolin.

He's played country music most of the time
and his band won best country band in Ohio at the Tru-Value country showdown in 1994. They were also the opening act for many of the top country artists today and recorded in Nashville but the band was never picked up by a label.

His heart was always in Bluegrass and so now it's back on mandolin and vocals with Straightfork, full of fire and ready to entertain you.

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Danny Bryant
Mandolin & Lead and Tenor Vocals

Randy Hall
Banjo & Baritone Vocals

Randy grew up in a family who enjoyed bluegrass. As a kid, he listened to the sounds of Flatt & Scruggs, which influenced him to learn the banjo. He's been playing since 14.

He credits his influences to J.D. Crowe, Sammy
Shelor, and Terry Baucom. All of these styles are very evident in his playing.

His rich baritone vocals round out the trio harmonies in Straightfork's sound. Randy, wife Vanessa, and son Wyatt make their home in Norwalk, Ohio.

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Brad (formerly known as “Porkchop”) grew up in New London Ohio and has been playing music for 24 years. His family on his father’s side hails
from West Virginia and his great Uncle Foster Nelson was a banjo player from around the Durbin/Barstow area.

Brad started singing and playing electric guitar with his father’s country band “New Breed” when he was 15. He later started singing and playing the pedal steel guitar for the “Luck of the Draw” country band. Brad started playing bluegrass bass in 1997 for Andy Hamilton and the East Kentucky Grass. His biggest influences have been Ronnie Bowman, Randy Graham and Ernie Thacker.

Brad now lives in Greenwich Ohio with his wife Annette and 2 daughters Hollie and Amber. They enjoy church, camping with their dogs, fishing and traveling.

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Brad Nelson
Electric Bass & Lead Vocals