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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nTHE PO’ RAMBLIN’ BOYS<\/strong>WELCOME TO THE CLUB<\/em> ALBUM RELEASE TOUR<\/strong>DECEMBER 10<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Here I am at the desk tonight catching up on a bunch of things that have happened in 2026.We all know about many of the banger albums that have been released in the realms of Bluegrass, Country and Americana and you can find all of them on the year end list out NOW. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last year I joined my good friend Joshua in Florida for the Suwaunee Spring Festival where I got to see this band play live finally, which was a treat. As a dock worker, I load and unload trucks for a living and have been doing so many years. The song “A Tombstone Every Mile” is pretty much one of the best trucker songs in 2026 I have ever heard. Written by Dan Faulkerson. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Here I am at the desk tonight catching up on a bunch of things that have happened in 2026.We all know about many of the banger albums that have been released in the realms of Bluegrass, Country and Americana and you can find all of them on the year end list out NOW. Last year […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":30481,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\n\nTHE PO’ RAMBLIN’ BOYS<\/strong>WELCOME TO THE CLUB<\/em> ALBUM RELEASE TOUR<\/strong>DECEMBER 10<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Join us for The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys Album Release Tour \u2013 Live at the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum on December 10! Celebrate the release of their new album, Welcome To The Club<\/em>.
In 10 years as a band, The Po\u2019 Ramblin\u2019 Boys have covered a lot of miles. Their love of bluegrass \u2014 playing it, sharing it, growing it \u2014 has been the fuel for their remarkable journey through every corner of America and into the hearts of fans drawn to their hard-charging, true-blue sound. \u201cWe live what we play and sing about,\u201d says bandleader C.J. Lewandowski. Indeed, the band has weathered their fair share of the highs and lows that bluegrass songs are known for (except for the murders, of course).
They\u2019ve been road-weary, longing for home. They\u2019ve felt the heartbreak of band members leaving and embraced the joy of welcoming new ones. They\u2019ve worked hard to see their dreams come true, playing on some of music\u2019s most celebrated stages. And they\u2019ve been nominated for a Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album (2019\u2019s Toil, Tears & Trouble) and for the International Bluegrass Music Association\u2019s Entertainer of the Year award. Amid all their travels, The Po\u2019 Ramblin\u2019 Boys have seen every nook and cranny of the country, met people from all walks of life, and kept a keen eye toward the truth, which rings out loud and clear in the songs they write.
\u201cWanderers Like Me,\u201d the title track from their most recent album and the band\u2019s first No. 1 song on the Bluegrass Unlimited chart, shoots straight from the heart: \u201cWanderers like me don\u2019t settle down for no one \/ don\u2019t mind being lonesome, chasing dreams is all I ever need.\u201d
Lately, they\u2019ve been chasing their dreams in a new configuration, one that expands the band\u2019s age span and geographical roots. Guitarist John Gooding from California and fiddle player Max Silverstein from \u201cthe great bluegrass state of Maine,\u201d as the band likes to say during onstage introductions, are the newest additions, both in their 20s. They join Lewandowski on mandolin, Jereme Brown on banjo, and Jasper Lorentzen on bass, relative elders in their 30s. Lewandowski describes this new chapter for the band as one of \u201cexpansion and growth.\u201d There\u2019s a new energy to the group onstage, with appreciative glances and the occasional good-natured laugh between them as they play. They\u2019re listening to each other and responding. And audience members feel like part of the conversation.
The Po\u2019 Ramblin\u2019 Boys have always been known for barreling bluegrass forward, and as they move into their second decade as a band, they\u2019re maintaining that momentum, both onstage and in the studio. Lewandowski envisions the band\u2019s next project as \u201ckicking it back to the beginning and cutting a record that is solid damn \u2019grass.\u201d And then, of course, they\u2019ll take it right back on the road, living what they sing about and sharing it with others, just the way they like it. \u201cWe take bluegrass and put it where bluegrass isn’t,\u201d says Lewandowski. \u201cIt\u2019s not about putting music that is different into bluegrass music to attract more people.”<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/garyhayescountry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Po-Ramblin-1-819x1024.jpeg\")
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