Wil Maring - Back in the Highlife Again

As Wil Maring sat for long summer hours as a teenager at her family's roadside vegetable stand, picking out self-made tunes on her Sears guitar to pass the time, she never dreamed of the path she would one day follow. Wil has become a highly acclaimed songwriter, a previous winner of the prestigious Chris Austin Songwriting Contest at Merlefest, and has appeared on the Grand Ole Opry with her original music, in addition to touring extensively in Europe and Japan. She honed her songwriting skills playing music professionally in Europe with her group Shady Mix.

Wil Maring and virtuose guitarist and fiddler Robert Bowlin have been recently combining talents to create beautiful original acoustic music which straddles the fence between bluegrass, folk and country music. Wil's beautiful airy vocal style and heartfelt lyrics have raised the eyebrows of the acoustic music world in recent years with the release of her three solo cds and four band cds with her band Shady Mix. Robert, a two-time National Fingerpicking and Flatpicking Guitar contest winner, has been a band member with legendary artists like Bill Monroe, Maura O Connell, Kathy Mattea, the Osborne Brothers, and many more. their music will leave audiences spellbound long after the show is over. For bigger venues, Wil sometimes appears with whole band, Shady Mix, which includes instrumental lineup of upright bass, fiddle, mandolin, and sometimes banjo.

Mixture of bluegrass, oldtime, folk, country, and even a little pop. Wide variety of influences, and live show includes a heavy emphasis on originals, but also bluegrass and country standards, fiddle tunes, and cowboy and western swing music. Current favorite artists and influences are wide and varied.... Joni Mitchell, Jimmy Martin, James Taylor, John Hartford, John Prine, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Flatt and Scruggs, Bob Wills, Asleep at the Wheel, Tony Rice, Hot Rize, Dougie MacLean, Kate Rusby, Lyle Lovett, Kim Richey, Patty Griffin, Lucy Kaplansky, Nanci Griffith and so many more... from my youth: Dan Fogelberg, John Denver, Jackson Browne, Eagles, and many bluegrass artists.

Sounds like Wil Maring.....have been compared to many, but one word that keeps coming up in review and commentary is "unique". If one must compare, then maybe in the direction of Nanci Griffith.

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[Mandotwang]

Wil's version of this song makes me happy! Very nice.

[jpg0572]

Yee-haw!

[safeandsound100]

Talk about genre bashing. Wil Maring is the consumate musician. She makes a song her own and, as far as I can see, does it with class and style. I'm very surprised she is not more "mainstream" because she has it all, in the way that, say, Vince Gill has it all - vocals, skill on a variety of instruments, stage presence, movie star good looks - you name it, she's got it. She's great!

[conmaesta]

I absolutely love Wil Manring, and Robert Bowlin and Brad Davis.......Wil cooks on this song. No comparisons.....I like Wil, I like Griffith but I listen to Wil more often......

[jusomeguy]

I want Wil and Robert on the main stage at the Strawberry Music Festival

[cebfolk]

great music! 5*****

[ragingbull7]

Excellent. I've just discovered this duo, and am immediately a fan. Excellent, clever arrangement.

[123crashdummie]

After nearly a year, I thought there would have been more comments after mine. I listen to it pretty often.

[bluegrasbanjolover]

Nope. The song was written by Will Jennings (frequent co-writer of the late Roy Orbison, Rodney Crowell) and Steve Winwood. Zevon had no hand in the writing of this song..

[36clashfan77]

agreed to that!