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In this day and age of music made famous by movies, and country crossover artists, The Front Porch Boys take pride in bluegrass authenticity. Audiences are immediately drawn in by the tight harmonies, fast, swinging picking and southbound train rhythm that takes you right to the heart and soul of bluegrass - the music made famous by Bill Monroe, Ralph Stanley, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Jimmy Martin, J.D. Crowe and Doyle Lawson.

The group was formed in 2001 by guitarist Clark Speck, a luthier by trade (and fine reputation) near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Originally, from McMinnville, Tennessee, the sound of acoustic instruments broadcast from the Porter Wagoner show, Flatt and Scruggs TV, and the Saturday afternoon Opry on local WSM-TV caught his ear and found its way onto his guitar.

Banjoist Tom Nowlin started at age 13 on a borrowed Kay, learning Scruggs rolls off records played at half speed. Nowadays, his driving Gibson Granada and vocal work keep everything moving – usually at full speed – or better.

George Lawrence on mandolin, the band's newest member, brings the group the strong vocal and instrumental talents he developed as the leader of The Lawrence Family Band.

Greg Spencer spent his youth playing bass and singing in rock, progressive, blues and folk groups. After becoming a Christian and a Preacher and singing with Gospel groups, he was inspired by Clark to give Bluegrass a try. Greg soon began to love it and got himself an upright bass and jammed at the monthly Bluegrass Jams at the Waukesha Church of Christ and was eventually invited to play and sing with The Front Porch Boys.

Based in Southeast Wisconsin, The Front Porch Boys Bluegrass Band creates a sound that takes you back to a place in time, a place in your mind, maybe somewhere you've never been before, but a place you think you know. After all, the songs are about the basic stuff of life - love, death, family, friendship, loneliness, and the promise of a better life to come.

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