Please welcome Luther Blount as the newest Ocean State Rambler! Luther has joined us on mandolin, guitar, and vocals. He brings some great bluegrass standards to the OSR set list and has added depth to our instrumentation and sound.

Luther first picked up a guitar in college, drawn into the music scene by musicians who hung out and jammed regularly in his dorm. He also took up the bass guitar around that time and played in several informal bands. After marrying and starting a family, Luther kept his love of music alive by getting involved with music at his church. He was pulled into the bluegrass world when his wife gave him a mandolin for Christmas a few years back and he signed up for bluegrass jamming classes. Now an avid bluegrass picker, Luther is a regular at local jams and even started his own monthly open jam in Barrington, Rhode Island.

Luther met and started picking with the other Ocean State Ramblers at jams and events hosted by the Rhode Island Bluegrass Alliance. An engineer by day, Luther works hard at documenting and analyzing the band’s set lists and arrangements.

Stop by and say howdy to Luther at one of our upcoming gigs!