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The Grand Band is the GrandestThe Grand Band provides the full spectrum of music for the Grand Jubilee, Comedy Jamboree, and the Late Night Live Radio Broadcast on Friday's. From classic and modern country, early 50's rock through the present, bluegrass, Motown, R&B, and any other sound the production calls for, these six guys perform it with precision. Many double up on other instruments to provide the required sound.
New South did a great job in spite of Dee's absence because Michael Davis was filling in the baritone vocal part while playing the piano. The only thing that Michael couldn't help with was the choreography for a quartet was a little difficult to perform with only three people. Still, New South members are great professionals and they pulled it off. Larry Allred is outstanding on the bass and is quite the comic. He is also an accomplished signer - I didn't know that until I heard him on the Late Night radio show on 30 June. The lead guitar player, Matt Hanshaw, also plays some hot flat top guitar pickin’. Matt is quiet and
appears somewhat shy personally but boy does he ever let his guitars
speak for him. He is a master picker and extremely versatile, from
the style of the Ventures to the classics. Whether playing the flat
top or electric guitar, Matt makes long hot licks look easy. He
dazzles the audience when performing Dueling Banjos along with band
Leader Danny Yansee on banjo.
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Danny,
the band director is endorsed by the Gibson Banjo Company and plays
steel, acoustic guitar and banjo. Wayne Massengale is wild on the
fiddle but also fills in on conga drums or rhythm guitar. Michael W.
Davis plays the piano like he was born with it. He also does all the
vocal arrangements for the Grand Jubilee Show. My wife and I saw him
one night last year when Dee Allen was missing from the New South
Quartet due to an injury. 
