RUST KINGS:                                                                                                                                   

ALLAN SIZEMORE-VOCALS,GUITAR, BANJOS, DOBRO,HARMONICA                                                                            

JEANNE HOFFMAN-VOCALS,BASS,GUITAR

MIKE ZIMMERMAN-PERCUSSION,VOCALS

C'MON GET YER HIPSHAKE ON!

APPALACHIAN STOMPGRASS AT IT'S FINEST! HIGH ENERGY LIVE SHOWS.

ALLAN SIZEMORE FIRST STARTED RUST KINGS IN 1994.ALLAN HAS BEEN THE CHIEF SONGWRITER IN THE BAND SINCE IT'S INCEPTION. THE SONGS ON THE NEW ALBUM ARE INSPIRED BY HIS FAMILY HISTORY AND PAST EXPERIENCES ON THE ROAD. HE WELCOMES THE FACT THAT RUST KINGS NOW HAVE 3 EXCELLENT SONGWRITERS IN THE FOLD WHO WRITE FROM THE SAME BACKGROUNDS BUT HAVE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES TO CONVEY. HIS GREAT UNCLE TILDON SHOWED HIM HIS FIRST BANJO CHORDS WHEN HE WAS 12 AND HE STARTED PLAYING GUITAR AT 15. EVERYTHING ELSE HE JUST PICKED UP ALONG THE ROAD. HIS GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS A WELL ACCOMPLISHED FIDDLER AND A TIMBER MAN. ALLAN WONDERS IF THEY DON'T SHARE THE SAME SPIRIT.

JEANNE HOFFMAN JOINED RUST KINGS IN 2003. SHE STARTED SINGING IN KAROAKE COMPETITIONS IN HER EARLY 20'S AND WON THE  LOCAL COUNTRY SHOWDOWN COMPETITION, STOKING HER FIRE TO BE A SINGER. SHE STARTED A LOCAL BAND, ALMOST RODEO, IN THE LATE 90'S THAT SOON BECAME A REGIONAL FAVORITE, RELEASING" ALMOST A RODEO " INDEPENDENTLY . AFTER LIVING IN NASHVILLE, TN FOR A WHILE SHE FELT THE CALL OF WV TELLING HER TO COME HOME. ALLAN AND JEANNE HAD BEEN SINGING TOGETHER AT LOCAL OPEN MICS FOR YEARS AND THEY FELT IT WAS NATURAL FOR HER TO JOIN RUST KINGS. SO SHE DID.

RUST KINGS ARE SPONSORED BY CURT MANGAN STRINGS

GIGS OF NOTE

RODEO BAR-NYC NY

PLOUGH & STARS-BOSTON MA

 HIDEAWAY BBQ- RALEIGH NC

FREEDOM FEST MOTORCYCLE RALLY- SNOWSHOE MOUNTAIN WV

MIDWEST MUSIC SUMMIT- INDIANAPOLIS IN

THE PURPLE FIDDLE-THOMAS WV

FESTIVALL-CHARLESTON WV

CAMPAIGN FOR GOV. JOE MANCHIN

CARNEGIE HALL-LEWISBURG WV

MOUNTAINFEST- MORGANTOWN WV

UPCOMING GIGS OF NOTE

MARCH 28  CARNEGIE HALL ON THE ROAD  RUPERT WV