“Playing music is the easy part,” says Russell Moore with an ever-so-slightly rueful laugh as he looks back on more than thirty years of doing what he grew up wanting to do. 

Justen Haynes was born on August 27, 1982 in Fredericksburg, VA. Justen grew up in a house where his mother and father played with the gospel bluegrass band Sonrise

As a founding member of IIIRD TYME OUT, Russell has seen the group expand, and evolve, from where it started to where it has risen today.

Keith McKinnon, a native of Marion, Virginia, first received critical acclaim as a member of Carrie Hassler and Hard Rain.

Veteran member, Wayne Benson is one of bluegrass music’s leading mandolinists and has established himself as a unique and gifted stylist.

Jerry Cole was raised in Sharps Chapel, Tennessee where he was surrounded by music his entire life.