Jacob Jolliff & Mike Barnett

Mike Barnett has had a wide and varied array of musical experiences which have contributed to his becoming one of the most revered and respected players around. He’s had the opportunity of working with the likes of Bobby Hicks, Buddy Spicher, and Vassar Clemens, and at age 15 he toured with Jesse McReynolds and his Virginia Boys including regular weekend performances on the Grand Ole Opry.
Mike joined The Deadly Gentlemen and they recorded “The Bastard Masterpiece,” in 2008, “Carry Me To Home” in 2010 and their final effort “Roll Me, Tumble Me”. You’ll find Mike performing in his own project and alongside the likes of Grant Gordy, David Grisman, Tony Trischka, Noam Pikelny and Bryan Sutton among others

Oregon native Jacob Jolliff has been playing the mandolin since he was seven years old. By the time he turned 11, the band he played in with his Dad was a mainstay at bluegrass festivals around the Northwest. At age sixteen, he decided to explore other performing contexts, playing consistently in a swing group with violin prodigy Alex Hargreaves and working in several folk and pop duos. In 2008, Jake joined the New England based new acoustic group, Joy Kills Sorrow. They released three albums on Signature Sounds, featuring Jake on mandolin. He now tours with the Yonder Mt. String Band.

From the age of 15 he has sat in with the David Grisman Quintet on numerous occasions and has since performed with the likes of Mike Marshall, Ronnie McCoury, Chris Thile, Ricky Skaggs, Joe Craven, Bryan Bowers, Tim O’Brien, and the Irish super-group, Solas. A 2011 graduate of Berklee College of Music, Jake also won the 2012 National Mandolin Championship in Winfield, KS.