Yoseff Tucker, Guitar/Lead Vocals

Yoseff’s early life exposure to traditional bluegrass and American roots music came courtesy of his grandfather who moved to Central California from the Ozarks in the early 20th century. His first guitar came to him while he was still in diapers and an appreciation for music laid a great foundation in his life. After years of playing rock ‘n roll, Yoseff found his way back to bluegrass music and in a matter of years created a life centered on the proliferation and progress of bluegrass. His prodigious flatpicking skills have been acknowledged by the Northern California Bluegrass Society via the Guitarist of the Year award (’09, ’10, ’11, '13, '15). He has also been humbled with the award for Male Vocalist of the Year (’10, '16). Yoseff lends his guitar work and vocals to the Central Valley Boys as well as San Francisco band Supermule. 

Billy Moore, Banjo/Vocals

At age ten, Billy was inspired by mainly blues, acid rock, funk and metal music and picked up his first guitar. For ten years after he would learn more about music than he thought possible. His path eventually brought him to bluegrass music at age twenty and his first banjo. Traditional bluegrass music seemed as if it had always been in his heart and he quickly soaked up the nuance and precision of a 5-string banjo player. Billy is mainly self-taught and has been known to say things like “I know one melodic lick and I don't like to play it at all.” He picked up traction and experience playing with well-known California bluegrass bands like the Del Williams Band and Central Valley Boys. Billy currently lives in Santa Cruz, California. 

Jack Kinney, Fiddle

 Hailing from the bread basket of the world, the Central Valley of California, Jack Kinney lends his traditional style of bluegrass fiddling to the Bow Ties. He’s also a hell of a singer.

Zach Sharpe, Upright Bass/Vocals

Born into bluegrass, Zach was raised by "pickers" in the woods of Indiana. After moving to California for high school, he eventually landed in Sacramento as a young adult, where he was almost immediately adopted into the MacNasty family of funk with Larry and Allie Davis. Through the sounds and soul of R&B music, he gained new insights into bass playing, rhythm and music as a whole. Currently residing in San Francisco, Zach finds himself at the helm of his American Standard custom bass for other local bands like Supermule and Front Country. His musical influences range anywhere from Flatt and Scruggs, Jimmy Martin, Vern Williams and Tony Rice to The Boxcars, James Brown, Tower of Power, Bill Withers and Outkast. These incredible musicians have had a profound effect on Zach, but nothing could have been more inspiring than his family and their close family of bluegrass pickers. 

Caleb Roberts, Mandolin/Vocals

Caleb, originally from Columbia, SC, first learned about show business when he played mandolin and bass with the Denver-born alternative country & western band Slim Cessna's Auto Club in 1994 while a student at the University of Colorado.

Drawn back to the bluegrass he grew up listening to from his father's record collection, he founded Open Road in 1999 with Bradford Folk and was recognized for his deep heartfelt classic style of mandolin playing. Open Road was recruited by Rounder, recorded three CDs with the label, and toured heavily for five years until retiring in 2006. Open Road reunited for a Rockygrass performance in 2011.

Caleb began playing electric guitar and building tube amplifiers in his garage in Lyons, CO, and he played with the Billy Pilgrims from 2006-2008. He played bass with with Bonnie and the Clydes from 2014-2018.

In 2020, Caleb and his wife moved to Goleta, CA, where he enjoys long walks on the beach and working as an electrical engineer.

Michael Carroll, Snare

Drummer Michael Carroll is well known for making music wherever he goes. Even as a toddler he was drumming on pots & pans & countertops or any solid surface within reach. When he was ten he joined the school band where he played the snare drum & continued to play in high school with the Concert, Symphonic, & Jazz Bands. In college he received a First Line Snare Drum Scholarship at Georgia Southern University. After playing with several local bands, he joined The Saloon Pilots in Hawaii & opened for Wynonna Judd & the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra. He also performed at RockyGrass with 49 Special in Lyons, CO & played with other bands including: Jack Sonni of Dire Straits, Irish Rock Band Doolin Rakes, & SuperMule. Currently you can catch him laying down the beats with San Francisco band, The Bow Ties, Healdsburg Like a Rose-Jerry Garcia Tribute Band, & Portland based duo Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms country band.