Grammy Award winning multi-instrumentalist Sam Bush doesn't seem old enough to be a musical legend. And he's not. But he is.  Alternately known as the King of Telluride and the King of Newgrass, Bush has been honored by the Americana Music Association and the International Bluegrass Music Association. And though Bush is best known for jaw-dropping skills on the mandolin, he is also a three time national junior fiddle champion and Grammy award winning vocalist.  Bush has helped to expand the horizons of bluegrass music, fusing it with jazz, rock, blues, funk and other styles. He's the co-founder of the genre-bending New Grass Revival and an in-demand musician who has played with everyone from Emmylou Harris and Bela Fleck to Charlie Haden, Lyle Lovett and Garth Brooks.

Bush has not only survived, but actually transcended a couple of generations’ worth of bluegrass/newgrass controversy to become a supremely relaxed and confident performer who can jam out on slide mandolin at one moment and belt out a Country Gentlemen classic the next, backed by a band every bit as adventurous and capable as he is. At this point, he’s legitimately called an icon. — Jon Weisberger, Nasvhille Scene