The exciting and entertaining Colorado Springs Bluegrass band called Crystal Hill Billys formed under amazing circumstances. Had it not been for the love of Bluegrass music, these five musicians would have never met to entertain their audiences.
“Music is the universal language of mankind,” said Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The bluegrass musicians that make up Crystal Hill Billys (CHB) Bluegrass Band are a group of five individuals that would not have discovered one another except for the music. From a former Marine and bulldog rescue club president, to a dentist, to a retired Physics teacher to a marketer, and a homeschool, stay-at-home mom, these Bluegrass musicians, all in their fifties, were on separate paths when the music pulled them together.
Three years ago, at a Colorado Springs bluegrass music jam, guitarist Andy Curry, new to Colorado Springs from Lamar, CO, met Joy Maples, a local upright bass player. He asked her about being in a band, which was something this homeschooling, stay-at-home mom had never considered. Curry liked her playing and noted, “She can dance with that instrument while she plays!” Sherman Bush, a bluegrass mandolinist hailing from Southern California, was introduced to the pair soon after. Bush is the purest bluegrass musician of the group and remembers being bitten by the bluegrass bug as a very young kid when his brother brought home records of the Stanley Bros, and the Osborne Bros. The brothers would play along with the 45s and soon began playing at clubs in Southern California. The elder Bush, Roger, played with some of the greats including Roland and Clarence White, and toured with The Country Gentleman in the 1970s.
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