Missy Raines

Bass
Bluegrass Week 1

A favorite in bluegrass music and other genres, Missy is a seven-time IBMA Bass Player of the Year and two-time winner of that honor from SPBGMA.

Missy's debut solo album My Place In The Sun was named one of the top five bluegrass recordings of the year by The Chicago Tribune.

Missy is touring with her new band — Missy and the New Hip — after stretching the bounadries playing as a duet with Jim Hurst and with The Claire Lynch Band.

Whether it’s the lithe grooves she lays down in exploration of jazz, folk, country and bluegrass flavors or the solid bluegrass drive which helped garner Grammy nominations for Claire Lynch, Missy's unerring instinct for the right groove make here one of the most sought-after bass players.

Missy has appeared on TNN's Prime Time Country, The Grand Ole Opry Live and This Week In Country Music. Missy is the winner of Bluegrass Now's Fan's Choice Award.

Says Bass Player Magazine "Raines is among those reshaping the role of the bluegrass bassist."