Grass It Up in Black Forest

Grass It Up began in 2004 with singer-songwriter David Jeffrey (guitar, mandolin) and Jon Bross (bass) playing The Broadmoor resort since 2006.

The trio released its first album, Goin’ to Colorado, in October 2006.

They performed at the Keystone Bluegrass and Brews Festival and the Happy Ass Ranch Bluegrass Festival beginning in 2007.

They organized and performed at Lavapalooza at Lago Arenal, Costa Rica, in 2007 and 2008 and in both those years competed in band contests at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center events in 2010 and 2011.

They performed as a traditional bluegrass.

They performed at the Crested Butte Center for the Arts in 2011 and appeared at the Western Jubilee Theater.

Live, Grass It Up\’s first live album, released on Purple House Records, was recorded that February at the Western Jubilee Warehouse in Colorado Springs and mastered at Airshow Mastering in Boulder, Colorado by David Glasser.

The album features songs written by Lewis, Jeffrey, Carr, Marsh, and Stephen Hartsfield.

Also released through Purple House, Alabama Tory was recorded at Hideaway Studios in April 2012, by Mark Benning.

The band at that time consisted of Jeffrey, Carr, Marsh, Bross and Jay Genender.

The album included songs by Jeffrey, and Marsh, as well as the title song by Hartsfield.

In 2013, Grass It Up was chosen as the best bluegrass/country band at the Indy Music Awards Festival in Colorado Springs.