Hot Pickin 57s

Hot Pickin 57s play the music America built, bluegrass, classic country, and Americana, drawn from the deep well of Bill Monroe, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Bob Wills, Doc Watson, and Hank Williams, performed with the energy and precision of musicians who have spent their careers immersed in it. Hot Pickin 57s are proud members of the 2026–2028 Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA) Texas Touring Roster, the TCA's juried list of artists selected by a statewide panel. With deep roots in the Austin scene, the band reunited in 2016 after musical educations at Berklee, South Plains College, and Texas State. Members have played in bands like the Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash, Whit Smith's Hot Jazz Caravan, and Rosie and the Ramblers, and performed alongside Sierra Hull, Beppe Gambetta, Alan Munde, Mark Cosgrove (David Bromberg), Billy Bright (Wood & Wire), and Kym Warner (Robert Earl Keen, Greencard