BAND MEMBERS
Larry Keel – Guitar/ Vocals  |  Justin Doyle – Bass  |  Jared Pool – Electric Guitar/ Vocals  |  Jesse Shultzaberger – Drums/ Percussion

GENRE
Prog Rock, Progressive Country, Americana, Psychedelia

CONTACTS
Booking: Katie Kirchner | 616-843-7188 | Katie@rockwoodbooking.com

Email Team Keel: Management | Office | Marketing

WEB LINKS
Tour Dates  |  Facebook  |   Instagram  |  YouTube  |   SoundCloud  |  Spotify 

BIO
Larry Keel is an award-winning innovative flatpicking guitarist and singer/songwriter hailing from Appalachia and currently residing in historic Lexington, VA. Raised in a musical family steeped in the mountain culture of the region, Keel began from an early age to forge a distinctive sound, taking bluegrass and classic country music and infusing those styles with a rock edge and elements of improvisational jazz. With the acoustic guitar Keel has brought the flatpicking form to its highest level of sophistication and sonic power with his muscular yet refined style of playing. As a songwriter with a catalog of nearly 100 original compositions, Keel integrates raw honesty and charming grit to create music filled with reality, imagination, imagery and vibe. He has appeared on over 20 albums, 12 of which he produced, and has written songs that have been recorded and performed by distinguished artists including Grammy-award winners Del McCoury and The Infamous Stringdusters.

He has performed at iconic venues including Tokyo Disney, Carnegie Hall, Town Hall NYC, Red Rocks Amphitheater, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, LOCKN, High Sierra Music, Bonnaroo, Del Fest, Hulaween, and countless more. He has inspired and merged creative forces with some of the greatest artists in modern roots music such as Tyler Childers, Billy Strings, Greensky Bluegrass, Keller Williams and Sam Bush, to name a few. Keel is revered by critics at Relix, JamBase, Bluegrass Today, No Depression, AXS, and Rolling Stone, who dub him “one of the finest flatpickers around” and describe his unparalleled live performance “taking songs up a notch with psychedelic hillbilly shredding.” While C-ville Weekly claims, “Keel is doing for bluegrass what Hendrix did for rock, what Miles did for jazz- exploring the unchartered possibilities, defying the limitations of a deeply established musical form.”

The energetic and interstellar project, “Electric Larry Land” presents Keel’s simultaneously gritty and suave original music applied to an electric format, creating what he calls a “sonic groove-and-vibe machine”. With this unit, Keel gives rein to his innate drive to expand his songs and playing style with this high-powered, highly creative and highly accomplished 4-piece band comprised of electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass and drums. It’s dynamic Acoustic Rock at its finest.

Stream or buy the new Larry Keel & Jon Stickely EP on your favorite platform! Be on the lookout for more new music releases and plenty of live shows all throughout 2026! Keep up to date by checking out the Larry Keel site at: https://larrykeel.com/

PRESS QUOTES
“Being Kind” single included in No Depression Magazine Best Of playlist July 2024 https://www.nodepression.com/no-depressions-best-of-july-2024-playlist/ 

“Larry is a living legend who's been bringing people together with his amazing music for many years. His song 'Being Kind' is what the world needs right now - a modern anthem about the power of positivity and gratitude.” - Chris Pandolfi, The Infamous Stringdusters

“I love Keel's song 'Being Kind'.. fun, upbeat and uplifting. Keel brings his own awesome live-show positive energy into this recording, which left me groovin with good vibes!” - Peter Shapiro, Publisher Relix Magazine, Owner Brooklyn Bowl

“Larry Keel has been blazing a trail of acoustic, bluegrass inspired Americana music for years and has come to be celebrated for his lightning fast acoustic guitar work. He makes music that is at times psychedelic, often hard driving, but with an underlying elegance that few artists can balance, let alone master.” - Joe Kendrik, Director of Programming WNCW Radio

“A celebrated flatpicking guitarist and singer-songwriter who has appeared on more than 20 albums...masterful acoustic guitar playing." - American Songwriter

“American Dream is a rallying cry of sorts...it encourages its listeners to find a positive perspective by leaning on their own optimistic instincts. The songs are upbeat, uplifting, and flush with a series of rich arrangements that make the material practically leap from the grooves. It’s bound to make those that hear it happy." - Bluegrass Today

“Whether you’re looking to dig what’s happening out there on the edges of the bluegrass avant-garde, or just wanting to get your buzz on to some astounding music, Larry Keel is a sure bet.” - Eric J. Wallace, C-Ville Weekly

"His songs have a directness and an elegant simplicity. Larry Keel’s dynamic flatpicking is very impressive… (not just) for acoustic guitar aficionados… (his) music has plenty to offer everyone." - Lyric Magazine

“Larry Keel’s music is a revelation. It is a look at what music can be when stripped of preconceptions and when a blend of bluegrass, deep woods psychedelia and moonshine combine” - Eric Rayburn ~ Consider Collective

"Larry Keel is a triple threat... songwriter, guitar player, entertainer. He can do it all. I think what makes Larry so powerful is that he has lived his songs. He's not sitting in a room trying to write the hit of the week, he's writing what's in his heart and on his mind." - Del McCoury

“Larry Keel, the Bluegrass Warrior, has kept the flame of mountain alive with intensity and clarity of singing and fiery guitar picking! Larry and Jenny both have big-ears and wide listening to open their music up to a growing young audience.” - Peter Rowan

“Larry Keel is a true original, be it traditional, progressive, improv- he does it all and with such joy. I love jamming with Keel. Enjoy the music, Larry does.” - Sam Bush

“I've always considered Larry Keel as the Bob Dylan of Bluegrass." - Norris Long, Allegheny Mountain Radio