SmokeRise Bluegrass Band

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About

SmokeRise playing at Galactic Quest

Classic/Progressive

SmokeRise members are all veterans of the Atlanta Bluegrass scene. They like to mix the old and the new as they all love the blues and grew up on Rock and Roll. 

They are comfortable with classic bluegrass material as well as progressive covers of non-bluegrass genres.


Oil painting "SmokeRise"

Available for

  • Entertainment venues (bars & restaurants)
  • Private events (weddings, birthdays, block parties, etc.)
  • Festivals
  • Church events

Band Members

Mike Hughes

Walter Stark

Walter Stark

Photo of Michael Hughes sitting next to the juke box in The Grill by Christy Taylor

Mike Hughes discovered the Dobro in the early 70's listening to Mike Auldridge in Washington DC. He bought his current tuxedo MA-6 directly from Auldridge himself decades later.

When not playing with SmokeRise, Mike plays with the Atlanta Open Band and produces songs in his studio loft with an assortment of real and imaginary friends he picked up during the Pandemic Lockdown. He also goes beyond the Dobro and plays guitar, banjo, and harmonica. Here are just a few samples of his work away from SmokeRise.

  • Hear his Dobro cover of "The Load-out"
  • Hear his Playlist of selected songs "Madman Fashion"
  • Hear his contradance version of "Black Mountain Rag"
  • Watch a YouTube with his soundtrack for "Lift Every Voice and Sing"
  • Watch a video of Mike singing "Bring your Clothes back Home" with some very impressive friends
  • Visit his full SoundCloud page


Walter Stark

Walter Stark

Walter Stark

 Walter Stark grew up in rural North Carolina the son of an itinerate preacher. At the time this was a veritable Petri dish of bluegrass music. As a youth he played some of the music but life and career pursuits took precedence. After 40 years of musical inactivity, an accident and extended convalescence caused a rediscovery of a long neglected passion. Now Walter is blessed to be able to share this music with good friends and neighbors.  

Reuben Fair

Reuben Fair

Reuben Fair

 Reuben Fair was born in Gene Autrey, Oklahoma, and began playing guitar in the late sixties. He played off and on while earning a living with his day job as an engineer. While attending a bluegrass concert in Armuchee Georgia in 2000 his love of music was rekindled and he decided to take up the mandolin while his wife Kim decided to pick the bass and son Trey opted for the Banjo. Reuben is a charter member of the infamous Tucker Station String Band. Reuben lives in Smokerise, Georgia with his wife, Kim and kitty cat, Blue. 

Kim Fair

Reuben Fair

Reuben Fair

 Kim Fair hails from the little town of Lucedale in coastal Mississippi. She moved to Atlanta for school in the 70′s and never left. With a background in piano and a love of music, Kim became enamored of the sounds of bluegrass while attending a Festival in Armuchee, Georgia in 2000.
Since a piano is a little difficult to carry to a bluegrass jam, Kim opted for the bass which she plays with skill and finesse. Holding down the bottom of the bluegrass group, Kim keeps everybody in line with her solid timing. Since she is a high school math teacher, she has no trouble counting to I-IV-V. Kim is also a founding member of the Tucker Station String Band. 

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