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Missy Raines was born on 6 April, 1962 in Short Gap, West Virginia, is an American singer-songwriter. Discover Missy Raines's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 61 years old?
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Short Gap, West Virginia |
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United States
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Missy Raines Height, Weight & Measurements
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Missy Raines Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Missy Raines worth at the age of 61 years old? Missy Raines’s income source is mostly from being a successful Musician. She is from United States. We have estimated Missy Raines's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Missy Raines (born April 6, 1962) is an American bassist, singer, teacher, and songwriter.
She has won 10 International Bluegrass Music Awards for Bass Player of the Year.
Missy Raines was the first woman to win IBMA Bass Player of the Year award.
They released two albums: A Bluegrass Ensemble in 1983 and Live In Europe in 1985.
She won 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2019, 2020, and 2021.
In 1998 Missy Raines' first solo album "My Place in the Sun" (self released) was named IBMA Instrumental Recording of the Year.
The Chicago Tribune named "My Place in the Sun" as one of the Top 10 Records of 1998.
Missy Raines toured extensively from 1998- 2005 in a duo with Jim Hurst.
They recorded two albums for the Pinecastle label: Two in 1999 and Synergy in 2003.
The band recorded two more albums: New Day and Crowd Favorites, both on Rounder Records.
In 2008, Missy established her Americana/jazz-tinged ensemble Missy Raines & The New Hip, who have released two albums on the Compass label: Inside Out released February 10, 2009, and New Frontier released September 2013.
Besides Missy, the New Hip includes Ethan Ballinger (guitar), Jarrod Walker (mandolin), and Cody Walker drums.
Raines is a member of the bluegrass supergroup the Helen Highwater Stringband, along with Mike Compton, David Grier, and Shad Cobb.
In 2011, she began teaching double bass online at the Online Bluegrass Bass School with Missy Raines, as part of the ArtistWorks Academy of Bluegrass.
Missy co-produced and played on the Compass release "I'll Take Love", a collection of Louisa Branscomb's songs sung by a top list of artists including The Whites, Alison Krauss, Claire Lynch, Steve Gulley, Dale Ann Bradley, Josh Williams, John Cowan, and more.
They released an eponymous EP in 2015.
In 2018, "Swept Away" from Missy's album, Royal Traveller (Compass Records) was awarded IBMA "Recorded Event of the Year. The song features the First Ladies of Bluegrass named so for being the first women to win in their instrumental category, Missy Raines (bass), Alison Brown (banjo), Becky Buller, (fiddle), Sierra Hull, (mandolin), and Molly Tuttle, (guitar).
In 2019, "Darlin' Pal(s) of Mine" also from Missy's album, Royal Traveller, was named IBMA "Instrumental Recording of the Year".
In 2020, Missy Raines' album, Royal Traveller, produced by Alison Brown, (Compass Records) was nominated for a Grammy.
In 2020, Missy won IBMA "Song of the Year" for "Chicago Barn Dance" as co-writer along with Becky Buller and Alison Brown.
The song was performed and recorded by the Chicago-based band "Special Consensus".
Hailing from Short Gap, West Virginia, Raines began playing bass and touring professionally as a teenager.
Today she is a respected bluegrass musician, playing both straight-ahead bluegrass and more progressive forms of music.
Raines was a member of the progressive bluegrass band Cloud Valley with Bill Evans (banjo), Charlie Rancke (guitar), and Steve Smith (mandolin).