Johnny Staats is a bluegrass mandolin, guitar and violin player, born and raised in West Virginia. He has been featured on NBC's Today Show, in People Magazine, on the CBS Evening News and CNN, and has appeared on the Grand Ole Opry. He won Charleston's Vandalia Gathering-Mandolin championships in 1996, 1997, and 1999.

Johnny Staats. 5,839 likes · 13 talking about this. Johnny Staats was born and raised in WV. His Mother played piano, his Father on guitar, Sister on ba

Mar 6, 2013 · Johnny Staats is likely best known for being a bluegrass picking UPS truck driver. After the release of his first album, Wires and Wood , in 2000, this West Virginia mandolin player found himself featured in the New York Times , the Today Show , and People magazine.

Jun 6, 2024 · Johnny Staats and the Delivery Boys: The Melodic Messengers of Bluegrass. In the heart of West Virginia, where the Appalachian Mountains nurture the soul of American bluegrass, resides a mandolin maestro who works as a UPS driver during the day.

By day, Johnny Staats is a UPS package car driver. The rest of the time, he is a world-class bluegrass mandolin, guitar, and violin player. In this short and charming interview, he explains why he kept his day job between shows at the Grand Ole Opry, and how he incorporated his life's passion into his life's work.

Staats’s astonishing mandolin work: it’s incredibly fleet and fluid, boasting clarity, precision, and taste at even the most ridiculous speeds. He’s also a rich, honey-voiced tenor singer, (and) at the very least, his earnest vocal songs give you a chance to catch your breath.

Nov 29, 2013 · Johnny Staats is as self-effacing as they come, this despite his prodigious talent and his five-star street cred among some of the heaviest hitters in Nashville. Is there another story in music remotely like this?

Jan 21, 2025 · Next up from Southwest Virginia will be The Alum Ridge Boys & Ashlee with their superb harmonies and instrumentals. The renowned Johnny Staats and the Delivery Boys will close out the event. Staats won the Vandalia Festival championship in mandolin three times, once on guitar and placed in fiddle.

Staats’s astonishing mandolin work: it’s incredibly fleet and fluid, boasting clarity, precision, and taste at even the most ridiculous speeds. He’s also a rich, honey-voiced tenor singer, (and) at the very least, his earnest vocal songs give you a chance to catch your breath.

Jan 25, 2025 · Johnny Staats will lead a mandolin workshop on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, and perform a concert with the Delivery Boys later in the day as part of FOOTMAD’s Winter Breakdown weekend at the West ...