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Railroad Earth
Biography
Railroad Earth emerged from the breakup of one of New Jersey's most popular bands, From Good Homes, in early 2001. Later that year, with appearances at some of the major summer festivals on the bluegrass circuit -- the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, and High Sierra Music Festival -- as well as the Fox Theater in Boulder, CO, Railroad Earth showed that their music could go well beyond the realm of traditional bluegrass to incorporate folk, Celtic, jazz, and rock music. Todd Sheaffer, the group's main songwriter and former lead singer in From Good Homes, stood at the forefront of the group's vision. Songwriting became a matter of personal growth and the expression of human emotions for him.

The journey began for Railroad Earth as early as 1998, when Timothy Carbone (Blue Sparks from Hell, Kings in Disguise) met film music supervisor Brian Ross (former booking agent with Family Tree Agency) at the now-defunct Wetlands club in New York City. The two started a conversation about bluegrass music during a break in the music performance that night. After many telephone conversations and e-mails several months later, the two discussed more seriously the idea of gathering together professional musicians in New Jersey to play bluegrass at informal jam sessions.
Selected Discography
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