Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray in Concert

The trio of Eddie and Martha Adcock with Tom Gray brings together three performers with roots that go deep into the history of bluegrass. The Adcocks are perhaps the most popular and enduring duo in bluegrass music today, joining forces three and a half decades ago, and Tom Gray has long been one of the best-known and most respected bassists in bluegrass.

Martha, a South Carolinian, is known for her evocative vocals and powerhouse rhythm guitar and Eddie, from Virginia, is lauded as one of the few truly original stylists on banjo and guitar in bluegrass music. Tom Gray, of Kensington, Md., is a compelling, critically acclaimed bassist whose agile, creative playing is distinctive and memorable. Vocally and instrumentally, they have few peers

Eddie and Tom are also noted as the surviving half of one of the most innovative and influential bluegrass groups of all time, the legendary ‘Classic’ Country Gentlemen of the Washington DC area.

Those iconic Country Gentlemen, which also included Charlie Waller and John Duffey, were inducted together as a band into the International Bluegrass Music Association's Hall of Fame in 1996, the first group to be so awarded. They also were installed in the Washington Area Music Association's Hall of Fame in 1996, with numerous other individual awards to their credit.

Eddie and Martha later partnered in the groundbreaking '70s newgrass band II Generation, and Tom helped found the renowned Seldom Scene.

For a few years now, Eddie, Martha and tom have played concerts together whenever the opportunity presented, even touring Japan in a series of seven sold-out shows. They recently released a new CD together, and are looking forward to bringing their new music to the Washington area.