About Sage Meadows
Sage Meadows has been called "Oregon’s Emmylou Harris" by the Ashland Free Press. Her luxurious, soothing voice, instrumental skills, and brilliant, one of a kind songwriting have made her a barroom staple, indispensable band member and front woman. She has played everywhere from the Siskiyou Golden Fair to the main stage of the Britt Festivals with acts as diverse as the Southern Oregon University Chamber Choir, The New Autonomous Folksingers, Jef Fretwell and the Detractors, and Justin Gordon.
Her musicianship and passion are evident as she sings songs about nature, times past and the human condition. Joined by her band, High Country, Sage Meadows is truly one of the best musical acts Southern Oregon has to offer. Her band and music have been compared to Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt, Dwight Yoakam, Mark Knopfler, Jolie Holland and Lucinda Williams. Whether singing sweet lullabies, country classics, or a rockin’ rockabilly tune, Sage Meadows and High Country are sure to please.
High Country is:
Jeff Addicot - Upright Bass
Due to his virtuosity on the bass and in spite of his being from Canada, Jeff Addicott has become one of the most sought after musicians on the west coast. His resume is much too extensive to list here- suffice to say he has played everything with everybody. Sage is extremely thrilled to be working with a musician of such high caliber.
Rich Diamond - Drums
Rich Diamond started playing with Sage as the original drummer for The New Autonomous Folksingers years ago. After some time down south, he's made his triumphant return to Southern Oregon. Sage is glad to have him back.
David Hampton - Electric Guitar
David Hampton is known as one of the most versatile musicians in the Rogue Valley, as well as a recording and sound engineer. He has played guitar, bass and keyboards for The New Autonomous Folksingers, The Jeremy Hickman Band, and The Washington Street Gang, respectively, and has worked as a sound engineer at Sullivan Recording, Southern Oregon Lighting and Sound and The Jefferson State Pub and for The Rose Hip Ramblers, Little Thom, Justin Gordon, and Three Dog Night. You can currently find him every Sunday hosting the open mike at The Wild Goose Cafe.
Bob Evoniuk - Lap Steel
Bob started on piano at 5, took up the guitar at 11, discovered the Dobro in his late twenties.
Currently, Bob's main musical expressions come in the form of singing and his work on lap steel, Dobro and guitar. He is a masterful player who not only respects his roots in bluegrass but also breaks new ground on his instruments.
Raised on '60's rock and roll in Virginia, along with many young people (at the time) gravitated towards the burgeoning interest in bluegrass and Americana music. Prior to playing with Sage, Bob spent 14 years with one of the northwest's favorite touring bluegrass bands, Foxfire. Along with singer/songwriter Emy Phelps he formed the Americana quartet, Borderline who were together for nearly 10 years. Currently Bob also plays with another favorite northwest bluegrass ensemble, Siskiyou Summit, and with two members of his former band in the Foxfire Trio.
Bob has done extensive recording, arranging and production work and remains very active in the northwest music scene. For the past 20 years he has been involved with producing the country's largest indoor Americana and acoustic music festivals, Wintergrass, which takes place near Seattle each February.
Frank Sullivan - Pedal Steel
Frank has toured with country music artists such as Willie Nelson and Vince Gill and also owned a recording studio in Pasadena, Calif. After moving to the Rogue Valley, Sullivan did a stint as an audio engineer with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, mixing sound for musicals. Now he owns and operates Sullivan Recording and lends his virtuosity on pedal steel whenever possible.
