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Sugar Hill Records Co-Founder Barry Poss Dies at 79
Sugar Hill Records emerged as a home and championing label for numerous artists in bluegrass, Americana and roots music.
That same year, Sugar Hill released its initial project, One Way Track, from the group Boone Creek, which featured Terry Baucom, Steve Bryant, Jerry Douglas, Wes Golding and Ricky Skaggs. Sugar Hill Records became a home and championing label to scores of bluegrass, Americana and roots artists — including Jerry Douglas, Ricky Skaggs, Nickel Creek, The Seldom Scene, Tim O’Brien, Sam Bush, Sarah Jarosz, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, The Infamous Stringdusters, Robert Earl Keen, Hot Rize, Lonesome River Band, Bryan Sutton, Guy Clark, The Del McCoury Band, Ronnie Bowman, Guy Clark, Rodney Crowell, Robert Earl Keen, Lyle Lovett and Townes Van Zandt. IBMA Executive Director Ken White says in a statement, “Barry Poss was not just a champion of roots music and the artists that make it, but he was instrumental in the founding of our organization.
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