Roy Curry

Roy Curry was born in Warren, Ohio and began playing guitar at the age of 11. He now makes the Chattanooga TN area his home. His smooth, seemingly effortless flat picking skills and musical knowledge are a treat to observe. Roy makes his listeners forget the complexity that’s put into producing such amazing sounds on guitar and lets them be drawn in to the pleasing experience of the Lone Mountain Band’s performances. Known internationally as one of the finest flat pickers in existence, he’s also highly respected locally and enjoys freelancing as well as playing electric guitar. His talent has won him 21 guitars so far, and he’s not done yet.

His accolades include having won the Winfield/Walnut Valley Festival’s National Flat Pick Guitar Contest three times; the New England Flat Picking Championship contest twice; Merlefest; Renofest; and the Wayne Henderson Guitar Contest. He is also the 2010 Minnesota State Flat Picking Champion and the 2005 Tennessee State Flat Picking Champion. Roy has toured nationally with the Forester Sisters, and regionally with Danny Shirley (of Confederate Railroad fame), and was featured as the cover story in the Nov/Dec 2004 edition of Flat Picking Guitar Magazine. Roy Curry has graced such respected stages as The Grand Ole Opry and the Kennedy Center and continues to be a force to reckon with in the flat picking world.