Gloria Belle and Tennessee Sunshine
Bands / Ensembles
Gloria Belle and Tennessee Sunshine was a bluegrass band from Nashville, Tennessee, formed in 1990 by singer and mandolinist Gloria Belle and her husband, guitarist and luthier Mike Long of Mike Long Guitars. The couple had played together informally since the mid-1970s and married on September 23, 1989. Lineups over the years included Peter Vacek, banjo player Brian Bush, bassist G.R. Davis, Stan Brown, banjo player Mike Scott, and fiddler "Buck" Rife. The band recorded five albums between 1992 and 2001, including Living the Right Life Now (Southern Belle, 1992), Dixieland for Me (Atteiram, 1993), A Tribute to Molly O'Day (Southern Belle, 1996) and the gospel album He Leadeth Me (2000). Gloria Belle died on May 5, 2023, at age 84.
In the newsletter
- No. 6 Winter 1996