California progressive bluegrass group The Storytellers will perform in the Tucson area the weekend of March 21 and 22. The band will play at the Community Performance & Art Center in Green Valley on Saturday, March 21. On Sunday, March 22, it will perform at Gaslight Music Hall in Oro Valley.
Dates, venues and band lineup
The Storytellers formed in fall 2017 as a duo and became a full band in early 2018.
- Scott Diehl: guitar and vocals
- Lance Frantzich: bass and vocals
- Steve Stelmach: washboard and percussion
The Sunday, March 22 show is described as Grateful Dead themed.
Past performances and credits
The Storytellers have performed at Huck Finn Jubilee, Calico Bluegrass Festival, Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival and Desert Bluegrass Festival.
In 2024, they headlined the Prescott Bluegrass Festival. They also shared the stage with Peter Rowan at the Brookdale Bluegrass Festival. Their credits include performances at the Orange County Fair, Ventura County Fair and Antelope Valley Fair.
In 2022, the group held a year-long residency at Treasure Island Casino and Resort in Las Vegas. In 2023, it became the first bluegrass-style band to perform on one of NAMM’s premier stages.
The article also cites remarks attributed to Bob Stane and Bluegrass Standard about the band’s singing and performance approach. The piece says The Storytellers are known for bluegrass-inspired arrangements of Grateful Dead songs.