Forrest

Forrest Burtnette started playing guitar in 4th grade. He was inspired to start by watching the Hee-Haw TV show with his family. After his parents bought him a guitar from Woolco, and practicing a couple years, he was ready to join a band. He joined Baby Blue, a bluegrass group formed by his teacher (and her husband). They played at church functions and festivals in and around Virginia. In high school, Forrest got interested in many other styles of music, and played in rock bands for the next 15 years. After majoring in music at James Madison University, he moved to New York City to form his first professional rock band, Bicycle. The band was written about in the New York Times Magazine, People magazine, and appeared on CNN Headline News for their mode of touring (by bicycle).Forrest has also played in Wisher, an original, Charlottesville-based band. In 2003 he helped form Sun Domingo, originally started in Charlottesville, now based in Atlanta and touring nationally. Forrest retired from heavy touring with Sun Domingo in 2006 and has recently gotten married and started a family. His son Graham was born in April of 2010. He has recently revisited his traditional Americana musical roots, and plays country electric guitar and sings in The Corn Hog Association.