Billy Blue Records

Builds Successful Bluegrass Label “If you build it, they will come.” That signature line from the 1989 sports fantasy film, Field of Dreams is part of the core philosophy behind Billy Blue Records, one of the most successful record labels in bluegrass music. Based just outside of Nashville, the company boasts a successful roster of artists including Appalachian Road Show, Doyle Lawson, Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers, Donna Ulisse & the Poor Mountain Boys, Kristy Cox, Alan Bibey & Grasstowne, Authentic Unlimited, Carolina Blue, Darin and Brooke Aldridge, The Tennessee Bluegrass Band, Jason Barie, Marty Raybon.  It’s the brainchild of Jerry Salley, Creative and A & R Director for Billy Blue and Billy Jam Records.   “I know this sounds really cliché, but to me, it’s literally about great songs and great artists,” Salley tells Bluegrass Unlimited while on break from a songwriting session at the BBR label.  “I kind of built a label the