About

Out of the Blue got started when guitarist Jamie Stubblefield pulled together some friends to play a little bluegrass. These days the lineup has Jamie joined by Ginger Evans on bass and Rob Lifford on mandolin. The band’s set features tastes of swing, country, folk, rock, Celtic, and even classical music, with a blend of vocal and instrumental tunes.

Jamie is equally happy fingerpicking the sweetest country ballads or flatpicking fiddle tunes at breakneck speed. He’s also been a member of Ptarmigan and other exceptional Celtic bands.

Rob was a typical high school guitar geek, fooling around with all flavors of rock, pop, and jazz until he started to catch the bluegrass bug in the mid ’90s. It wasn’t until 2001 that he began to give more attention to the mandolin he’d picked up a few years before and joined forces with Jamie.

Ginger jointed OotB in the summer of 2008. She’s a longtime veteran of the central Texas acoustic music scene, having played with various bluegrass, western swing, and folk acts over the years.

Dawn Biega — a founding member of the band, but unfortunately no longer in central Texas — began with the cello as most cellists do (you know, with classical music) but simply couldn’t be fenced in. Her years of performing have given her a chance to play a wide range of styles.

Out of the Blue came together in the winter of 2004/2005 and played their first gig at the The Motley Menagerie in Kyle, Texas. Since then they've played dozens (maybe hundreds by now?) of restaurants, bars, clubs, farmers’ and artists’ markets, coporate events, weddings, and more.

They'd be very happy to play at your venue or event as well: just get in touch and you'll find them quite friendly. They won't talk about themselves in the third person on the phone or via email, either, as they do on this page.

Out of the Blue is a longtime member band of the Central Texas Bluegrass Association.