The four young men of TelluRide have catapulted to the top of the competitive Nashville music scene since forming in 2006.

TelluRide has played more than 300 shows, including opening for such acts as LeAnn Rimes, Billy Ray Cyrus, Little Big Town, and Lonestar, just to name a few. The band has also opened for such legendary rock groups as Foreigner and REO Speedwagon.

Band members Adam Craig, Cain Hall, Ryan Jones, Jimi Hendrix, and Brian Smith came together in Nashville in August 2006 to form a new group with the harmonies that define country music and with an explosive energy that is causing a stir in the music industry.

The group’s infectious sound has also caught the attention of thousands of fans, which helped 
launch the popularity of the band’s “Phone Song.” The video was accepted into the CMT.com 
Music City Madness 2 competition last fall and was voted into the top eight out of 64 videos by 
the band’s active and rapidly growing fan base.

In 2008, TelluRide has appeared in Country Weekly magazine, performed the national anthem 
for NASCAR at the Atlanta Motor Speedway, the Kansas City Royals, the Chicago White Sox, 
and is considered “the group to watch” by the Country Music Association.

TelluRide’s first album is available now. Producer Rex Schnelle worked with the band to 
recreate the energy from its live shows and infuse that energy into the project. The album not 
only showcases the band’s vocal harmonies, but also the skilled musicianship of each member.
While many bands in today’s industry rely on session musicians, the members of TelluRide are
formally trained musicians and each plays on the entire album.

The band’s name has led many to believe that they hail from the small town in Colorado, but in
fact, the name was inspired by a fan. Members Craig, Hall, and Smith had already developed a
fan base from a previous group, so when Jones and Hendrix completed the new group, they 
turned to their fans for a name. Smith recalls, “A girl from Missouri said, ‘This is your name. It’s 
a Tim McGraw song called ‘Telluride.” It’s about a poor kid moving up to the mountains working 
ski lodges. The song title just feels good to us.”

Ultimately, Telluride knows that hard work and dedication to making and performing great 
music brings success.  They’ve earned their successes one show and one song at a time.  
They love to play, they love to write songs and they love to perform for fans. Most importantly, 
they love to be a part of a very new and unique brand of country music.  Their infectious 
harmonies, catchy lyrics and driving grooves already have country music fans singing out 
loud.   

And that makes quite a sound-one you don’t get to hear very often. It’s the sound of a band 
ready to make history.