Several hundred people came to Sheridan Sunday to hear High Road, a bluegrass and gospel band which has traveled all over the country and internationally and which has played before as many as 15,000 people. It was put on by Sheridan Christian Church. People from Sheridan, Grant City, Ravenwood, Hopkins, Parnell, and Maryville came. There was even a girl from Norway, Elisabeth, whose family provided High Road a barn to perform in while they were in Norway and who is accompanying the band on their current trip. There was a cowboy church group out of Clarinda who performed with High Road in Clarinda the night before and who came with them to Sheridan Sunday night.
The Gentry/Worth Cattlemen’s Association provided the meal. The event drew comparisons to Jerry Clower, who drew around 3,000 people to the area north of the Sheridan School in 1987, where the Rodeo Grounds are now. He dressed up in a bright orange/red suit and talked about how, “I love y’all!”
High Road is a band consisting of four girls, Sarah, Kristin, Rachel, and Nicole. The band has local ties; Sarah Davison, the founder, was originally from Braddyville. The rest of the band members are from Montana, Kentucky, and North Carolina. One of the bass players for Sunday night’s concert was Andy Wiederholt of Maryville.
Davison has toured with Country Music Hall of Famer George Jones, performs regularly on the Grand Ole Opry, and has written pieces performed by the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir. Since the group’s genesis, Sarah and bandmates have already garnered a Grammy Nomination for the album, "Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout", the Singing News New Artist of the Year, two Dove Award nominations for Bluegrass/Roots Album of the Year, and Singing News Band of the Year for 2022. They regularly perform at leading country and Gospel music events including 40 Days at the Ark Encounter, Singing In The Sun, Women of Joy, The National Quartet Convention, Dollywood, and more.
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