Billed as a “country-swing-grass” band. In 1979 they became known as the New Early Sunrise Band. The electrified country band featured Dave Goodman (fiddle), Gil German (guitar), Bruce Sponsler (banjo), Jack DiPietro (bass ex-Paradise Pickers), and Paul Hoffmaster (drums). They could be heard at the Chatham Lounge, Pikesville Hilton, Famous Ballroom, and as a house band at Ye Olde Millstream Inn. Performed on Port Welcome cruises, Maryland State Fair…
Dipietro later rejoined the Paradise Pickers / Rockers in the mid-’80s. Goodman worked with other groups including Mike Hamilton’s Traveling Souls…
