I AM A BANJO PLAYER, SONGWRITER, AND NORTH CAROLINIAN.

THE NO-HELLERS ARE AN EVER-GROWING GROUP OF MY DEAREST FRIENDS WHO JOIN ME TO PLAY MUSIC. THEY INCLUDE IN VARYING CONFIGURATIONS: JACKSON LEWIS, GRAYSON MCGUIRE, TREVOR MCKENZIE, TYLER OSMOND, NATALIA CATALAN, IAN MCCOY, CHASE ARDEN, BEN GERTNER, RORY DOLAN, AND LUKE DIAMOND.

“NO-HELLERS” IS A MISNOMER MOST COMMONLY USED FOR THE PRIMITIVE BAPTIST UNIVERSALISTS OF APPALACHIA, WHO BELIEVE EVERYONE GOES TO HEAVEN WHEN THEY DIE. THEY BELIEVE “HELL” IS HERE ON THIS MORTAL PLANE, WHERE OUR ACTIONS MAKE OUR LIVES BETTER OR WORSE DEPENDING ON THEIR MORALITY. I AM NOT PARTICULARLY RELIGIOUS.