Barefoot Nellie & Co.

Barefoot Nellie & Co. is a bluegrass band from the Chattanooga, Tennessee area, founded in 2007 by Eric and August Bruce. The current lineup adds their daughter Emily Bruce on mandolin, Jim Pankey on banjo and Eli Beard on guitar. The band describes its sound as smooth arrangements that start from traditional bluegrass and push on from there.

August grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, playing in her family's band, the Bluegrass Brigade. She plays fiddle and writes songs. Three of hers, including the title track, are on the band's 2010 debut South River, and the gospel song "Forever Friend" was also picked for the Scenic City Sampler, a collection of Chattanooga musicians and songwriters.

Eric comes from High Point, Georgia. In 2012 the band appeared on the PBS series Song of the Mountains. Two years later it won band contests at Uncle Dave Macon Days in Murfreesboro and at Bluegrass on the Plains in Auburn, Alabama, the second with recording time at Mountain Fever Studios as the prize.