Adam Steffey

Adam Carter Steffey is an American mandolin player, best known for playing in the bluegrass and old-time styles. He spent time as a member of bands such as Alison Krauss & Union Station, Mountain Heart, Lonesome River Band, the Dan Tyminski Band, the Boxcars, and the Isaacs. He was most recently a member of the Highland Travelers, which announced on November 15, 2018, that they were disbanding, with Steffey pursuing an alternative profession other than music. However, his retirement from music was short-lived, as he joined the band Volume Five just a few months later. Steffey has also performed with such artists as Kenny Chesney, Clint Black, Vince Gill, Dolly Parton, the Dixie Chicks, James Taylor, Rhonda Vincent, Ronnie Bowman, Jim Mills, and others.

Biography

Steffey grew up in Norfolk, Virginia, but moved to Kingsport, Tennessee, when his father retired in 1975. He attended the Carter Family Fold each weekend when he was young, and became interested in the music he heard there. He started playing the mandolin when he was 15, taking lessons first from Audey Ratliff and later on from Jack Tottle.
Steffey completed his Bachelor of Science at ETSU in 2014. He served as an adjunct faculty member teaching mandolin at East Tennessee State University.

Steffey married musician Tina Trianosky in May 2008, and they have twin sons, born in 2011.

Steffey is a five-time Grammy Award winner and has won the bluegrass mandolin player of the year from the International Bluegrass Music Association eleven times, more than any other player.

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