Jeff Harkins and Dub Byrum formed FIRE CREEK in 2000. The band’s name FIRE CREEK comes from the story Jeff tells about the day the Sheriff found his Granddaddy’s still. While standing along the creek the Sheriff threw a match in and the creek caught on fire. Folks in the area started calling it “Fire Creek” and that’s what it’s called to this day.
Today FIRE CREEK plays Bluegrass standards and original tunes for your listening pleasure in Charlotte, North Carolina and parts beyond.

Official Website: http://www.firecreekbluegrassband.com
MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/thelegendoffirecreek

JEFF HARKINS (Guitar) was born in Blairsville, Georgia in 1962. He moved to North Carolina in 1963. He’s been playing guitar for 25 years now and played in rock and roll bands until his friend Billy Cartee got him started playing blue grass in 1997. He played with High Lonesome and Shady Rest blue grass bands before forming FIRE CREEK. Jeff , also called “Big’un says he’s 6 foot seven any way you want to look.

FULTON WALTON BYRUM “DUB” (Guitar) co-founder of FIRE CREEK was born in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1929 and has played blue grass since he was 10 years old. A friend got him into guitar and playing country music and blue grass with an old time fiddle player. He played dances in Charlotte as far back as the 1950’s.

DAVID DEMPERIO “DR. D.” (Mandolin) was born in Syracuse, New York in 1954. He started playing music and got his first guitar when he was 10 years old. David played guitar and drums in bands during high school and college. He moved from Syracuse to Denver Colorado where he played country rock music with Pepper Pierce. After graduating from Logan Chiropractic College in St. Louis Missouri, he moved to North Carolina.