Stacy Grubb|Bio

Stacy Grubb grew up in the Appalachian hills of southern West Virginia in McDowell
County where she first started performing music as a toddler when her dad, Alan
Johnston, used to sit her atop their piano. He'd play the hymns she was learning in
Sunday school as she would sing with one of her sisters. Alan was certainly her earliest
musical influence, but soon to follow was Dolly Parton. Stacy grew up listening primarily to
contemporary Christian music and was introduced to classic country through Alan who
would sing to her the songs he remembered loving as a child. Her dad and Dolly remain
as two of her biggest inspirations to this day.

Around middle school, Stacy became interested in songwriting and spent most of her teen
years honing her writing skills, as well as her vocal control and technique. Her writing has,
without a doubt, been heavily influenced by the country tunes of the 50's and 60's she
remembered her dad singing to her when she was a young girl. "Dad would sing those
sad songs and tell me about how he and my grandma would sit around the record player
and just cry and cry listening to them. They loved it and I did, too. It just made sense to
me that a song's worth should be measured by how sad it can make you feel! I eventually
learned that not everyone agrees with that idea. I still love sad songs, though." She jokes
that, whenever she feels the tears coming on when she's writing a new song, she knows
she's onto something.

In 2004, Stacy joined her dad's music group, South 52 (then known as The McDowell
County Project), after having spent the previous four years working as a veterinarian
assistant in Knoxville, Tennessee. "I was so thrilled to be in Dad's group for about a
million different reasons, not the least of which being the fact that it's such a special thing
to be able to share with your dad. But I'd never had the opportunity to perform on a
regular basis and we were booking shows pretty often. It was all just local stuff, but we
had so much fun with it and I learned a lot about stage presence to boot."

Stacy released her first record in 2009 and has enjoyed a lot of great opportunities thanks
to her music. Singles from that record topped the charts of many European countries and
earned her a respectable following around the world. She lists being invited into the
historic Wheeling Jamboree family as a member as a lasting highlight of her career. Brad
Paisley was the last artist asked prior to Stacy.

Stacy's parents are Alan and Wilma Johnston. She has two sisters and one brother, as
well as six nieces and nephews. She is married to her high school sweetheart and they
share a son and daughter together.