Cumberland River | Kentucky Life | KET
2,503 views · Published 9 July 2013 · 9:19 · Indexed 29 October 2026
Channel: KET - Kentucky Educational Television · 2013 · Music
When the producers of the Harlan County-based FX show Justified came to Eastern Kentucky back in the summer of 2010 to do some research for the program, they asked to hear a performance from the up-and-coming bluegrass band Cumberland River. On short notice the band wrote "Justified" as a gift for the show. Their performance for the producers earned them a standing ovation—and the producers have since used more than a half dozen of their songs on the program, which revolves around the adventures of an unconventional U.S. Marshal. Steve Gulley, producer of the band's album "The Life We Live," describes the band members as "real mountain men with a story to tell and a unique, special way of telling it." Most of the band members grew up with traditional old-time bluegrass music, but they decided early on to write material to appeal to both the young and old. Songs by Cumberland River featured on Justified include "Let the Moonshine Flow," "Wild Berries," "My Dad," and "Ridge Runner."
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