Hot Pickin 57s, Austin's favorite bluegrass band!

Hot Pickin 57s play an energetic fun mix of Bluegrass, Classic Country, and Americana music.

Hot Pickin is available for festivals, weddings, corporate events, house concerts, non-profit events, listening rooms, private parties, senior centers, community centers, churches/temples, and libraries.

Hot Pickin 57s can play as a trio, four-piece or five-piece band.

Their discography includes a self-titled debut CD released in October 2017, followed by "Hot Picks," which featured Cindy Cashdollar and received airplay on over 35 radio stations in the US and Canada.

We hired the Hot Pickin 57s for a 1,000 person event! We could not have been more pleased.
They were easy to communicate with. And their music is fantastic!
— Jordan Greer

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Austin’s best bluegrass band

Original instrumental (Max Zimmet)

Meet The Band

Hot Pickin 57s is a 4-piece band featuring acoustic guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin and upright bass, with lead and harmony vocals.

They can also play as a trio or 5-piece band.

Max Zimmet // guitar & mandolin

Shawn Spiars // banjo & vocals

Michael Montgomery // fiddle & vocals

Vance Hazen // upright bass & vocals

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Very happy to announce that Hot Pickin 57s album Hot Picks has been selected for

the Austin Public Library's Electric Lady Bird music collection. 


Wonderful. The guys were great! They were focused on all the right things during pre-planning and then gave a great performance. They were a pleasure to work with!
— Paul Chung // Corporate event at the Tobin Center for Performing Arts, San Antonio
Fellas, I just wanted to tell you how meaningful your performance at Charlie’s memorial reception was, and how deeply affecting the experience was for the family. It not only saluted Charlie’s life and passion beautifully, but also memorialized that of my brother, Bill Colbert, the winner of the new artist of the year at the Kerrville Folk Festival many years ago. God bless you all for sharing your amazing gifts with us at this tough time.
— Susie C // San Antonio
“What a fantastic evening we had listening to Hot Pickin 57s. You guys were awesome. From your interaction with the crowd to the selection of music. Looking forward to seeing Hot Pickin 57s again in the near future.”
— Russel Schmidt // Grapevine TX Sunset Concert Series
 

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