Dobro Whiz Phil Leadbetter Releases Second Solo Album

Orlando, Florida, USA – Renowned dobro player, Phil Leadbetter, releases his
new album, Slide Effects, today with Pinecastle Records.

Phil Leadbetter is a current member of the high-energy band Wildfire, and is a
former ten year member of JD Crowe and the New South. Phil also was nominated
for a Grammy in his stint with JD Crowe on the album

Flashback.Slide Effects, Phil’s first release since

Philibuster in 1997, includes an all-star cast of
performers: Ronnie Bowman, Stuart Duncan, Marty Raybon, Steve Gulley, Scott
Vestal, Cody Kilby, Andy Leftwich, Garnet Bowman, Robert Hale, Byron House, Gene
Johnson, Steve Thomas, Matt Leadbetter, Alice Vestal and Darrell Webb [Buy

Slide Effects now].

Phil is currently on tour with Wildfire:

April
1 Owensboro, Ky The Executive Inn
2 Lagrange, Ga Hoofer’s Gospel Barn
8, 9 Live Oak, Fl Lrb Bg Fest
29 Wichita, Ks Park City Bg Fest

May
13 Rocky Mount, Va Bg Festival
14 Johnson City, Tn The Down Home

June
3 Benton, Ky Ky Lake Bg Fest
4 Nashville, Tn The Station Inn
9 Wind Gap, Pa Wind Gap Bg Fest
10 Lexington, Ky Fest Of The Bluegrass
11 Lagrange, Ga Hoofer’s Gospel Barn
13 Beanblossom, In Beanblossom Bg Fest
18 Grundy, Wv Private Party
25 Luttrell, Tn Clinch Mountain Bg Fest

July
1 Old Washington, Oh Mountain Heir Bg Fest
8, 9 Renfrew, Ontario Valley Bg Fest
28 Roanoke, Va Fiddlefest

August
11, 12 Old Forge, Ny Fox Family Bg Fest
13 Frankfort, Ky Bourbon And Bluegrass Fest
26 Sevierville, Tn Bluegrass In The Smokies

September
3 Alexandria, Va The Birchmere
13, 14 Pigeon Forge, Tn Fiddlers Feast
16, 17, 18 Branson, Mo Silver Dollar City
24 Winchester, Ky Bluegrass And Burgoo Fest

October
7 Norris, Tn Museum Of Appalachia

November
4 Dunnellon, Fl Withlacooche Bg Fest
5 Suwanee, Ga Everette’s Music Barn
12 Milton, Wv The Mountaineer Opry