Larrivée Supported Artists
Matt Thomas
"Larrivée guitars respond like no other."
Matt Thomas is a 2-Time International Thumbpicking Champion, Kentucky Hall-of-Fame Inductee, and the 3rd place winner of the 2017 Winfield Fingerstyle Championship. He is a recording artist with Cimirron Records (Tommy Emmanuel, Stephen Bennett) and managed by the incomparable Kim Person. In addition to guitar, Thomas is a seasoned Harp Guitarist and is this years featured headliner at the annual Harp Guitar Gathering.
Ben DeBerry
The Danberrys
"Larrivée guitars have always been a natural fit for me. Top notch quality, tone, and selection make them my instruments of choice."
Discovering the guitar at the age of 10, Ben DeBerry was hooked from the start. Ben spent his formative years honing his craft through live performances and teaching private guitar lessons. After moving to Nashville in 2006, Ben and his wife Dorothy Daniel started their original band The Danberrys. Having embraced bluegrass in 2008 at The 5 Spot (bar in East Nashville) weekly bluegrass jam, Ben’s acoustic guitar playing is a lynchpin in the Danberrys sound. His solid playing and grasp of theory leads to interesting harmonic shifts - letting their music straddle and dip into the crannies between genres. Ben is an award-winning song-writer and recording artist with The Danberrys, including multiple IMA nominations and a recent win in the best bluegrass song category.
Kelsea Ballerini
Plays OM-03R
"My OM-03R is easy for me to move with and it sounds absolutely beautiful."
GRAMMY nominee Kelsea Ballerini has launched to stardom after releasing three consecutive #1 smashes from her critically acclaimed, GOLD-certified debut album THE FIRST TIME, the PLATINUM-certified “Love Me Like You Mean It” and “Peter Pan,” and GOLD-certified “Dibs,” making her the only female artist in Country music history, including female duos and groups, to achieve this accolade. The talented singer-songwriter wrote or co-wrote all 12 songs on her debut. Kelsea has recently joined Thomas Rhett for his HOME TEAM TOUR and is currently on Lady Antebellum’s YOU LOOK GOOD WORLD TOUR.
Steve Deal
Plays BT-03RE, 40MH-VSB
"Larrivée guitars are beautifully crafted and sound incredible. They just fit me."
Steve Deal is a #1 charting Country artist in Australia who has enjoyed great success with his debut country album "Four Rivers". Steve also releases recorded albums with songs sung in churches worldwide as well as performing for movie trailers and advertising.
Nick Drummond
"Larrivée's have a punch and character to them that has become a huge part of how I approach the instrument"
Nick Drummond has been a performing songwriter for over decade. Recently, Nick has been selling out multi-night runs at historic venues such as Seattle's Triple Door and Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley with his legendary Pacific Northwest band The Senate. Known for working in the past with band, Impossible Bird, Seattle Weekly has praised his songwriting as “An absolutely stellar combination of upbeat alt-folk that’s mesmerizing and radiates talent.”
