Tom Feller and Chris Hill were born across the Ohio River from each other - Tom in southern Indiana and Chris in northern Kentucky. Both have performed with bands from bluegrass-rich areas of Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Virginia - Tom with Jerry Williamson & Redwing, The Larry Stephenson Band, Rhonda Vincent and the Rage, and with Nashville songwriter Kim Fox in the group 3 Fox Drive - Chris with Gerald Evans and Paradise, The Wildwood Valley Boys, the James King Band, and The Karl Shiflett and Big Country Show. "Bluegrass-bound" to get together someday - it happened when Tom was filling in on bass and running sound with his cousin, Tony Holt's band, the Wildwood Valley Boys, during Chris Hill's tenure with them. Tom immediately noticed Chris's Don Rich-like tenor abilities, filing them in his best in the business category. Likewise, Chris admired Tom's skills at bass and sound engineering. Tom learned to run sound from his mentor/Grandpa, Anthony Holt, and is considered today to be one of the top sound engineers in bluegrass music. Chris learned his own sideline - clogging, from his mentor/Uncle, Glenn. Excelling in competitions, Chris was twice named National Champion. His career took him to Japan, the stage of the Grand Ole Opry, (Tom's Opry stage debut was with Rhonda Vincent and the Rage), and through the urging of George Jones, successful engagements on Norwegian Cruise Lines. Both Tom and Chris became talented multi-instrumentalists. On banjo, Chris is equally comfortable playing straight-ahead Scruggs, Reno, or Stanley style, giving him an edge over many other banjo players on the bluegrass circuit. In the '90's and beyond, Tom's lead guitar rocked Cincinnati country radio in his and brother Joe's group Quartermile, when they were three-time winners of station B-105's Battle of the Bands.
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