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Artist: The Next Of Kin

Genre: Country

This is a band that is based on the family feel. Ed and Rob have played together for years and it shows in their performances.

Ed White formed THE NEXT OF KIN in 1980 after his band Silverleaf disbanded. As a trio, the band played a Holiday Inn circuit before moving to Houston in 1980. In 1984, Rob Massey replaced Paul Bailey on bass. The band played throughout Texas, Arkansas and Mississippi before going into "semi-retirement" in 1992 when Ed moved to Nashville to do the solo artist thing. After a run as a writer and demo singer in Nashville, Ed contacted Rob who was driving a truck for a living about a reunion. Rob lived in Georgia and Ed in Tennessee, so they played a circuit between Nashville and Atlanta GA. The band is celebrating the release of their new album "No More Broken Hearts".
Ed was born in Haverhill, MA and grew up in Blytheville, Arkansas. He moved to Houston TX in 1982 before moving to Nashville TN in 1992. Ed began his music career at age 5.
Ed spent many years playing in Arkansas before moving to Texas. He had several bands of his own before THE NEXT OF KIN including THE SHADES OF GRAY and SILVERLEAF. Ed has played with several well known musicians such as Hank Thompson, Mike Lawler, Kevin and Brian Black, Black Oak Arkansas and country songwriter of the year Casey Beathard. Ed also was a finalist on The Charlie Daniels Talent Round Up, and has played at the world famous Bluebird Café. He writes the majority of the groups material.

Ed plays guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, harmonica, mandolin, and banjo. He also has a collection of guitars (45) many of which he built.
Rob was born in Canton, Georgia and grew up in Woodstock and Canton, GA area. He moved to Houston TX in 1980.

Rob learned to play guitar when he was 14 and joined his first band, RENEGADE, in 1982 as rhythm guitarist. While playing with RENEGADE, Rob met Ed White. Ed converted Rob into a bass player to join his band, THE NEXT OF KIN. Rob found that he enjoyed playing bass and has not gone back to rhythm since.