Southern Maryland Bluegrass gears up for another show on Sunday November 1st, 2026, with stars of their own TV show on the RFD-TV Network, The Malpass Brothers. Although the Sunday afternoon shows feature the best of the best in Bluegrass music, a big Country show is added along with loads of clever humor. Tickets for this show will be $40.00 per person and will start at 2:00 pm with doors opening at Noon. Food will be available for sale by Calvert Elks located at 1015 Dares Beach Road in Prince Frederick, Maryland.
First introduced to RFD-TV on Larry's Country Diner, The Malpass Brothers, are considered as modern day troubadours, carrying the torch for traditional country music. The brother duo of Chris & Taylor Malpass hosts their very own show of traditional country music where they feature a celebrity guest on each episode.
The two young brothers, Taylor and Chris, discovered a family treasure of LPs filled with the golden era of traditional country music when they were growing up, and they were drawn like a moth to a flame. They studied the brother-harmony of Jim & Jesse, the Louvin Brothers, Wilburn Brothers and bathed in the sounds of Hank Williams, Lefty Frizzell, Charlie Pride, and Merle Haggard. The music of this bygone era has stayed true with them.
They began singing and playing professionally at a noticeably early age, alongside their dad, performing at churches all over the southeast and they continued their traditional sound working amongst the legends of country music.
Chris began songwriting, and working with steel guitar legend, Don Helms—an original member of the Hank Williams’ Drifting Cowboys. A few years later, he found himself on Merle Haggard’s bus, singing and performing for Merle. Upon graduation, Taylor flew out to Redding, CA to join his brother as the opening act for Merle Haggard for the next seven years.
In 2011, Haggard produced The Malpass Brothers’ debut album, Memory That Bad on Hag Records. The title track hit number 6 on the CMT’s Pure Country 12-Pack Countdown and remained in the charts for several weeks. In 2015, Bluegrass Hall of Fame inductee, Doyle Lawson produced their sophomore, self-titled album on Organic Records.
Their latest album, Lonely Street, also produced by Lawson alongside Ben Isaacs, may be their strongest project to date. This 12-song album of brand new, traditional country music, sounds as if it were from a 50s/60s/70s smoke-filled, classic country jukebox. Chris Malpass wrote most of the songs but also includes a couple of cover tunes like “Love Slips Away” by Merle Haggard and Jeannie Seely’s “We Don’t.”
The Malpass Brothers have received praises as quoted on their website from the likes of Randy Travis, Gene Watson, Neal McCoy, Randy Owen, Larry Gatlin, Moe Bandy, and of course, Merle Haggard.
Continuing the Southern Maryland Bluegrass series will be Appalachian Roadshow on December 13, Authentic Unlimited January 10, Larry Stephenson Band February 7, Lonesome River Band February 28, Junior Sisk & Friends April 4, and the possibility of a surprise show added later in April of 2027. Tickets for the remaining shows will be $25.00 per person.
For more information on any of these shows, it can be found at www.somdbluegrass.com or by calling 301-737-3004.
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