Devil Train’s banjo player is Randal Morton, who started playing in 1969, and won numerous state banjo playing championships before winning 1st place at the 1975 World Banjo Competition in Winfield, Kansas. He has since shared the stage numerous times with Bill Monroe, George Jones, Don Ho, Glen Campbell, John Hartford, and Bela Fleck. Conducting workshops, studio calls, performances at the International Jazz Guitar Festival, and teaching private lessons are all familiar facets of Morton’s storied career as a banjoist. Devil Train also features Clint Wagner on the fiddle and guitar. Wagner cut his teeth as a young guitarist in bands like Mashomatic , The Scam, Banyan and Freeworld, and has since collaborated with Rob Wasserman, Nels Cline, Bob Weir, Mike Watt, Stephen Perkins, Herman Green, Willy Waldman, and John Norwood Fisher. His love of fiddle, guitar, and singing in a variety of styles helps keep the Devil Train sound eclectic and ever-evolving. Other members of the group include mandolinist/guitarist Jonathan Ciaramitaro, guitarist James Ray, bassist JD Westmoreland, and drummer Graham Winchester, all of whom have played with dozens of groups and as solo artists.

2023 saw the band’s long-overdue vinyl record release “Eye Explain” on Memphis-based Blast Habit Records. Most of the songs were cut straight to tape at the Bunker Studio with engineer Andrew McCalla. The record also features bonus songs recorded at Royal Studios with Lawrence Boo Mitchell (son of the late producer, arranger, and trumpeter Willie Mitchell), and at the legendary Sun Studio, where recordings still happen weekly, and where drummer Graham Winchester has worked for 10 years.

Devil Train looks forward to many more years of live shows, and has new music to release in 2026.