Welcome David Riley Schimick

David Riley SchimickMark Schimick, mandolinist with Larry Keel and Natural Bridge, and his wife Leigh, are celebrating the birth of a son. David Riley Schimick bounced into this world on Wednesday (2/25) at 12:12 p.m, weighing in at 7 lbs. 9 oz.

Mark tells us that they will be calling him Riley, after Gid Tanner and the Skillet Licker’s guitarist Riley Puckett – and that he has an insatiable appetite!

Congratulations to the happy Schimicks from The Bluegrass Blog!

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