Michael and Jennifer McLain & the Banjocats

Based in Nashville, Tennessee, Michael and Jennifer McLain & the Banjocats is a four-piece band that offers a fresh approach to wedding music. The warm, natural sound of acoustic music provides the perfect musical backdrop for an extra-special wedding day with family and friends. While guests are being seated, the band will help create a sense that something special is about the happen with truly artistic background music. Upbeat songs with instrumentals will create a festive tone while friends and relatives celebrate and engage in conversation and the newly-weds make their entrance. The dinner is a perfect time for clean, smooth music on acoustic guitar and fiddle and Jennifer’s sweet, pure voice. The Banjocats can pick up the pace at the reception with upbeat bluegrass, acoustic swing, rockabilly, and instrumental showpieces featuring fiddle and banjo. Later in the evening, guests will enjoy dancing to popular favorites from Johnny Cash to the Beatles. From large, extravagant celebrations to intimate gatherings, they will fit into the couple’s event with a duo, trio or a full, 4 piece band option. Couples can incorporate the band’s music throughout their wedding from the rehearsal dinner to their reception. For the highest quality audio, the band offers a professional sound system and stage lighting. Ask about the Banjocats complete wedding package. You may message through The Knot, call or email for full details and a detailed price list. Husband and wife, Michael and Jennifer McLain, both grew up in musical families, are both banjo players, and have been playing together since their first date. Together they have performed in 27 states from New York to California, Canada, and have appeared on the Grand Ole Opry, CMA's Fan Fair, West Point's Eisenhower Hall, Kentucky Educational Television, Iowa Public Television, TNN, CMT, NPR, and the PBS show, Song of the Mountains, which airs on over 180 Public Television outlets across the United States.