Musicians Tori Lund and Blake English met while performing and engineering music at Brentwood Preysbertian Church, near Los Angeles. Today, the musical duo, Few Miles South, lives in rural Georgia and performs throughout the southeast. They’ve opened for the Kentucky Headhunters, Nikki Lane, Junior Brown, Brent Cobb, and many others.
Blake is an incredible musician, demonstrating “Roy Nichols-style electric guitar licks” along with an excellent command of the acoustic guitar when the duo performs one of their bluegrass-style originals.
Musicians Tori Lund and Blake English pose for a publicity photo.
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A classically trained vocalist, Tori showcases her fantastic singing ability – that fall somewhere between Patsy Cline and Trisha Yearwood – on recent cuts such as “On Down the Road,” Outlaw,” and their recent release “Doggone.”
I met Tori and Blake in May before their 30a appearance for Tim Jackson’s Storytelling Tour. The couple appears as a duo but often adds other instrumentalists for a full, amazing sound.
Few Miles South and Their Humble Beginnings
Tori admits that Blake’s creativity convinced her to accept his dating requests. However, the two musicians didn’t take long to become a couple. Not long afterward, Tori convinced her new beau to return to Southwest Georgia. Blake loved the idea, and the two began driving east toward Blakely, Georgia.
Besides being an accomplished musician, Blake is an expert recording engineer who spearheads the duo’s home recording efforts for Few Miles South. According to Tori, songwriting remains the key to the success of Few Miles South. During the 2020 pandemic, Blake built a home recording studio, which allows the couple to write and record without leaving their rural home.
I sat down with Tori and Blake at Black Bear Bakery in Grayton Beach, Florida, during a tour of 30a ventures in late June of 2022 to chat about their careers, living in rural Georgia with their two dogs, and life on the road.