Silver City originated in the Washington, D.C. area, where the band had a popular 10-year run and released their first CD, "Somewhere In These Hills."  The California version of the band has been taking the stage at festivals, fairs, concerts and pubs in Northern California and Nevada since 2023.  Their EP "Train at the Station" was released in August 2025 and is available on popular streaming platforms.​​
 

Leta Simons (guitar, vocals): Leta’s mother was a bona fide coal miner's daughter from the hills of Southwest Virginia.  Bluegrass and country music dominated the radio, record player and TV at home, and when Leta was twelve her mother pulled out an old guitar from the closet and strummed a few chords.  Leta took it from there and has been singing and playing ever since as a solo artist and in country, bluegrass, and Americana bands.  A multi-instrumentalist, she toured as a pianist with Dixieland band Celebration Road Show when she was still a teenager.  Leta later honed her songwriting skills in Nashville where she was a featured singer/sonwriter at writer's nights in the round, sharing the stage with well-known country lyricists.  She was living in Alaska when she fortuitously met bass player Dan Pollak.  In her new hometown of Folsom, California she spends most of her artistic time developing the repertoire and arrangements for Silver City.

Dan Pollak (bass, vocals): Dan began his musical career in the Bay Area playing saxophone in various jazz ensembles and R&B bands. His love of bluegrass and roots music later inspired him to take up the upright bass. A temporary job assignment in Juneau, Alaska led to forming his first roots band with Leta in 2008, and their move to Washington, D.C. in 2010 sparked the creation of the original Silver City.  In the D.C. area Dan also laid down the bassline in a variety of other bands including The Truck Farmers (Charles Walston), Djangolaya, and Little Pink, the backup band for alt-country singer/songwriter Mary Battiata.  Moving back to his home state, Dan launched the California version of Silver City with Leta in 2023.  Since then he has also played with Sacramento-area bluegrass band DeltaGrass and can be seen onstage from time to time playing saxophone with area jazz ensembles.

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Giorgi Khokhobashvili (fiddle):  Originally from Georgia (think Eastern Europe), Giorgi moved to Sacramento in 2005 and quickly became an integral part of the Northern California music community.  In addition to Silver City, he can be found performing in a variety of bands including Bear Whiskey, Jazz Gitan, Jessica Malone Band and The Sky Kings.  Giorgi also teaches strings at the Cedar Springs Waldorf School.
 

Tom Shewmake (mandolin):  Tom has performed for over 25 years and has shared the stage with the likes of Keith Little and Dan Crary. As a teenager, he started his own family band and participated in the CBA’s Kids on Bluegrass program.  More recently he has been seen all around the West Coast as a member of One Button Suit and the Gold Country bluegrass band Cantara Loop.  Tom’s unique style of playing is crafted from a combination of traditional and modern techniques that can be heard on his new record of original material titled “Blindside”.​

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