Born and raised in Mullins, SC, and moved to Roxboro NC in 1997, Ricky Stroud started singing at the age of 5 on the Stroud's family TV show.

"I started playing the mandolin at age 10. In 1990 my family started The Pilgrims Bluegrass Gospel Band. We won numerous bluegrass band competitions where I met New Classic Grass from Roxboro NC. I met Ronald Smith in 1993 and we won the Pizza Hut International Bluegrass Showdown. My family band, The Pilgrims, came in second to New Classic Grass."

"In 1997 Ronald Smith and the guys asked me to move to North Carolina and join New Classic Grass. I played with them until 2002 when Ronald joined the Lost and Found. The Hagars Mountain Boys were founded in 2006 with Cliff Waddell, the late Blake Johnson, Cliff Smith, David Nance, and myself and acquired a recording contract with Mountain Fever and recorded 4 albums."

Born and raised in Rolesville, North Carolina, Cliff Waddell was brought up surrounded by traditional country and bluegrass music. Cliff’s childhood was spent going to bluegrass festivals consistently and from there his musical ambitions grew.

Cliff’s musical journey began by playing in several bluegrass bands, including The Hagar’s Mountain Boys, recording 2 albums before pursuing his solo career.

Cliff’s passion for country music and Songwriting led to the release of his first solo Christian country album in 2016, containing 3 singles released to radio which all appeared in the top 10 on various charts including Powersource Nashville, and Cashbox Magazine.

His first single release titled “The Church Pew”, gained him worldwide accreditation for his songwriting and modern day traditional country tone. Cliff's original, “That’s What I Keep My Bible For” is his first top 5 single appearing on Cashbox Magazine and Powersource Nashville charts.

Cliff’s songwriting and vocal talents led to his 2018 and 2019 ICGMA nominations for Horizon Male Vocalist, and Song of the Year for “That’s What I Keep My Bible For”.

Cliff is an active performing artist in Nashville, TN and recorded his first solo country project, “A Six Pack and a Sunday”, in 2021 with award winning producers Buddy Hyatt and James Payne.

Ronald Smith grew up one of seven children, all of which either played a musical instruments or sang, including his father who played the banjo.

At the early age of seven, he began playing the mandolin among the surroundings of his musical family influences. Ronald joined a local group, The Bluegrass Gospel Five, playing the mandolin and recorded his first album with this group at the age of twelve. Following in the footsteps of his father, Ronald changed his focus from the mandolin to the banjo in his early teen years. In 1996, He then joined a semi-professional group, New Classic Grass, and played with them until 1998.

Ronald has been with The Lost and Found since 1999 and continues to enjoy playing the banjo and singing harmony vocals with the band, as well as fulfilling the duties as part-time bus driver. He is honored to continue to be adding his influences to the signature sound created and established by The Lost and Found.

When asked who his musical influences are, he states “Earl Scruggs, Don Reno, “Little” Roy Lewis, Terry Baucom, and Scott Vestal.” The musical influence and mandolin style of the late Dempsey Young will forever be embedded within the style and performances of Ronald Smith.

Born and raised in Oak Ridge, North Carolina, David Nance was surrounded by music with his parents and grandparents who played and sang. So, it was only natural for him at an early age of 5 to start playing. David's interest was in the Dobro and he has been playing it ever since.

David's bluegrass career started in 1982, when he and his father recorded with Bobby Atkins. In 1983, he and his dad joined and recorded with the McPherson Brothers. During this time; in addition to playing Dobro, this is when he started honing in on his vocals and started singing lead and tenor.

In 1985, the band Big Sandy was founded with musicians consisting of David, Adam Poindexter, Tim Ashley and Lynwood Lunsford. One night after a show, they were jamming and Jimmy Martin took note of David's vocals and Dobro playing. One year later in 1987, David was asked to join Jimmy Martin and The Sunny Mountain Boys .. as Jimmy would soon begin to call David "Little Sweets".

In 1992, he recorded with Jimmy Martin on "Got It Made in the Shade If a Tree Don't Fall" project. In 1997, David released his own solo project called "My Own Sweet Time" with Jimmy Martin featured on two cuts on the album.

Playing with Jimmy allowed David to share the stage with some of the biggest names in the business - Marty Stuart, Ricky Skaggs, Tom T. Hall and countless others. In 2002, David was honored to record with Jimmy on the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band project "Will the Circle Be Unbroken Vol III" where he played Dobro and sang tenor on two cuts on the album.

David also had the privilege of playing the Ryman Auditorium with Jimmy as well as The Grand Ole Opry. Not only did he play The Grand Ole Opry with Jimmy, he also played it twice with the Osborne Brothers. David went on to become the longest tenured Sunny Mountain Boy for almost 18 years until Martin's death in 2005.

After Jimmy's passing in 2005, David played around filling in with different groups until 2010 when he joined the Hagar's Mountain Boys out of Roxboro, NC. This group recorded "Where's the Lonesome" in 2011. David's additional Roxboro 'connection' is that he married a native of Person County, Laurie Ann Nance.

David has continued to play with several groups around the area, so he is excited to start this new chapter playing music with some old friends and in his words "some of the best in the business."

Ronnie is a traditional bluegrass musician born and raised in Central NC. He plays guitar and bass also sings wonderful lead and baritone vocals.

Ronnie got his exposure to bluegrass through his father who was a talented musician, band leader of a semi pro band called "''Big Sandy" along with being a promoter most of his life which enabled Ronnie to be influenced by amazingly talented family friends like Josh Graves, Kenny Baker, Raymond Fairchild, Marty Stuart, Paul Warren.

His father also worked for Flatt & Scruggs in the late 60's as their bus driver allowing him the experience and knowledge of their music to pass on to Ronnie in years to come.

He played with several bands starting out including some time in his dad's semi pro band "Big Sandy", and a band out of eastern NC called "Black River Express" ... as well as “Route 33 Bluegrass” from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, and has had many wonderful friends through the years that are professional musicians that he treasures like family, which is what Ronnie likes to instill in his music and is committed to "family, friends and fans".