Playing Since: 1976
Experience Level: Novice

Interests:
[Socializing]

Gender: Male
Age: 66

My Instruments:
Pollmann Standard

Favorite Bands/Musicians:
Oh, where do I start? Arlo Guthrie, Norman Blake, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, John Hartford, Beatles, Dar Williams, Dave Matthews, John Fogerty, the Grateful Dead, Jonathan Edwards, David Bromberg, Flatt and Scruggs, Luka Bloom, Old and In The Way, Ron Block, Jorma Kaukonen, Sarah Jarosz, Paul Brady, Loudon Wainwright III, Taj Mahal, Michael Hedges, the Hillbilly Gypsies, Martin Carthy, Tom Waits, Paul Simon, Fleet Foxes, Neil Young, Doc Watson, Tony Rice, Tim O'Brien, Bryan Bowers, David Massengill, Joni Mitchell, CSN, Bruce, Sam Bush. There's more.

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Created 3/20/2009
Last Visit 10/1/2022

I inherited my love for all things music from my parents who, between the two of them, enjoyed virtually any music that was around. As far back as I remember my mom had an album call "Columbia Records' All-Star Hootenany," which had the pantheon of folk music on it: Flatt & Scruggs, Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Carolyn Hester, Johnny Cash. That record stayed with me my whole life. That and "Meet The Beatles," of course. After the Beatles, I became a fan of The Monkees, believing them to be a real group. After years of top 40 radio (which, in the late ?s and early ?s was actually quite rich and interesting) and CCR, a friend of mine played me his new Flatt & Scruggs album, which sounded so familiar to me, harkening me back to that first Columbia Records album. With that I began to notice the immense folk revival that was happening in the ?s, culminating in another friend of mine introducing me to the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, who I went to see because John Hartford was opening for them. A transformational night for me, and probably the greatest concert experience I ever had. Because of the Dirt Band, I couldn't get enough of folk instruments, and I've worked my way through playing guitar, banjo, fiddle (not too succesfully), lap steel, bass, cittern, autoharp (Bowers style) and mandolin. I've recently acquired a Pollmann banjo, however, having heard someone frailing on it. It gave me chills, and I had to do that. So that's my new obsession, after the mandolin. This led me to Banjohangout.