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Johnson was raised in Yorktown Heights, New York and started playing banjo at the age of 15. In 1971, he began his first banjo lessons with Jay Ungar in Garrison, NY. While studying with Ungar he learned the "Frailing Style" of five string banjo playing. [5] Johnson is self taught in the Scruggs and Melodic style of bluegrass banjo playing. [6]
Pete Wernick (born February 25, 1946), also known as "Dr. Banjo", is an American musician. [1]He is a five-string banjo player in the bluegrass music scene since the 1960s, founder of the Country Cooking and Hot Rize bands, Grammy nominee and educator, with several instruction books and videos on banjo and bluegrass, and a network of bluegrass jamming teachers called The Wernick Method.
He also stages banjo workshops at major music festivals all over the country. [13] Evans also offers several online banjo instruction courses on Peghead Nation. [14] A convocation by Evans "The Banjo in America: A Musical and Cultural History" has been presented in various venues across the country. This convocation traces the history of the ...
A Storyteller's Story: Sources of Banjo Dancing Patuxent Music Patuxent CD-333 (2019) Americana Concert: Alan Jabbour and Stephen Wade at the Library of Congress Patuxent Music Patuxent CD-308 (2017). Across the Amerikee: Showpieces from Coal Camp to Cattle Trail. Smithsonian Folkways SFW 40223 (2017). Banjo Diary: Lessons from Tradition.
Levenson first became reacquainted with old-time music while living in Rochester. [4] His interest in the genre deepened after working as a photographer at music festivals, and then as a manager for five years at Goose Acres Folk Music Center in Cleveland, [5] becoming totally immersed in banjo playing during this period.
Around 1967, he taught music lessons to Tom and Bill Gibson on banjo and guitar, respectively. In 1969, he joined the Glen Campbell Show as a replacement for John Hartford. [1] About five years later, he was working with Burl Ives and later with Smothers Brothers. [1] He formed the "Larry McNeely Trio" in 1975.
Molly Rose Tuttle (born January 14, 1993) [1] is an American vocalist, songwriter, banjo player, guitarist, recording artist, and teacher in the bluegrass tradition. She is noted for her flatpicking, clawhammer, [2] and crosspicking [3] guitar prowess.
He specializes in the traditional music of African Americans, [2] and his work has been described as "Afrofuturist folklore." [3] Blount, while initially recognized for his skill as an old-time banjo player and fiddler, [4] [5] is a versatile multi-instrumentalist and vocalist who has described his music as "genrequeer."