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2. Pete Wernick - Wikipedia

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   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.

3. Mark Johnson (musician) - Wikipedia

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   He, along with Emory Lester was nominated by the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) for a 2007 Instrumental Album of the Year award. [2] and presented with the 2012 Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass. [3] He is a spokesman for the Deering Banjo Co., which named two Clawgrass model banjos after him. [4]

4. Run C&W - Wikipedia

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   Run C&W was an American novelty bluegrass group that was active in the early 1990s, playing mostly cover renditions of classic soul and R&B songs in a bluegrass or roots country style, including banjo, harmonica, washboard, and multi-part vocal harmonies. [3] [4] They also played a handful of original parody songs.

5. The Grascals - Wikipedia

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   The band recorded 10 CDs, made "Seed of Love" song, the first bluegrass video to feature the banjo, and even reached number one on the TNN channel. That band broke up in 2000, but Danny still continued to play with others including Marty Raybon , Larry Cordle , and Melonie Cannon .

6. Tom Adams (bluegrass musician) - Wikipedia

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   Tom Adams (born 1958) is an American bluegrass guitarist and banjo player. Adams began his career in 1969, playing banjo in his family bluegrass band in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania . In 1983 he joined Jimmy Martin 's Sunny Mountain Boys , and then became one of the Johnson Mountain Boys in 1986. [ 1 ]

7. Flatt and Scruggs - Wikipedia

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   Flatt and Scruggs were an American bluegrass duo. Singer and guitarist Lester Flatt and banjo player Earl Scruggs, both of whom had been members of Bill Monroe's band, the Bluegrass Boys, from 1945 to 1948, formed the duo in 1948. Flatt and Scruggs are viewed by music historians as one of the premier bluegrass groups in the history of the genre ...

8. Bill Emerson (musician) - Wikipedia

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   William Hundley Emerson, Jr. (January 22, 1938 – August 21, 2021) was an American five-string banjo player known for being one of the founding members of the original The Country Gentlemen and Emerson & Waldron and considered one of the finest bluegrass banjo players in music history.

9. Bill Keith (musician) - Wikipedia

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   In 1963 he became a member of Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys. [2] Keith's recordings and performances during these nine months with Monroe permanently altered banjo playing, and his style became an important part of the playing styles of many banjoists. After leaving the Bluegrass Boys, he joined the Jim Kweskin Jug Band playing plectrum banjo. [1]