I have lived all my life in the Atlanta,
Georgia area and have been playing the banjo since the age
of eleven. I
first got interested in bluegrass in general, and the banjo in particular,
through my dad who became an instant bluegrass convert when he was a boy and heard
Earl Scruggs' "Dear Old Dixie" over an out-of-town radio station late one night.
Although I had had a casual interest in old Gibson banjos for many years, it was
at the
Jekyll Island Bluegrass Festival in 1990
that I got my first chance to play a completely original prewar five-string flathead
Mastertone thanks to Larry Perkins. I haven't been quite the same since. When I realized there was no place on the
web devoted to these wonderful old instruments, I decided it would make a fun project.
Since 2005 I have been playing with the Atlanta-based
bluegrass band The Dappled Grays.
Thanks for stopping by. . .
Greg
