arobanjo@aol.com
Playing Since: 1972
Experience Level: Expert/Professional
Interests:
[Teaching] [Jamming] [Socializing] [Helping]
Occupation: musician, Retirement System manager
Gender: Male
Age: 73
My Instruments:
Gibsons
Nechville Nextar
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Created 2/22/2004
Last Visit 6/10/2021
Bob has been playing and teaching banjo for over 40 years. He has headed the beginner bluegrass track at Banjo Camp North in Massachusetts since 2003, is an instructor at the annual Pete Wernick bluegrass camp in Lake George, NY and teaches Wernick bluegrass jam classes several time each year. He also teaches private students and offers workshops.
Mel Bay "Banjo Sessions" and Angie's Banjo "Silver Strings " feature Bob's online instruction articles, with over 100 published so far. He has also written for Banjo Newsletter, including "A Banjo Player's IBMA" in December 2008 and "Bluegrass Banjo Resources on the Internet" in February 2011. He was featured in the May 2011 issue.
Gene Senyak's 2008 book "Banjo Camp!" has a chapter with one of Bob's workshops, along with chapters from Tony Trishka, Janet Davis, Alan Munde, Pete Seeger and other banjo icons.
Bob plays and records with Thirteen Feet of Bluerass, Shine Hill Road, Three Quarter North and the Dyer Switch Band.
His day job to support his banjo and bluegrass addiction was with the NY State Retirement System. Bob retired in 2012 and is now playing, teaching and writing about banjo full time.
sites- Dyer Switch Band at http://www.dyerswitch.com/ and Facebook
Thirteen Feet of Bluegrass band on Facebook,
Banjo Camp North at http://www.mugwumps.com/bcn.html,
Wernick jam classes and bluegrass camp at
http://jamclasses.drbanjo.com/classes-camps/
Mel Bay "Banjo Sessions" at http://legacy.banjosessions.com/
"Silver Strings" was at http://www.bluegrass.cc/Subscription.htm but is no
longer online,
"Banjo Camp!" book at http://elderly.com/books/items/01-910595.htm
