Playing Since: 2011
Experience Level: Purty Good
Occupation: USCG (Officer)
Gender: Male
Age: 26
My Instruments:
Heartland Custom RB-75 (Shelor/RB-1 inlays) built by Robin Smith, used from March 2013-present
Gold Tone OB-175 (unknown age, one of last 175's made before Gold Tone switched to 275 model), used Oct. 2011 - Mar. 2013
Favorite Bands/Musicians:
The Lonesome River Band (Sammy Shelor's awesome!); Jim Mills; Russell Moore and IIIrd Tyme Out; Remington Ryde (w/ Billy Lee Cox); Ross Nickerson; Steve Huber; Doug Dillard; J. D. Crowe; and of course the man who inspired it all, Earl Scruggs. Quite frankly there are too many to list!
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Created 5/29/2012
Last Visit 9/18/2020
Been playing banjo since May 2011. I didn't get into bluegrass until early 2011 after my dad had me listen to the original Mercury recordings of Flatt & Scruggs. After that, I was hooked and I'm glad I began to appreciate bluegrass music and all it has to offer.
I've started my time in the Coast Guard, currently at the USCGA to start what I hope to be a very long and successful career as a Coast Guard officer. The banjo has provided a great, constructive distraction from the doldrums of the Academy. I hope to get into the tactical/deployable side of the Coast Guard when I graduate and receive my commission. Too bad the Coast Guard doesn't have a bluegrass band like the Navy does; I may just have to start one!
