I started playing banjo in the late 1960's or early 1970's after hearing Pete Seeger for the first time. Over the years my musical interests have fluctuated but I always return to acoustic music. I was heavily into banjo from about 2000 until mid-2007; I then got pulled into a more rock-oriented style of music with electric guitar. My banjo was hanging on the wall, collecting dust, when fate intervened.

My mother-in-law decided that she wanted to give her three youngest grandsons guitars for Christmas; she asked me to shop around for them. At one store I saw an acoustic guitar that caught my eye; I picked it up, started playing, and fell in love with it. The guitar led me back to a folk-based approach to music. That led me back to banjo.

I am now a week away from owning a custom long-neck banjo and am preparing a new CD of traditional songs that will be banjo-centered. I must say that it feels good to be back tthe banjo.