Born and raised Philadelphia, Pa,
Started playing tenor banjo at age of 15;
Early influences:
Spike Jones banjoists
Perry Botkin, Dick Roberts
String Bands
Original Banjo Kings, Dick Roberts and Red Roundtree
Firehouse Five +2
Primary Style influence and banjo mentor - Perry Bechtel
Mummer 1953-1954
JAZZ BANDS 1964-1965
Al Weber Good Time Six Trad Band
Tex Wyndham's Red Lion Jazz Band
JUST A FEW OF MY MUSICAL ASSOCIATES
Bill Allred....Allen Vache....Charlie Bornemann....Terry Myers
Scott Black....Noel Kaletsky....Jim Buchmann...Randy Morris
Lew Green
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WALT DISNEY WORLD 1980-1986
PERFORMANCE CREDITS FROM 1986 TO THE PRESENT
- U.S.S Galileo Solo Act
- Cypress Gardens Solo Act and with Banjo Express Quartet
- Boardwalk and Baseball with Banjo Express Quartet
- Delta Queen Steamship Company, guest artist
- Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom
- EPCOT Center
- Universal Studios, Orlando
- Banjo Express Variety Band Leader
- Banjo Kings and Rhythm Rascals, WDW
- Uncle Waldo's Jazz Band
- Rosie O' Grady's Good Time Emporium
- Steve Torrico's Cocoanut Manor Orchestra
- Roger Uithoven's Perseverence Hall Jazz Band
- Space Coast Symphony 'Pops' Concert Guest Artist with Banjo Express
- Billy Barnes' Dixieland Ramblers
- Roy Lang's Traditional Jazz Band - Suncoast Dixieland Jazz Classic
- Banjoist with Lew and Mary Green and "The Ragtime Evolution" in Tampa
- Leader of Magic City Jazz Band
Ed and Perry Bechtel 1976