Shelasky, Paul

PAUL SHELASKY

  • From San Francisco.
  • Fiddler who has worked with the Good Old Persons (12 years), John Reischmann, David Grisman, Jann Browne, Laurie Lewis and Grant Street, Lost Highway, the Walden Dahl Band, the Rhythm Brothers (at Disneyland) and other California-based groups.
  • 1975, 1981 won the California State Fiddle Championship.
  • 1996-2004, played fiddle for Lost Highway.
  • 1999, recorded a solo album called Fiddle-Crazy! (Lost Highway).
  • 2004, joined the David Thom Band (a bay area group).
  • 2008, formed Blue and Lonesome with Ed Neff and Larry Cohea, veterans of such bay area bands as High Country, the Vern Williams Band, etc.