TOM SAFFELL

• From Nashville (Antioch), Tennessee.
• Mid-1990’s, was the banjo player with the Jim Buchanon System, the Bob Smiley Band. Also performs as a solo artist.
• “A cross between Bela Fleck and Alison Brown” –Bluegrass Unlimited.
• Plays an eight-string banjo which he invented. There are two lower strings and one higher.
• 1998, released Another Lifetime album (AMI).
• 2006, joined a Celtic band called Plaidgrass.
• 2008, released “Forgotten Pictures” album with special guests Sam Bush, Byron House, Shad Cobb, other musicians.
• 2008, joined a Celtic band called The Fells.