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Fairchild, Raymond

RAYMOND FAIRCHILD From Maggie Valley, North Carolina. Called “King of the Smoky Mountain Banjo.” Born on an Indian reservation in Cherokee, North Carolina. Performed regularly…

Fairview Avenue

FAIRVIEW AVENUE From Albany, New York. Formed in 2006 by Scott and Elizabeth Hopkins (banjo/bass). Other members: Tony Califano (mandolin) and Morrie Safford (guitar), Brig…

Falco, Andy

ANDY FALCO Lives in Nashville. 1996-1999, played guitar and sang lead with The Water Street Blues Band (later WaterStreet) combining Blues, Funk, Jazz, R&B, Country,…

Falle, Marty

MARTY FALLE From Nashville. He has lived in Ohio, Kentucky, Georgia and South Carolina. He owns a farm in Kentucky. His name is pronounced “Falley”…

Farewell Drifters

THE FAREWELL DRIFTERS From Nashville. Formed in 2006 by Zach Bevill (guitar), Joshua Britt (mandolin), Trevor Brandt (banjo), and Ryan Pennington (bass). They describe their…

Faris Family, The

THE FARIS FAMILY From Ozawkie, Kansas. Band included Bob and Michelle Faris (banjo, fiddle and bass) and their four sons, James (fiddle and bass), Richard…

Faris, Rick

RICK FARIS Grew up in Arkansas (the Ozarks) and Kansas.  Began playing music professionally at age 7 with his family band The Faris Family (1998).…

Farm Hands, The

THE FARM HANDS (BLUEGRASS QUARTET) From Nashville, Tennessee. Formed in 2011 by Daryl Mosely (bass), Tim Graves (Dobro™), Bennie Boling (banjo) and Kevin Williamson (guitar).…

Fassaert, Tammy

TAMMY FASSAERT From Vancouver, B.C., Canada. A singer/songwriter who plays guitar and bass. 1988-1990, worked with Laurie Lewis and Grant Street. 1989, formed “Tammy and…

Fast Track

FAST TRACK From Nashville. Formed in 2019 upon the retirement of David Parmley. His band Cardinal Tradition continued on without him, taking the new name…

Ferguson & Ferguson

FERGUSON AND FERGUSON From Fredericksburg, Virginia and Littlestown, Pennsylvania. Both members of this duo are named Gary Ferguson. They are not related. Gary Ferguson (Virginia)…

Ferguson, Gary

GARY FERGUSON From Sandy Springs, Maryland. Lives in Littlestown, Pennsylvania (near Gettysburg). 1980, performed in a Baltimore area band called Bittersweet. Played in a rock…

Fescue

FESCUE From Marian (Smyth County), Virginia. Formed in 1980 by “Fat Albert” Blackburn (plays bass). Fescue is a very resilient type of grass. Hence the…

Fields, Monroe

MONROE FIELDS From Berry, Alabama 1953-1963, played mandolin with Carl Sauceman and the Green Valley Boys. 1964, played bass with Jim and Jesse. 1971-1973, played…

Finnders and Youngberg (FY5)

FINNDERS AND YOUNGBERG (FY5) From Fort Collins, Colorado. Band members: Mike Finders (guitar), Erin Youngberg (bass), Ryan Drickey (fiddle), Rich Zimmerman (mandolin), Aaron Youngberg (banjo…

Fireside Collective

FIRESIDE COLLECTIVE From Asheville, NC. Formed in 2014 by Jesse Iaquinto (mandolin). Band members: Tommy Maher (Dobro™), Carson White (bass) and Joe Cicero (guitar). They…

Five for the Gospel

FIVE FOR THE GOSPEL From Louisa, Kentucky. Formed in 1991 by Rick May (guitar), Pat Holbrook (bass) and Johnny Branham (banjo). 1995, signed with Hay…

Fisher, Anita

ANITA FISHER From Cedarville, West Virginia. Began her career performing with a family band called Fisher and Company. 2005, appeared on the CD “Daughters of…

Flannery, Tim

TIM FLANNERY From San Diego, California. (Was born in Athens, Kentucky.) A professional baseball player and coach (San Diego Padres 1979-1989 as an infielder, 1992-2002…

Flashback

FLASHBACK From Tennessee/Kentucky. Formed in 2015 as a 20-year reunion of the version of J.D. Crowe and his New South band that recorded the album…

Flatt & Scruggs

FLATT & SCRUGGS (LESTER FLATT, EARL SCRUGGS AND THE FOGGY MOUNTAIN BOYS) From Nashville. Considered by many to be the most important bluegrass band in…

Flatt Lonesome

FLATT LONESOME From Callahan, Florida (near Jacksonville). Began as a gospel-singing family band called Sandy Creek Revival, led by Dolton Robertson, who pastors Liberty Baptist…

Fleck, Bela

BELA FLECK From New York City. Of Hungarian descent. He was named after the composer Bela Bartok. His brother Ludwig was named after Beethoven. First…

Flinner, Matt

MATT FLINNER From Salt Lake City. 1990, won the National Banjo Championship in Winfield, Kansas. 1991, won the National Mandolin Championship. From that point on,…

Flynn, Pat

PAT FLYNN From Thousand Oaks, California. Lives in Nashville. 1981-1990, played guitar with the New Grass Revival. During his tenure with NGR, won Frets Magazine…

Flowers, Doug

DOUG FLOWERS From Hephzibah, Georgia (near Augusta). Plays mandolin and has performed mostly as a sideman with such Georgia-based bands as Betty Fisher and the…

Fogelberg, Dan

DAN FOGELBERG From Peoria, Illinois. A country-rock singer and guitarist who had numerous Gold and Platinum albums including Souvenirs (1974), Captured Angel (1975), Nether Lands…

Folk, Bradford Lee

BRADFORD LEE FOLK Born in Louisiana, raised in Missouri. Currently lives in Nashville. After high school, moved to Colorado and formed a band called Open…

Forbes Family, The

THE FORBES FAMILY From Littlestown, Pennsylvania (near Gettysburg). They have also lived in Greenville, Tennessee and Mt. Airy, North Carolina. A family gospel group consisting…

Forty (40) Horse Mule

40 HORSE MULE From Nashville, Tennessee. Formed in 2016, the brainchild of Bennie Boling (bass). Also in the band: Billy Troy (guitar and vocals) and…

Foster, Aaron “Frosty”

AARON “FROSTY” FOSTER From Wells Bridge, New York. Now lives in Tennessee. Began playing guitar at age 10. 2010, while studying business at ETSU, he…

Foster, Billy Joe

BILLY JOE FOSTER (AND SPECIAL EDITION) From Duncan, Oklahoma. A multi-instrumentalist and songwriter who spent time as a sideman with such bands as Bill Monroe…

Fox Family, The

THE FOX FAMILY (3 FOX DRIVE, THE KIM FOX BAND) From Old Forge, New York (the Adirondack Mountains). Now live in Nashville. A brother and…

Fragment

FRAGMENT From Bratislava, Slovak Republic (former Czechoslovakia.) Formed in 1983 as a newgrass group by Heinrich Novak (Dobro™) and other musicians. 1993, reformed with Novak,…

Frank, Ashby

ASHBY FRANK From Lexington, North Carolina. Mandolin prodigy. Began playing guitar, then turned to mandolin at age 10. 1994, performed with Bill Monroe at the…

Franks, Randall

RANDALL “RANDY” FRANKS From Chamblee, Georgia. Lives in Atlanta. Began performing at the age of eight. Musical career includes singing, songwriting and producing. Plays guitar,…

Frazier, John

JOHN FRAZIER (FRAZIER BAND) From Nashville. Originally from Boulder Colorado. He is a multi-instrumentalist (guitar/mandolin/fiddle) who with his wife Rebecca Frazier fronted the group Hit…

Frazier, Rebecca

REBECCA FRAZIER Originally from Virginia. Maiden name: Rebecca Hoggan. 2002, while living in Boulder, Colorado, she co-founded Hit and Run Bluegrass with her husband John…

Freight Hoppers, The

THE FREIGHT HOPPERS From Bryson City, North Carolina. Formed in 1993. Appeared on Garrison Keillor’s “A Prairie Home Companion” after entering his “Talent from Towns…

Fricke, Janie

JANIE FRICKE From Nashville (grew up in Indiana). One of the top “pop-country” artists of the 1980’s. 1982, won the CMA award for Female Vocalist…

Fritts Family Band, The

THE FRITTS FAMILY BAND From Rogersville, Tennessee. Formed in 1986. Features Larry Fritts (banjo/guitar) who began playing bluegrass when he was 12 years old. Band…

Front Country

FRONT COUNTRY From the San Francisco (CA) Bay area. Formed in 2011 by Adam Roszkiewicz (mandolin), Jacob Groopman (guitar), Jordan Klein (banjo), Leif Karlstrom (fiddle),…

Front Range

FRONT RANGE Formed in 1984 in Denver, Colorado, but only two band members ever lived there (Mike Lantz, Ron Lynam). Dick and Amos live in…

Fulks, Robbie

ROBBIE FULKS From York, Pennsylvania. Grew up in the Blue Ridge of Virginia. 1983, moved to Chicago and joined Special Consensus, playing guitar. 1984-1992, taught…

Full Cord

FULL CORD From Grand Haven, Michigan. Formed in 2008 by Eric Langejans (guitar) and Todd Kirchner (bass). Other members: Grant Flick (fiddle), Brian Oberlin (mandolin)…

Furtado, Gina

GINA FURTADO From Winchester, Virginia. Began playing piano as a child but switched to banjo at age 11. Took lessons from Murphy Henry and Mike…

Furtado, Tony

TONY FURTADO From the San Franciso Bay area. Moved to Colorado. Now lives in Portland, Oregon. Began his pro career playing banjo with Laurie Lewis…