AARON MCDARIS

• From Hartsville, Missouri.
• Began playing banjo at age 12.
• At age 14, began performing with a regional band called Second Exit.
• 1997, joined New Tradition.
• 2000, joined the Larry Stephenson Band.
• 2005, released a solo album First Time Around (Pinecastle).
• 2006, joined Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper with Audie Blaylock.
• 2007, joined The Grascals, replacing David Talbot.
• When not traveling playing bluegrass, he has a landscaping business (mowing lawns).
• 2009, joined Rhonda Vincent and the Rage, replacing Kenny Ingram.
• 2010, he acquired Sonny Osborne’s “Rocky Top” banjo (pre-war Gibson RB-3).
• 2022, he acquired ownership of the Starvy Creek Bluegrass Festival (Conway, Missouri).