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).