I'm a tenor player. C D G A are the strings I play.

Everyone in my family played a musical instrument. When I was 9 years old my parents took me to Peachy’s Music Studio in Hopedale, Massachusetts. I could pick out a banjo or guitar; I chose the banjo. My parents heard of banjo lessons offered in Worcester, Massachusetts, about 20 miiles away. They signed me up and said it would be my responsibility to get there. I took the public bus to and from my lessons each week,  and I doubt I knew it then, but I was already dedicated to the practice.