Dan Mazer: 5-string banjo, acoustic guitar, mandolin, reso-guit, vocals, wisecracks. Other musicians hired on an ad hoc basis as needed.
Influences
BANJO: Earl Scruggs, Ben Eldridge (The Seldom Scene), Eddie Adcock, Bela Fleck, Alan Munde, Tony Trischka. BLUEGRASS: Flatt & Scruggs, The Seldom Scene, The Country Gentlemen, Bill Monroe, Jimmy Martin, New Grass Revival, Del McCoury Band, Eddie & Martha Adcock, Tim O'Brien, Peter Rowan, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Larry Sparks. MUSIC IN GENERAL: The Grateful Dead, Hank Williams, The Beatles, Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, Frank Zappa, CSNY. Many, many more! All music!
Sounds Like
I've been told I sound like Doc Watson. That's a HUGE compliment!
BanjerDan (Dan Mazer) is a banjo player and multi-instrumental performer based in the Washington, DC area. His style is an Americana mix, rooted in straight-ahead bluegrass and branching into many musical genres. Since taking up music in 1974, Dan has performed in almost every imaginable situation, in the U.S. and overseas, from busking, coffeehouses and bar gigs to musical theater productions, theme parks, children’s shows, studio work and solo strolling appearances, and even symphonic concertizing. He receiving his Bachelor’s degree in Music Theory from George Washington University in 1984, and has played in numerous bands, including J.B. Beverley & the Wayward Drifters, The Jackstraws, Rockcreek, and D.J. and the C.B. Pickers. BanjerDan’s first CD, “Old Stuff,” was released in January 2001. “Old Stuff” features some of the finest pickers and singers in the bluegrass/acoustic field, including Mike Auldridge, Jimmy Gaudreau, Pete Kennedy, Dave Giegerich, Tom Gray and Moondi Klein. Dan’s banjo, mandolin and dobro work appear on CDs by J.B. Beverley & the Wayward Drifters, The McGinley Family Gospel Singers, Dead Men's Hollow, Ubiquitone, D.J. and the C.B. Pickers, Tim Flannery, Teagen McClain, James Durst, Joe Ross, and Honky Tonk Confidential. In addition to performing music, Dan is a journalist and music teacher. His articles have appeared in Bluegrass Unlimited, Acoustic Musician, Banjo Newsletter, and other magazines.
In addition to solo work as BanjerDan, Dan Mazer is a member of J.B. Beverley & The Wayward Drifters. (http://www.waywarddrifters.com)
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem 162 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): TEES TO TYNE: FIRST IMPRESSIONS - SUMMER 2001
Where traditions are not so rare; Sea, country and works scent the air; A multitude of monuments, Planted tubs and patterned pavements.
The longish pedestrian malls; The remnants of defensive walls; Historic buildings are a gauge Of the respect for heritage.
Wheat, rape and pines in the fields; Estuaries guarded by shields; Long sandy beaches and wide scenes; Romantic-ruin go-betweens.
Rivers in parts licked by trees, Or fringed by boat clubs, wharfs, gantries, And crossed by practical delights - Varied spans, forming pleasing sights.
Fine churches headed at Durham; Football kits ad infinitum; Kept castles - one for study; Masonry behind masonry.
And, with moulding-works out that way, It’s somewhere for a longer stay..?
thanks for adding me as a friend your music sound grate so keep up the good work glad to have you as friend on my myspace so keep in touch and god bless.
hey BanjerDan!... i saw Pat just last nite at the songwriters circle at Pats' bar..the "Artichoke".....and i'm playing there tomorrow nite as well..... it's a small world..... i'll tell Pat you said hi.........he'll appreciate it.........and keep on doin' that banjer thing that you do.....:)
Actually, it is Josh Pickett's studio. He recorded with me on my song "My Home". We also have a video on youtube, if you click on the link. Josh is the youngest person to ever win the Merle Fest Guitar Competition.
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