Bill Frisbie: founder and flat pick guitar player, upright bass
Given Harrison: sailboats, classic cars, upright bass, mandolin
James Rust: band scribe and lyric guru, tenor guitar
Jason Weiss: human chia pet (and single!) 5-string banjo
Don Hickox: famous Luddite (he won't see this) fiddle
Superstrings was born at the instigation of Danny Salzhandler, resident mover/shaker and wild man at the Encinitas (CA) 101 Artists' Colony. Quoth he, "Hey Bill! Let's put on a bluegrass night". Bill Frisbie (guitar) rounded up 4 of his friends from the very active San Diego bluegrass jam scene to form Superstrings, billed as "High and Lonesome meets High Energy Physics". The name for the band is inspired by the cosmological super string theory that posits that, basically, everything in the universe is made up of vibrating mandolin strings. This sounded about right to us and has been our guiding philosophy ever since.
The vast experience of the members (about 200 years in aggregate) comes from diverse influences, from Monroe, Flatt, Scruggs to the succeeding generations of players, from hobo songs and contra dance tunes, obscure fiddle tunes with even more obscure lyrics, rockabilly and miscellaneous. We like to have fun with each other and with our listeners. We actively support the local clubs and organizations and like to jam with the many other talented players we have met.
Hope to see you "High on a Mountain Top"!
