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Although
Jacey's main contribution to the band are her superb banjo playing and
vocals, it is little known that Jacey also plays guitar, fiddle,
mandolin and clarinet. Jacey started playing banjo when she was 12
when, for no apparent reason, she decided that it was the instrument
for her after having no previous knowledge of bluegrass music and only
experience with wind instruments!
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Charlotte
started out her musical life playing classical guitar when she was 10.
She picked up the mandolin three years later after hearing her dad play
a couple of lively folk tunes that he knew and realised that she needed
to play fast stuff! Within a couple of weeks she joined a school folk
group and then began to focus on bluegrass after going to Sore Fingers
in 2003. Following this she started to flat-pick the guitar as
well as learning banjo and fiddle. She also sings in the band. |
Laura
started learning classical violin when she was 10 after many years of
being desperate to play. She started playing British folk a
couple of years later and then took up bluegrass seriously after Sore
Fingers 2003 when she did the old time fiddle course. In recent years
Laura has also taken up mandolin, guitar and, this past year, Dobro
which she plays in the band along with the fiddle and vocals.
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Having expertly finger picked the guitar for many years Jeremy,
father of Laura and Charlotte, first got into bluegrass at Sore Fingers
2003. Over the past few years he has built up his ability as a flat
picker. He now provides superb rhythm guitar in the band.
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After many years of playing keyboard in various R'n'B and Soul bands,
he successfully picked up the fretless bass guitar when he joined the
band. Steve tends to play with the band at more local gigs where his
innovative bass lines contribute immensely to the band's sound. |
Damien is an expert local double bass player who has stepped in on
various occasions at bluegrass festivals around the UK. although
usually at very short notice, having only learned the set a couple of
hours before hand, Damien reliably provides flawless bass lines.
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