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Greg has been playing bluegrass banjo since the early 1970s. He formed The Special Consensus in 1973 in the Chicago area and the band became a full time touring (nationally and internationally) and recording entity in 1975. Greg has appeared on all of The Special Consensus recordings (fourteen audio recordings and one performance video) and has released three solo recordings (two with internationally renowned mandolinist Don Stiernberg and one with mandolin maestro Jethro Burns), one European bluegrass music recording (with renowned Czech guitarist Slavek Hanzlik) and four banjo instructional videos/DVDs (Musician’s Workshop). He has also appeared on numerous recordings by other artists and on countless national television and radio commercials (jingles). Greg conducts workshops and master classes at bluegrass camps and festivals world wide. His teaching credits include Nashcamp (in Nashville, Tennessee); the Maryland Banjo Academy (sponsored by the internationally distributed Banjo Newsletter periodical); the Minnesota Bluegrass and Old Time Music Workshop Camp; the Midwest Banjo Camp in Olivet, MI; the British Columbia Bluegrass Workshops (BCBW) in Sorrento, BC, Canada; the Cabin Fever Bluegrass Workshops in Williams Lake, BC, Canada; and the Sore Fingers Summer School workshops in Oxfordshire, England. He has taught banjo classes, private lessons and bluegrass ensemble classes at The Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago for over 30 years and currently also teaches private banjo lessons at the World Music Company in Chicago. Greg is a regular contributor of interviews with notable banjo players and banjo tablature to the Banjo Newsletter.
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