The Ultimate Guide Series
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Dave Frey, Susanne Sangiacomo
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Banjoist and author Dave Frey has been playing
plectrum banjo for over 30 years. During that time, he professionally recorded
over 300 tunes with nine different bands making him one of the more prolific
banjoists performing today. Dave is also a banjo instructor at the
International Banjo College in Guthrie, Oklahoma. He is
experienced in playing both the banjo band and Dixieland/traditional
jazz styles of the instrument and is listed in K.O. Eckland's book Jazz
West 2, a history of traditional jazz performers in the western United
States.
Sue Sangiacomo,
a writer and editor of training manuals for a number of Fortune
500 companies, became a dedicated plectrum banjo player in 1994.
Until then she had played five-string bluegrass style banjo. Sue's
desire to play what she calls "riverboat banjo" -- specifically,
the tune "Waiting For The Robert E. Lee" -- turned her
toward the plectrum banjo. She began taking lessons from Dave Frey.
The resulting collaboration between professional and student has yielded one of the most talented writing teams on the four-string banjo scene today.
