I started with guitar in the late 70s. Heard a 5 string banjo at a scout folk festival and was hooked. Discovered that it belongs to Bluegrass music. That‘s how the journey started. First I played with ‚Country Strings’, then founded my own band ‚Natural Grass‘ in the early 80th, with a real American guy in it. We recorded our own tape (!) ‚First Takes‘, later a  CD. We won a band competition and were invited to record one 1/2 of a LP. The Swiss TV invited us to perform live in the show called ‚Karussell‘.  During that time I started to play mandolin and a bit dobro. After a pause of more than 15 years (or so), I started  to reactivate the music and my instruments and voice in jam‘s. I am currently looking to start a band with a broader orientation than only ‚hard core‘ bluegrass and nice harmony’s singing. Just making ‚good music‘ with the bluegrass music instruments (could be jazz, country, contemporary, ragtime, classical, ... too). If you want to give it a try, contact me. So long, stay tuned.