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Meet the Ramblers:

Garrett "Family Man" Fuller
Banjo - Born on a mountain top in Virginia, Garrett began to play banjo after losing his hearing in a fight with a black bear over what was left of a can of beans. He lives somehwere in appalachia with his wife and fifteen children.

Brenda "Play something pretty" Smith
Rythmn Guitar/Vocals - They say that she was gifted at birth with a golden voice. But those who know her closely will tell you that at age 10, she swallowed a canary to catch the spider that wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.

J.J. "Lightnin" Fischer
Banjo/Vocals - J.J. got his nickname after carving his banjo from a tree he was hiding under when he got struck by lightining. When not "pickin an-a Grinnin" he can be found looking for a bottle of 80 year old bourbon he buried somewhere in Kentucky.

Bryan "Thumbs" Feddish
Bass - Born with opposable thumbs like an oppossum allows the Ramblers' bassist the ability to play all four strings at once. When not pluckin his upright he spends his time lookin for bar fights in the lower 48.

Pete "Bigfoot" Smith
Mandolin/Vocals - Said to be the orphan son of the last Carolina Sasquatch, and a Cherokee Witch doctor, Pete's the biggest lug to join the Ramblers, but when strumming his 8-string his gentle side takes over and his playin has been known to make even willows weep.

"Hobblin" Dan Nace
Mandolin - Founding member of the Bells Hanglers, a reclusive Pottstown mopeding group, it is said that Dan, when inducted into the secret society, was given the choice of giving up his prized Goldwing 100cc moped, or succumb to the pains of being nailed to a tree upside down by his ankles. He chose to keep the scooter!

Alan "Two Times" Shien
Guitar/Vocals - Hailing from twelve generations of tone deaf strummers, he was a welcome addition to the Ramblers when they realized they only had five guitarists. Got his nickname by his inability to tune his guitar the first time, although his 4th wife has a different story.

John "Pick'er" Robinson
Guitar/Vocals - Born with his left index finger in one nostril, John's been pick'n something since he entered this world. As one member observed, if it's not nailed to a seat, he'll pick it.

Fiddling Nichole Campanale
Fiddle - Nichole grew up in Norway learning classical violin but she also was fond of folk hardanger fiddling, having heard it as a girl. She concertized all over the world and had a particular fondness for the USA. She soon found herself in Phoenixville, PA where she founded an ill-fated utopian colony, Oleana, memorialized in a popular folksong by that name.

Ravenhill Ramblers Jam Files:

Song Title	Audio
Will the circle be unbroken	Listen
Are you missing me	Listen
Jesse James	Listen
White freight liner blues	Listen
Cripple creek	Listen
Knocking on your door again	Listen
No place like home	Listen
Sitting on top of the world	Listen
Blue ridge cabin home	Listen
Red clay halo	Listen
Salt creek	Listen
The old home place	Listen
All I ever loved was you	Listen
Foggy Mountain Breakdown	Listen
Little Maggie	Listen
Ravenhill Ramblers monthly featured videos
Billy in the low ground

Shenandoah breakdown

Past clips
Earl's breakdown