Fred Pike

Many listeners associate bluegrass with the Appalachians, to the point where one school of criticism insists that the weirdos out in California couldn't possibly play it right. That mountain range does eventually wind its way up into New England, so it is perhaps no surprise to find pickers of the quality of this double threat bluegrass artist in New England. Guitarist and five-string banjoist Fred Pike was born in Rhode Island but his folks soon were heading North, about as far North as one can go without leaving the United States for good. One of biggest wheels on the Maine ...