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DAN KNOWLES
OLD TIME BANJO FOR A NEW AGE”
NATIONAL OLD TIME BANJO CHAMPION 2003
2002-2006 TENNESSEE STATE TOURING ARTIST
2006, 2003, 2002, 1999 and 1998 TENNESSEE STATE OLD TIME BANJO CHAMPION
Take a step forward or backwards in time. Take that step with a smile. Be prepared to laugh, sing and clap. That’s where you will find DAN KNOWLES, doing what he does best, giving folks an old fashioned good time. A master in the art of audience participation, Dan takes folks for a very personal, sing-along story telling ride covering nearly 200 years of American music.
Known throughout the nation for his innovative clawhammer styled banjo playing DAN performs a wide variety of styles including Civil War Minstrel banjo, Mountain style, Bluegrass Three-finger and his own personal jazzy/classical clawhammer approach. Besides playing banjo DAN is also well versed and performs on the guitar, mandolin, mando-cello and on occasion the musical saw.
DAN KNOWLES has won or placed in over 20 major competitions, including winning the NATIONAL OLD TIME BANJO CHAMPIONSHIP in 2003 and the TENNESSEE STATE OLD TIME BANJO CHAMPIONSHIP five times, the most wins for any one artist in the history of the contest He has been named a TENNESSEE STATE TOURING ARTIST 2001-2006 by the MEMPHIS ARTS COUNCIL. Because of his far-reaching mastery of clawhammer banjo, Dan was chosen to endorse NECHVILLE banjos along with DIXIE CHICK EMILY ROBISON, BELA FLECK and ALLISON BROWN. Dan has co-designed a new line of open backed banjos named the MOONSHINE, with TOM NECHVILLE. As BILL WAGNER wrote in BLUEGRASS UNLIMITED (February 2000), “FANTASTIC... rarely have I heard clawhammer banjo used in such a progressive manner.”
As a veteran entertainer of over 25 years Dan has been billed with a wide variety of top acoustic music personalities including NICKEL CREEK, BELA FLECK, MARK O’CONNER, DAVID GRISMAN, LAURIE LEWIS, TAJ MAHAL, TONY RICE, RIDERS IN THE SKY, RANDALL HYLTON, JIM & JESSE, CHARLIE LOUVIN and many others. Dan has performed in a great variety of venues including FESTIVALS, CONCERTS, RIVERBOATS, FAIRS, COLLEGES, CIVIL WAR REINACTMENTS, CLUBS, RIVERBOATS and TELEVISION & RADIO.
Talk about HOT! With incomparable entertainment from a championship musician,
DAN KNOWLES is definitely the HOT choice for your next event!
Knowles String Instruments
107 East Ruff Street
Paris, TN 38242 731-644-1157
dan@danknowles.net
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