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TODD CERNEY MUSICAL RESUME
TODD CERNEY,
singer / songwriter / engineer / producer, was born in Detroit and grew
up in Zanesville, Ohio . He’s been living and working in Nashville since
1974.
"Good Morning
Beautiful," his song on the first album by Steve Holy, was # 1 on the country charts for 5 weeks. It
also was used in the Jennifer Lopez movie, "Angel Eyes." It was
one of only four songs to win an ASCAP Film & TV award for “Most
Performed Song Featured in a Motion Picture“ for 2003. Etta James'
new Grammy winning CD, “Let's Roll,” includes Todd’s song, ”Blues
is My Business,” which was also featured in the HBO program, "The Sopranos."
Todd was a Grammy
nominee in the Best Country Song category for
"I'll Still
Be Loving You" recorded by Restless Heart. He won the
ASCAP Country Song of the Year for the same song in 1987.
He has had
songs recorded by Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bad English, Eddie
Money, Cheap Trick, Loverboy, The Four Tops /
Aretha Franklin, Martika, The Cover Girls, Lita
Ford, Joy Lynn White, Ty Herndon, The Purify Brothers, Phoebe
Snow, Giant, Levon Helm, Jason And The Scorchers,
Little Anthony, Bill Medley, Twiggy, John Anderson,
, Brigette Nielson, David Hasselhof, , Sylvia,
The Kendalls, The Whites and many more.
In 1988, he
participated in
Music Speaks Louder Than Words, the first
official collaborations between Soviet and American songwriters held in
Moscow .
In June 2005 Todd
did a month-long tour
of American Armed Forces bases in England, Belgium, the Netherlands &
Iceland and embassies in Prague, Minsk & Poland.as a member of Thom Shepherd and the Nashville Hit Songwriter Band.
Todd has an
extensive history of singing, songwriting and engineering. He spent seven
years at the Creative Workshop in Nashville, working with Kenny
Rogers, Dolly Parton, Olivia Newton John, Jimmy
Buffett , The Last Elvis Sessions and many others. His
harmonies can also be heard on records by such artists as Kenny Rogers,
Michael Johnson, John Conlee, Levon Helm and others. Todd
played mandolin with the Dixie Chicks on
their first radio promotion tour, and he also played with the
Nashville Mandolin Ensemble. Todd currently writes for Riff
Meister Music, ASCAP .
Artists &
Writers that
Todd has written with
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RICK
NIELSEN, TOM PETERSON, ROBIN ZANDER (CHEAP TRICK)
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JONATHAN
CAIN, JON WAITE, NEIL SCHON (BAD ENGLISH)
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PAUL
DEAN, MIKE RENO (LOVERBOY)
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JON
BONJOVI & RICHIE SAMBORA (ON "NOTORIOUS" by Loverboy)
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BRIAN
ADAMS (ON "HOMETOWN HERO" by Loverboy)
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ED KING,
JOHNNY VAN ZANT, GARY ROSSINGTON (LYNYRD SKYNYRD)
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DAN HUFF
& ALAN PASQUA, MIKE BRIGNARDELLO (GIANT )
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TOM
LITTLEFIELD (THE QUESTIONNAIRES)
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SHARE
PEDERSON, & JANET GARDNER (VIXEN)
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BRIAN
MAY (QUEEN)
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PETER
WOLF (J. GEILS BAND)
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JASON
SCHEFF (CHICAGO)
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IAN MAYO
(HURRICANE ALICE)
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RICHARD
BLACK (SHARK ISLAND)
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MITCH
MALLOY (MALLOY)
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MARK
LINDSAY (PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS)
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BOBBY HART (BOYCE & HART)
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ANTHONY CORDER & KEITH DOUGLAS (TORA TORA)
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BRAD SINSEL (WAR BABIES)
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STEVE BATKY (EYE NAPOLEON)
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DANNY TATE
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DAVID CASSIDY
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LEE AARON
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VAUGHN PENN
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MAX MERRITT
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ACCEPT
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DR. NIK
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SUE MEDLEY
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BRYSON JONES
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BIG BAM BOO
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CINDY BULLENS
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BILL LLOYD
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CHRIS CAGLE
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J.D MYERS
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CLAY DAVIDSON
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NATHAN BARRETT
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DON KING
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FRED KNOBLOCH
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RUSSELL SMITH
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JIM PHOTOGLO
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WENDY WALDMAN
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JAMIE KYLE
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AUSTIN ROBERTS
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BILL LABOUNTY
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CASEY KELLY
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WOOD NEWTON
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DOUG MCDONALD
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FRED KOLLER
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JOY LYNN WHITE
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TEMPLETON THOMPSON
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BYRON HILL
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BOBBY BRADDOCK
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GARY BURR
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RIVERS RUTHERFORD
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BOB DIPIERO
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JIM WEATHERLY
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SAM LORBER
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STEWART HARRIS
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GARY NICHOLSON
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JENNY YATES
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JON ROBBIN
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MARY BETH DERRY
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GREG BARNHILL
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CRAIG WISEMAN
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KENT ROBBINS
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LIZ HENGBER
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BRENT MAHER
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TAYLOR RHODES
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JIM RUSHING
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RUSSELL SMITH
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JOHN SCOTT SHERRILL
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HOLLY LAMAR
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TOM DOUGLAS
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DEREK GEORGE
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STEPHANIE BENTLEY
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NOAH GORDON
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DEBORAH ALLEN
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STEVE DIAMOND
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MICHEAL SMOTHERMAN
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STEVE DAVIS
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DENNIS MORGAN
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CARRY & RON
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STEPHONIE SEEKALL
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VIKTOR REZNIKOV
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DAVID THUKMANOFF
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ANDRE MAKERIVITCH
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VLADIMIR MATETSKY
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ALBERTO TESTA
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TEBEY OTTOH
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ZACH LYLE
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DOUG GILL
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JOHN COWEN
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RHONDA FLEMMING
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ANTHONY SMITH
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JEROME EARNEST
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SAM GAY
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BILL MARTIN
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J D MARTIN
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CARY CHATER
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CHARLIE BLACK
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RANDY GOODRUM
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KIM WILLIAMS
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MARTY DOTSON
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RAFE VAN HOY
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BUZZ CASON
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J T KORENFLOS
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SAM HOGAN
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DAVE GILLON
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SCOTT POSTON
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MICHAEL DAN EHMIG
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KEVIN BOWE
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BUD LEE
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KENNY MIMMS
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RICK SWINN
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LARRY WILLIAMS
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RON WEBSTER
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MARTIN PARKER
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STEVE GRUDEN
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ROB WRIGHT
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BOBBY WHITESIDE
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KEITH STEGALL
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KIM TRIBBLE
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CYRIL RAWSON
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STEVE GIBSON
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BOBBY WHITESIDE
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CHRISTIAN DEWALDEN
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BOBBY EASTSIDE
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LENNY MACALOSO
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MICHAEL HOLM
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DOUG MCDONALD
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SUZANNE KARR
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JIMBEAU HINSON
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ZACK TURNER
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CHRIS FARREN
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TRINI TRITT
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JAMIE KYLE
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JON MCELROY
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MARK MORTON
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STOWE DAILEY
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JENNIFER KIMBALL
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JOY SWENAE
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BILL WHITE
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BUFFY LAWSON
JEROME EARNEST
TODD CERNEY instruments
Instruments owned/played:
mandolins
Gibson mando cello
Gibson Mandola
Gray Burchette custom made, Santa Cruz, Fender,
& Alverez acoustic & hi strung guitars
Tele, Strat & Dan Electro electric guitars
Music Man & Alverez electric bass
Baritone Guitar
electric sitar
12 string Rickenbacker and Ovation acoustic guitar
Takamine classical guitar
dobro
pedal steel
fiddle
cajun acordian
piano
Casio,Yahama, Alesis, Ensonic ,Roland, Oberheim, Korg,
Kurzweil synthesizers
Alesis & Yahama drum machines & modules
full drum kat setup
hand percussion (lots of tambs shakers, cabassa, triangle,
bell chimes, quiro, barron, cow bells, wood blocks, crash
cymbals,
djembe, bongos)
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Artists I have done Background vocals for live,
TV or video situations |
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Hank
Williams Jr.
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Bobby
Goldsboro |
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Ray
Stevens
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Barbie
Benton |
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Don
Gibson
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Bobby
Bare |
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Tommy
Overstreet
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Max
Barnes |
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Vern
Gosdin
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Billy jo
Spears |
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Dave
Dudley,
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Hank
Thompson |
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Earl
Thomas Conley
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Don King |
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B.J.
Thomas
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Bjoro
Haaland
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Tommy
Cash
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Delta
Mudcats
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Thom
Shepherd
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TNashville
Songwriters Band AFE
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Michael
Johnson |
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Artists I have done instrumental backup for live,
TV or video situations |
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Dixie
Chicks (mandolin/guitar)
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Nashville
Symphony (Mandolin Ensemble) |
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Gil Grand
(mandolin/perc)
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Vassar
Clements (Mandolin Ensemble) |
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Patty
Lovelace (mandolin) |
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Tommy Cash (mandolin) |
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Bjoro
Haaland (guitar/piano/harp/mandolin) |
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Delta
Mudcats (guitar) |
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Thom
Shepherd (guitar/piano/harp/mandolin) |
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Nashville
Songwriters Band (piano/harp/mandolin) |
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Vaughn
Penn (guitar) |
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Asmund
Amli Band (Norway) (harp) |
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Redar
Larsen (harp) |
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