2010 Augusta Instructor Bio


Spring Augusta Week
Novice/Beginning Acoustic Guitar

John Rossbach


John Rossbach lifts up his audiences with the lilt of old time mandolin melodies, rivets them with lowdown delta blues and fires them up with driving banjo breakdowns! His compelling songs, horrible puns, and outrageous tall tales take his audiences for a fun ride through the fascinating world of traditional American folk music.

He led his award-winning bluegrass ensemble, John Rossbach & Chestnut Grove, all across the country for over twenty-two years before returning to his home state of West Virginia, in 2009. He has recorded on Rounder Records, has received eight Meet the Composer awards, won six SAMMY awards, and appeared on numerous radio and television programs for the Nashville Network, PBS, CBS, the BBC, and the Canadian Broadcasting System. He’s even sung his jaunty hit, “The Freight Train Boogie,” on a 2006 episode of the CBS drama series, The Guiding Light!

John has also recorded on Philo, Copper Creek, Chestnut, Marimac, Wizmak and Alcazar Records. He appears on CDs and videos ranging from Celtic to rock by Pete Seeger, Bill Keith, The Woodshed All Stars, Ken Perlman, Don Stover, and The Back Alley Boys. John has been the staff guitarist and mandolin player for Mandolin Camp North, Banjo Camp North and Old Time Camp North. John has performed at the Philadelphia Folk Festival, the Champlain Valley Folk Festival, the Chautauqua Institution, Old Songs, Wheatlands, Winterhawk, Ashokan, Brandywine and Clifftop.

John Rossbach
347 Harpertown Rd.
Elkins, WV 26241
304 637 3588

john@johnrossbach.com

www.johnrossbach.com