TOM SAFFELL

Tom Saffell plays banjo. With his five or eight-string banjo in his hands, he'll use all the strings, all the neck, all the time. It will be tasteful and musical.

In the words of Pat Flynn, of New Grass Revival fame, "Tom has set out with a good heart and capable hands. His musical mission may eventually bless us all." As Victor Wooten, of Bela Fleck and The Flecktones, put it, "(Tom) is definitely the next banjo innovator."

Tom has appeared at venues ranging from Busch Gardens and Kings Dominion to The Harrietville Traditional Music Festival in Australia. He has performed at Green Acres Music Hall in North Carolina and The Station Inn in Nashville, Tennessee. His work is featured on bluegrass legend Jim Buchanan's latest CD, The System At Work. He has appeared with Victor Wooten (of Bela Fleck and The Flecktones), Regi Wooten and The Wooten Brothers and LaMatrice McQueen.