Focal Point Friends of Old-Time Music presents Alan Munde & Mason Ridge

Alan Munde & Mason Ridge, comprised of a cadre of seasoned, blue blood bluegrass pickers and singers, perform center-cut bluegrass that comes from a mature collective approach to the music they love. Alan Munde is a renowned banjo player with a long list of recording and performance accomplishments, including Jimmy Martin, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and The Country Gazette. He is a member of the American Banjo Hall of Fame, International Bluegrass Music Association Hall of Fame, and the 2021 winner of the Steve Martin Banjo Prize. Claud Crum provides rock-solid rhythm guitar in the band and contributes his own distinct and imaginative approach to flat-picking. His knowledge of the guitar and experience with other musical genres comes through in each solo he plays. Claud and his wife Kathryn live near New Bloomfield, MO. Kevin Amburgey hails from the coal mining area around Hazard, Kentucky. He brings the true authentic high lonesome sound to the band with his mandolin stylings and… View Source