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Orrin Star
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'Arlo Guthrie-meets-Doc Watson'
Member since: 2010-06-17
Home: Cheverly, MD, US
Frequently Tours: Both coasts and the south.
# of Members: 1 or 2
Sound Equipment: Please Inquire
Main Instrument: Vocals, Guitar & Mandolin
Other Instruments: Mandola
Genre: Folk & Bluegrass, Americana, Irish, blues
Style: Varied humorful
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MP3's
Goin Down the Road Feeling Bad
Off-the-cuff Stage Patter
Stars & Stripes Forever
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“consummate showman” --Boston Herald “One of the finest flatpickers in captivity.” --Boston Globe
Bio
Orrin Star is an award-winning guitarist and mandolin player who combines hot picking, cool singing and good humor.
Once described as 'Arlo Guthrie-meets-Doc Watson', he was the 1976 National Flatpicking Champion, has appeared on A Prairie Home Companion, and boasts a repertoir ranging from bluegrass standards to little-known folk gems, Celtic fiddle tunes to fingerstyle blues.
He is also known for his skill as a music teacher, with two instructional DVDs, a book, and a column in Flatpicking...
Orrin Star Concert Excerpts