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Kevin Justice
  • Penns Grove, NJ
  • United States
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Favorite Flatpickers
Scott Gantt, John Pappas, Steve Broitman, Lindsey Flexner, Kathy DePlaza ... and of course the Mentors: Doc Watson, Tony Rice, Jerry Garcia, Eric Clapton, Brian Sutton, Steve Kaufman, JP Cromier, Chet Atkins ... to name a few.
Favorite Flatpicking Tunes
Turkey in the Straw, Texas Gales, Jerusalem Ridge, Blackberry Blossom ... and about a thousand more.
Favorite Guitars
I currently play a custom 1995 Bella Drednaught HD28 Style built by luthier Frank Finocchio of Finocchio Guitar Works, Easton, PA.
Tell us more about yourself (place a Bio here if you wish)
I'm "one of them Penns Grove guys" ... South Jersey born and raised. I started out playing electric guitar in high school in 1967. Some friends and I formed a rock band back then and we called ourselves "The Insites", which remained intact until somewhere around 1972. From '72 until 1996 I only picked up the guitar on occasion to jam a little bit with favorite tunes ... especially from my extensive Grateful Dead collection ... as time allowed between working full time, running a property management business, and raising my three kids ( ... along with all their cousins and friends).

Since getting back my "bachelor status" in 1998, I've been a serious student of acoustic music styles for stringed instruments. Today, I'm an acomplished flatpicker playing guitar, mandolin, and upright bass ... focusing mostly on the bluegrass and acoustic roots genres. I still make my home base in same neighborhead that I grew up in.

My band, "New Raccoon Creek", features Michele Green on banjo, Scott Gantt on guitar, Clayon Green on bass, and me on guitar, mandolin and vocals. I also am the mandolinist for the bands "Texas Rose", "Woodchuck Hollow", "Homespun Bluegrass", "Factory Seconds", I sub in occasionally for "Andalusia Jug Band" among others, and am the Music Director of the world renowned AFBA's "Hill People". My primary instruments are both Rhythm and Lead Guitar, Mandolin, and Upright Bass.

I play an active part in our regional Acoustic and Bluegrass Community, and am one of the major organizers/promotors here in the Delaware and Lehigh Valleys being instrumental in promoting Americana's acoustic and traditional genres to the seasoned community and introducing it to new enthusiests. I'm available for private lessons and group workshops in beginner through intermediate levels.

As the founder and host of the popular "Third Sunday Acoustic Jam"... now into it's sixth successful year ... we draw a regular gathering of musicians, friends, and fans from the four state DE MD NJ PA area who come to this monthly jam to enjoy afternoons of playing, picking, singing, and fellowship.

Associations include; Brandywine Friends Of Old Time Music, the Appalachian Fiddle and Bluegrass Association, of which I am also a staff member, and the Pocono Bluegrass and Folk Society.

I am a founder of Wilmington Wintergrass, Inc, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and a member of it's Board of Directors. WWG's purpose is to preserve and hand down this important genre of true American Music. We are presenting The Second Annual Wilmington Winter Bluegrass Festival happening on the weekend of March 13-15, 2009.

www.wilmingtonwintergrass.org

We are keeping Bluegrass and Acoustic Music alive, well, and happening here in the Mid-Atlantic/North-Eastern Region of the United States.
Do you have a website?
http://www.myspace.com/kevinjusticeacousticband

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Comment Wall (8 comments)

At 3:58pm on January 1, 2009, Mary DeBerry said…
Hey Kevin, thanks for the link, Mary DeBerry Newburgh.
At 5:32pm on January 1, 2009, Ed Fortuna said…
Hey Kev, thanks for the add.
At 8:54am on January 2, 2009, John Carlini said…
Hi Kevin,
Thanks for signing and Happy New Year!
Talk with you soon.
JohnC
At 9:28am on January 2, 2009, David Brown said…
Kevin,
Thanks for the Invite... D
At 5:00pm on January 2, 2009, Hugh Mason said…
To have, see?
At 11:41am on January 5, 2009, Oscar Goins said…
Hey Kevin,

Good to hear from you... look forward to wintergrass...my email is oscargoins@yahoo.com.. keep me informed...are you having any jams?
Let me know.
At 5:15pm on December 5, 2010, Andrew said…
Thought you might be interested in hearing about Princeton Area Pickers, a new Meetup.com group . We hope to establish a regular bluegrass-old time-country jam in the Princeton area. Join us at http://www.meetup.com/Princeton-Area-Pickers/
At 11:19am on January 30, 2011, Bill Jester said…
So Kevin, will we see you next week at the Kaufman event? We'll Make you a pallet on the floor if you need it.

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