Clarke Buehling

One of the foremost exponents of the 19th-century banjo, Buehling hails from Fayetteville, Arkansas. He has made several old-time, minstrel and classic fingerstyle banjo recordings with the Skirtlifters and the Old 78s, along with a solo album of gourd banjo music. His performing has taken him not only across the US, but to England, Ireland and the European continent. He is an historian of American banjo music, the founder of the American Banjo Fraternity Orchestra and was an early advocate for the gourd banjo. Buehling studied music theory in high school and later at the University of Arkansas and has taught children and adults for over 30 years, including sessions at the Ozark Folk Center (Mountain View, Arkansas), the Old Town School of Folk Music (Chicago), the Folk School of KDHX (St. Louis, Missouri) as well as various banjo camps.