John Tubbs

American Bluegrass & Folk Mandolin and Multi-Instrumentalist John Tubbs, our mandolin player and harmony singer has been playing music since age six. He grew up in Bloomsburg Pennsylvania and played the accordion, clarinet and drums before turning to stringed instruments for good in the folk boom in college, during which he taught himself to play guitar. After moving to the Northwest in 1979, he went through an electric phase as a bass player in rockabilly and classic rock bands, and then finally graduated to the mandolin in 1989 – where he’s been ever since. As a mandolin player, John has been a fixture in the Northwest bluegrass band scene, including among others: City Limits, Northern Pacific and Rainy Pass.