Elmer Burchett

A Kentucky bluegrass banjo and mandolin players, and also a singer/songwriter, From Georgetown Kentucky. My dad played, you know; he played with Hobert and Dorothy Skaggs, who were Ricky’s Skaggs parents. His dad played with them, and filling in with different people like Hylo Brown. Started learning banjo at the age of 12. He has backed Alison Krauss at the Grand Ol' Opry in Nashville, having played with many headliner groups such as Pine Mountain Railroad, Dale Ann Bradley, Jr. Sisk, Wyatt Rice, David Parmley, Lou Reid, and Ronnie Bowman,