
Resume
Education
East Tennessee State University
Bachelor of Arts, Bluegrass, Old Time & Country Music Studies, 2013
Tours
Smoky Mountain Bluegrass, Festival Season Tours, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Strat5, World Health Care Congress, D.C.; other corporate events, 2004-2008
The Anna Ross Project, Southeastern Tour, 2008
Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp Gold Jazz Band, Scandinavian Goodwill Tour, 1985
Film
Banjo Romantika: American Bluegrass Music & The Czech Imagination, House Band, 2013
Musical Theater
Tusculum Arts Outreach, Greeneville, TN (Mamma Mia!, 2021; A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, 2016; Chitty Chitty, Bang Bang, 2015)
Barter Theatre, Abingdon, VA (Madame Buttermilk, 2019)
Greeneville Theater Guild, Greeneville, TN (Urinetown, 2017)
Jonesborough Repertoire Theatre, Jonesborough, TN (Meet Me in St. Louis, 2018; I Love a Piano, 2018; Kiss Me Kate, 2017; Swing!, 2016; USO Show, 2016; Smokey Joe’s Café, 2014)
Johnson City Community Theatre (I Love You Because, 2017; RENT, 2015; The Rocky Horror Show, 2015)
Steeple Players Community Theater, Hendersonville, TN (Footloose, 2010)
Other Live Performance
The B Sharps, Tusculum, TN
Jonesborough Rhythm Express, Jonesborough, TN
Joy Blair & Friends, East TN
File Under Kudzu, an R.E.M. Tribute, Asheville, NC
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Johnson City, TN, Chamber Orchestra
Muncey Memorial United Methodist Church, Johnson City, TN, Worship Team Sub
First United Methodist Church, Elizabethton, TN, Hee Haw Night Bassist
Rehoboth United Methodist Church, Gallatin, TN, Worship Team Sub
Lifechurch.tv, Hendersonville, TN, Worship Team
Tusculum College Community Jazz Band, Greeneville, TN
East Tennessee State University Bluegrass, Celtic, and Mandolin Orchestra performing groups, Johnson City, TN
Recordings
Joy Blair: Black Coffee, CD (upright bass)
Banjo Romantika: American Bluegrass Music & The Czech Imagination, CD/DVD (upright bass, tenor vocal)
The Great Smoky Mountain Bluegrass Band: Eponymous, CD (upright bass, tenor vocals)
The Anna Ross Project: Yesterday Comes Again, CD (electric bass)
Publications
Elkins, Jeffrey K. In Search of Meaning: Finding the Two-Finger Banjo Style. 2013. ETSU, BA honors thesis.
Gear
Muckelroy HMC5 Signature Bass
Skjold Firedrake 533 Bass
Engelhardt ES9 Double Bass
Muckelroy HMC6 Custom Bass
Rob Allen MB2F Bass
Opatik Jazz Bass
Acoustic Image Upshot
Quilter Bass Block BB800
Mesa Boogie Walkabout 112 Combo