Bill Lowrey

Bill Lowrey (born January 29, 1963) is an American musical entertainer and banjoist from California. He has been a featured performer or headliner at a variety of jazz festivals around the U.S. for over fifteen years. Lowrey has established himself in the four-string banjo community as one of its key figures as compared to the likes of Sean Moyses, Steve Peterson, and Buddy Wachter. In 1976, at age 13, Lowrey began taking lessons from Charlie Tagawa, a noted Bay Area instructor. Initially he learned to play the tenor banjo, but after discovering the recordings of the talents of banjoists such as the great banjo player Eddie Peabody he switched to a plectrum banjo. After about a year of instruction from Tagawa, Lowrey then joined...