Phil Zimmerman with Bill Monroe, 1980
Phil Zimmerman has been a performing musician since high school, and brought a musician’s sensibility to his career as a photographer. Born in Indiana, he grew up in Nebraska and Illinois listening to the WSM Farm Show as a toddler; the WLS Barn Dance in elementary school; and in high school, the late night clear channel beacons of what was then known as hillbilly music, KXEL, WWVA, and WCKY. He's helped arrange and produce many recording projects, singing lead, tenor, and baritone, and playing mandolin, banjo, guitar, and autoharp with these well-reviewed musical groups…
Last Fair Deal has been breaking new ground in acoustic music longer than any acoustic string band in Connecticut. Besides compelling original material, their sets include songs by Elvis Costello, Jonathan Edwards, Eric Clapton, The Beatles, Dan Hicks, Greg Brown, Bob Dylan, The Band, and a host of other singer/songwriters.
North By Northeast was born at a bluegrass picking party. Four of New England's finest bluegrass musicians, all long-time friends, were ready for a new bluegrass experience.
They've all performed together at different times during their careers, and respect each other's considerable talent.
A hard-driving, straight-ahead bluegrass band from Westchester County, New York
A duo with Grammy Award winning Stacy Phillips on fiddle playing old time country music, mostly fiddle and guitar, but we like to add stuff on mandolin, banjo, and Dobro
A straight-ahead traditional bluegrass band with two European tours and five albums to its credit. Sorry, Traver Hollow is no longer performing
Bluegrass Union Traditional and Original Bluegrass flavored with American folk music, led by former Seldom Scene member, Phil Rosenthal, and including Grammy Award winning Stacy Phillips on fiddle and Dobro

Sorry, Bluegrass Union is no longer performing