Dan Boner
Professor Dan directs Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Country Music Studies at East Tennessee State University, where he teaches private vocal and instrumental instruction, a senior-level recording capstone course, artistic development, and leads the program’s renowned ETSU Bluegrass Pride Band. He has presented workshops and masterclasses in band performance, vocal health and technique, record production, and bluegrass music history at institutions in the United States and abroad. He holds a B.M in Vocal Music Education from ETSU and graduate coursework in Music Education from Boston University. He is a member of the IBMA Board of Directors representing Print, Media, and Education, and serves on the IBMA Executive Committee as Vice Chair. An active performer on all of the bluegrass instruments, you can find Dan touring regularly as a member of the award-winning Becky Buller Band.
Tim May
Camp Bluegrass favorite, Flatpicker Tim May, has been working in the Nashville area for over 20 years as a sideman, session player, band member and performer. Higher profile projects have included touring with Patty loveless and John Cowan, and working as a regular on the Grand Ole Opry with Mike Snider. Tim was the solo guitarist on Charlie Daniels’ recording of I’ll Fly Away, which was nominated for the Best country Instrumental Performance Grammy in 2005, the same year he was session leader on the critically acclaimed Moody Bluegrass album (he later played on Moody Bluegrass II as well). The Nashville Scene selected Tim the Best Instrumentalist category in their 2012 Reader’s Choice Poll. Tim is co-author of the eight volume course ‘Flatpicking Essentials’, The Guitar Player’s Practical Guide to Scales and Arpeggios, The Flatpicker’s Guide to Old Time Music, and The Flatpicker’s Guide to Irish Music. He has taught regularly at Camp Bluegrass, Kaufman Kamp, Colorado Roots Music Camp, Nashcamp, and the Swannanoa Gathering. He and his wife Gretchen are owners of the Musical Heritage Center of Middle Tennessee.
Elliott Rogers
Elliott Rogers As a former student at Camp Bluegrass, Elliott Rogers is very familiar with the concerts and jams that make it a unique and fun experience. Several years ago, Elliott began teaching at the Camp, and his many students can testify to the contagious spirit of fun and learning that Elliott brings to his workshops in rhythm and lead acoustic guitar. Elliott taught himself how to play guitar from an easy Beatles book when he was very young, but when he heard a Doc Watson album borrowed from a friend’s mother, Elliott was profoundly moved. During the mid-70’s he kept listening to a variety of music recorded by Dan Crary, Jim and Jesse, Jackson Browne, Taj Mahal, and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band on their iconic bluegrass album of the 1970’s, Will the Circle Be Unbroken. At age 17, Elliott ventured out to his first bluegrass festival, the 3rd annual Colorado Rocky Mountain festival, where he first saw Bill Monroe, Jim and Jesse, and the Country Gazette with Alan Munde. Elliott couldn’t imagine at that time that he would one day be playing guitar in a band with Alan Munde. After a hitch in the U.S. Army at Ft. Hood, Elliott moved to Austin where recorded with Robert Earl Keen, Lyle Lovett, and Nancy Griffith. He shared the stage with John Prine, Buckwheat Zydeco, Blaze Foley, and many others. Elliott continues as a celebrated songwriter and guitarist in the Austin area.