Herb Pedersen
American musician, guitarist, banjo player, songwriter
Herb Pedersen
Herb Pedersen performing in 2004.
Birth name Herbert Joseph Pedersen Born (1944-04-27 ) April 27, 1944 (age 80) Berkeley, California Genres Country , Bluegrass , Progressive bluegrass , Folk , Folk rock , Country rock .Occupation(s) Musician, guitarist, singer, songwriter. Instrument(s) guitar, banjo , vocals. Years active 1961–present Labels Sugar Hill , Epic , Reprise , Elektra , Atlantic , Rhino , Sony , Curb , MCA , Back Porch , Acoustic Disc .Website www .herbpedersen .com
Musical artist
Herbert Joseph Pedersen (born April 27, 1944, in Berkeley, California ) is an American musician, guitarist, banjo player, singer-songwriter, and actor who has played a variety of musical styles over the past fifty years including country , bluegrass , progressive bluegrass , folk , folk rock , country rock , and has worked with numerous musicians in many different bands.
Biography
Pedersen often performs with Chris Hillman , and both were once members of the Desert Rose Band .[ 1] Pedersen also fronted his own band called the Laurel Canyon Ramblers which included bluegrass bassman Bill Bryson, writer and performer of the Crossroads Cafe song penned while a member of the Bluegrass Cardinals. Other musicians and groups with whom Pedersen has worked include John Fogerty ; Mudcrutch ; Pine Valley Boys; Michael Martin Murphey ; Earl Scruggs ; The Dillards , Smokey Grass Boys; The New Kentucky Colonels ; Old & In the Way ; David Grisman ; Peter Rowan ; Vassar Clements ; Gram Parsons ; Emmylou Harris ; Skip Battin , Tony Rice ; Dan Fogelberg ; Stephen Stills ; Linda Ronstadt ; Kris Kristofferson ; John Prine ; Jackson Browne ; John Denver ; John Jorgenson ; Leland Sklar ; David Bromberg, The Doobie Brothers , Vince Gill and Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen ; and Vern and Ray.[ 2]
Discography
as Leader
as Band member
San Francisco 1968 , Vern & Ray With Herb Pedersen (2006) Arhoolie Records CD 524
Wheatstraw Suite , The Dillards (1968), Elektra EKS-74035
Copperfields , The Dillards (1970), Elektra EKL-74054
Live in Holland 1973 , the New Kentucky Colonels (2013) Roland White Music – RW0001
Here Today , David Grisman , Herb Pedersen, Vince Gill , Jim Buchanan , Emory Gordy Jr. (1982) Rounder Records – 0169
The Desert Rose Band , The Desert Rose Band , with Chris Hillman & John Jorgenson (1987) MCA Records MCA-5991
Running , The Desert Rose Band, with Chris Hillman & John Jorgenson (1988) MCA Records MCA-42169
Pages Of Life , The Desert Rose Band, with Chris Hillman & John Jorgenson (1990) MCA Records MCA-42332
True Love , The Desert Rose Band, with Chris Hillman & John Jorgenson (1991) MCA Records MCAD-10407
Bluegrass Reunion , with Red Allen , David Grisman...(1992) Acoustic Disc ACD-4
Rambler's Blues , Laurel Canyon Ramblers (1995) Sugar Hill Records SHCD-3834
Rambler's Blues 2 , Laurel Canyon Ramblers (1996) Sugar Hill Records SHCD-3852
Out of the Woodwork , with Tony Rice, Larry Rice, Chris Hillman (1997) Rounder Records CD0390
Back On The Street Again , Laurel Canyon Ramblers (1998) Sugar Hill Records SHCD-3881
Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen , With Tony Rice, Larry Rice, Chris Hillman (1999) Rounder Records 11661-0450-2
Way Out West , with Chris Hillman (2002) Back Porch Records – 72438-11978-2-0
At Edwards Barn , with Chris Hillman (2010) Rounder Records 11661-0652-2
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