A string guy since age four, Josh has spent his life immersed in various aspects of music and music industry. Starting on guitar and working through a variety of instruments he found an affinity for the mandolin.

Spending his teens and early twenties working in a record store and going to concerts, Josh changed pace when he went to luithery school to study guitar repair and construction. He currently runs a luithery business in Sioux Falls, SD.  He also studied music formally on the collegiate level earningbachelor’s and master’s degrees in double bass performance. You can catch him performing in a variety of settings from jazz to Snakebeard throughout the Midwest.

As a folk lover, quick picker and educated theorist, Josh has the skills to bring sweet syncopation and smooth lines intoSBJ’s driving instrumental texture. Add to that harmony-vocals, song writing contributions and a car that gets great gas mileage while maximizing available cargo space and you have… what… a quintuple threat?

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