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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
Collaborations
References
External links
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Studio albums Live albums
International National Artists