Fred Sokolow

Fred Sokolow is a versatile musician adept at jazz and rock guitar, and 5-string banjo . He also plays lap steel, lap steel and Hawaiian guitars, the mandolin, as well as sings. In addition to working as a studio session sideman, Sokolow has performed as a solo jazz guitarist/vocalist, as well as served as a front-man for blue-grass, jazz and nd rock n' roll bands. He has toured with Bobbie Gentry, Jim Stafford and The Limelitersuitsm and played Resonator Guitar for Chubby Checker. A habitué of the bluegrass and jazz festival circuits, Soklow He has performed in diverse venues across the country, including L.A,, San Francisco, and Las Vegas. On TV, he won the Gong Show and appeared on The Tonight Show. In addition, he has written scores of instructional books, tapes and videos and had the honor of MCing for for the legendary Miss Carol Doda at the Condor Club in San Francisco. He also wrote and performed the music score of "Rampaging Nurses" for the late auteur Artie Mitchell, the Cecil B. DeMille of Bay Area porn. Sokolow's instructional book, "Ragtime, Blues & Jazz for Banjo," is the premier tome for learning how to play blues on the five-string banjo.