The Stash Wyslouch String Band Info Kit
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Stash WyslouchHalf Polish-half Colombian guitarist Stash (short for Stanislaw) Wyslouch grew up on heavy metal before submerging himself in bluegrass and country music. His history in hard rock still manifests itself in his propensity for wringing unexpected sounds out of his guitar and belting at the top of his vocal range.
Since graduating from the Berklee College of Music in 2010 Stash has been touring full-time with the progressive bluegrass band, Rounder Recording Artists The Deadly Gentlemen having released two albums as guitarist and singer of the group, "Carry me to Home" (2011) and "Roll me, Tumble Me" (2013). His resume also includes membership in The Boston Boys, Blue Moose and the Unbuttoned Zippers, and a US State department sponsored tour with The Earth Stringband in 2011, being the first all- American band to play in the country of Timor-Leste. Stash has played at many well-known festivals and venues including Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival (Oak Hill, NY), Old Settler's Music Festival (Austin, TX), Northwest String Summit (Portland, OR), DelFest (Cumberland, MD), Rockygrass (Lyons, CO), Big Sky Big Grass (Big Sky, MT), Merlefest (Wilkesboro, NC), Savannah Music Festival (Savannah, GA), River City Roots (Missoula, MT) among some of them. His touring career has taken him across the globe to Sweden, Denmark, the UK, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, Timor-Leste, Thailand, Cambodia, Korea, Japan and Laos. Stash has shared the stage with The Del McCoury band, David Grisman, The Yonder Mountain Stringband, Sarah Jarosz, Chris Thile, Peter Rowan, Michael Daves, Darol Anger, Greensky Bluegrass, The Infamous Stringdusters, and more. |
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Dominick LeslieColorado native Dominick Leslie has been around live music all his life and thanks to his dad, he has been playing since he was old enough to hold an instrument. He attended his first bluegrass festival at the age of five months and grew up listening to and jamming with his dad’s bluegrass band. At the age of four he acquired a ukulele tuned like the bottom four strings of a guitar and as the years passed Dominick developed a deep passion for music. Eventually Dominick switched his focus completely to the mandolin and by the time he was 12, he was writing his own music and practicing every day. Just a few years later at 15, he recorded his first solo CD Signs of Courage which received rave reviews from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine. In 2004, Dominick became the youngest contestant ever to win the Rockygrass mandolin contest.
Since then he has placed first in the Merlefest mandolin contest and second in the Walnut Valley International Mandolin contest. Dominick was also featured in Mike Marshall’s Young American Mandolin Ensemble. This elite group of seven young musicians was invited to perform with Marshall at the Mandolines de Lunel festival in France in October 2007. Dominick also had the unique opportunity to study with mandolin virtuosos David Grisman, Mike Marshall, Chris Thile, Don Stiernberg, Andy Statman, Mike Compton and Hamilton de Holanda at the Mandolin Symposium and since then his bluegrass roots have evolved into current interests in jazz, classical and other "world" music, hence his enrollment in the Berklee College of Music in 2008. Most recently in October 2014, Dominick was awarded the prestigious Momentum Award at the International Bluegrass Music Association conference in Raleigh, NC for his outstanding musicianship. A former member of The Deadly Gentlemen, Dominick can occasionally be seen performing with The Grant Gordy Quartet, Noam Pikelny and Friends and a few other spontaneous acoustic groups. Whether writing a new piece, learning a tune or performing with his confreres, Dominick will always share his love of music with others and enjoy playing the mandolin. |
Jeremy McDonaldJeremy McDonald is a bassist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In high school, Jeremy studied at Duquesne University's City Music Center and performed with the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony. He received a full scholarship to attend the Berklee College of Music in 2005. While at Berklee he studied with John Lockwood, Hal Crook, Dave Santoro and the late Herb Pomeroy, among others. In 2013 Jeremy moved to Brooklyn, NY. Since coming to New York he has been busy as a freelance bass player and producer. In 2014 he was hired as music director for Resurrection Presbyterian
Church in Brooklyn and has spent time touring with Miss Tess and the Talkbacks and the David Wax Museum. |
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Michael BarnettBorn and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, Michael Barnett has always had a special place in his heart for bluegrass and country music. After picking up the violin at age four, he went on to seriously study the fiddle with his first instructor, the Director of
Vanderbilt’s Fiddling Program at the Blair School of Music, Crystal Plohman, at the age of ten. Five years, one album, and many fiddle camps later, Barnett was introduced to the legendary "Mr. Mandolin" Jesse McReynolds, and soon joined his outfit, Jesse and his Virginia Boys, playing regular weekend performances at the Grand Ole Opry. That same year, at just fifteen years of age, he became the youngest instructor ever to teach at the Fiddle School at Vanderbilt University. Jesse’s pioneering spirit continued to influence Barnett’s style even after he relocated to Massachusetts. He quickly befriended Boston based mandolinist, Joe Walsh, who introduced him to one of New England’s renowned progressive bluegrass bands, Northern Lights. Together, Barnett and Walsh toured with Northern Lights and recorded “One Day,” the band’s final album, in 2007. Through that project, Mike met folk singer Jonathan Edwards, who later invited him to record on his project “My Love Will Keep," adding to Barnett’s growing list of collaborations. One of those collaborations was with banjoist Gordon Stone, known for teaching and recording banjo with Phish’s Mike Gordon, who helped Mike Barnett to hone his improvisation and performance talents. Their efforts weren’t in vain, with their 2006 album, "Rhymes with Orange," winning Vermont’s Album of the Year Award. A few years and many connections later, Barnett met Tony Trischka, one of the most influential banjo players in roots music, and had the great honor of touring with Tony on his “Double Banjo Bluegrass” project and “Territory.” Through the “Double Banjo” project, Barnett shared the stage with the great Bela Fleck, comedian/banjoist Steve Martin, and Greg Liszt, the banjoist of Crooked Still/Bruce Springsteen fame. Soon after, Greg and Mike conceived The Deadly Gentlemen, an Americana band that allowed Mike to push the limits of tradition, incorporating new influences into his constantly improving playing. This led to a spot as fiddler of the David Grisman Sextet, in which Barnett played for almost 3 years, filling the shoes of past DG artists, including Vassar Clements and Darol Anger. With a solo project out under his name released in August 2014, Mike Barnett continues to make his mark on the modern music world, one note at a time. |
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