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Ron Cody - 5-string banjo player, was raised in Andover, Connecticut, where he began studying banjo at the age of 15. An eager student, his teachers included Michael Kropp and Tony Trischka. He was a member of the Connecticut-based group Grass Avenue and The Robin Kincaid Band with Stacey Phillips. In 1992 he formed Fretwater and has recorded two CDs with the group performing music from contemporary jazz and folk music influences. He is a member of the New England Bluegrass Band. He has taught banjo in bluegrass, Irish and jazz styles and is an endorser for the Mockingbird Music Company , as he plays a Mockingbird custom banjo. Ron also plays a gibson mastertone TB-3 conversion archtop. He lives with his wife Wendy and their three sons Ryan, Kris and Jonny in Yarmouth, Maine.