Alan Munde

Recording Artist · Active 1980–present · Norman · Also a musician
Classic Bluegrass Contemporary Bluegrass

Alan Munde is an Oklahoma-born banjoist whose Stone Mountain Boys, Jimmy Martin tenure, twenty-plus-year run as the only original-to-end member of Country Gazette, and two decades teaching at South Plains College have made him one of the most influential bluegrass instrumentalist-educators of his generation — a Steve Martin Banjo Prize laureate (2021) and 2024 IBMA Hall of Fame inductee.

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  • Born November 4, 1946 in Norman, Oklahoma.
  • Learned banjo from Oklahoma instructor Ed Shelton.
  • Co-founded The Stone Mountain Boys in 1965 in Dallas with Mitchell Land, Bosco Land, and Tootie Williams.
  • Played in Poor Richard's Almanac with Sam Bush in 1969 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
  • Member of Jimmy Martin's Sunny Mountain Boys, October 1969 to October 1971.
  • Co-founded Country Gazette in 1972 with Byron Berline, Kenny Wertz, and Roger Bush; only original member to remain through the band's 20+ year run.
  • Faculty member of South Plains College's bluegrass and country music program in Levelland, Texas, 1986–2007.
  • Won the Steve Martin Banjo Prize in 2021; inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in 2024.

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