Dick Staber
Contemporary Bluegrass
Dick Staber is a New Jersey-born mandolinist whose seven-year stint with Del McCoury and the Dixie Pals (1968–1975) and a long sideman career — with Don Stover, Bob Paisley, Bill Clifton, and the New Lost City Ramblers' Tracy Schwarz — bridge the 1960s folk revival and the contemporary New York/Pennsylvania bluegrass scene.
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- Born in New Jersey in 1941; came to bluegrass through the 1960s folk revival in a New York State college town, learning mandolin in graduate school and the U.S. Army.
- Studied at Syracuse University, where he began playing bluegrass in the early 1960s; music career was interrupted by Vietnam-era military service.
- Played with Del McCoury and the Dixie Pals from 1968 to 1975, including the 1972 LP "High On A Mountain."
- Sideman work also included Don Stover, Bob Paisley and the Southern Grass, Bill Clifton, Leon Morris, and the New Lost City Ramblers' Tracy Schwarz.
- Recorded the instrumental Rounder LP "Pickin' Around the Cookstove" in the mid-1970s, featuring his original mandolin tunes "Queen Atlantic" and the title track.
- Released three solo LPs in the late 1970s and 1980s, including "Of Graves and Epitaphs" and "Listen to My Song."
- Co-wrote "Bluest Man In Town" with Bill Monroe; other compositions include "Call Collect On Christmas," "Kittatiny Ridge," and "Buzzard's Glory."
- Lived in Maryland and York County, Pennsylvania until 1982 when he moved to Columbia County, New York; tours Canada, Japan, Europe, and Scandinavia.
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Who Will Calm the Storm1991 · Strictly Country SCR 26
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Dick StaberPlayed on recording with Dick Staber
