Gregory Liszt
Musician · Boston, Massachusetts
Best known for
Banjo
Gregory Liszt is a Boston-based banjoist who played with Crooked Still while finishing a Ph.D. in molecular biology at MIT and then toured the world with Bruce Springsteen's Sessions Band — the inventor of a four-finger banjo style and an Associate Professor of Banjo at Berklee.
- Founding member of Crooked Still (formed 2001 in Boston).
- Toured with Bruce Springsteen and the Seeger Sessions Band in 2006.
- Earned Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from MIT while playing in Crooked Still.
- Undergraduate degree from Yale University.
- Created a unique four-finger banjo picking style (most players use three).
- Founding member of The Deadly Gentlemen.
- Released solo album "Four Finger Banjo" (2018).
- Associate Professor of Banjo at Berklee College of Music.