Rushad Eggleston
Best known for
Guitar
Rushad Eggleston is a California-born cellist who became Berklee's first-ever string scholarship student, founded Crooked Still, and pioneered a genre-blending cello voice that bridges bluegrass, jazz, and his own invented "Land of Sneth" performance vocabulary — one of the most distinctive eccentric instrumentalists in modern American string music.
- Born Rushad Robert Eggleston, September 30, 1979, raised in Carmel, California.
- First string player ever awarded a full scholarship to Berklee College of Music; studied cello with Eugene Friesen and graduated in May 2003.
- Founding member of Crooked Still, the influential alternative/bluegrass string band; recorded "Hop High" (2004) and "Shaken by a Low Sound" (2006) before leaving the group in November 2007.
- Earlier member of Darol Anger's Republic of Strings and the Grammy-nominated Fiddlers 4 (2002 nomination).
- Founded the experimental project The Wild Band of Snee, releasing the EP (2004) and "Playhouse of the Universe" (2006).
- Founded the cello-driven power trio Tornado Rider in 2008 with Scott Manke (drums) and Graham Terry (bass).
- Solo artist since 2013 (often performing as "Rushadicus"); albums include "The Rushad Eggleston Show" (2013), "Very Advanced Song Machine" and "Growl & Glide" (2015).
- Pioneer of genre-blending cello with a strongly eccentric persona built around invented vocabulary and the imaginary "Land of Sneth."