Tom Bekeny

Musician
Best known for Mandolin

Tom Bekeny is a mandolinist and fiddler from the San Francisco Bay Area, known for a long career in California bluegrass with bands including the Kathy Kallick Band and High Country.

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  • Played in the Bay Area bands Done Gone and Tenbrooks and an early version of Laurie Lewis's Grant Street String Band.
  • Has been a member of the long-running California bluegrass band High Country since 1988.
  • Played mandolin in the Kathy Kallick Band for roughly two decades.
  • Leads a jazz-mandolin project, the Missing Man Quartet, and released a solo recording, “Jazzolin,” in 2013.
  • Has performed with Peter Rowan, David Grisman, and Jerry Garcia.

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