Brad Bailey is the world premiere 8-string banjo player, combining bass, banjo, and percussive grooves all live on one instrument.  He studied classical guitar, composition, and arranging at Toccoa Falls College in Toccoa, GA. Brad spent the next several years teaching, working as a church musician and arranger, playing mandolin in acoustic groups, and as a guitarist for several jazz, funk, pop, rock, and even a groundbreaking children’s band (www.MrNigelAndFriends.com.) Brad also works as an artists/writer with Steele Creek Church of Charlotte.