Joining me for coffee this morning is Peter Wernick, otherwise known as Dr Banjo, so called due to a best-selling banjo instruction book that he wrote, and from his advanced educational degree in Sociology.… Read More
This premium publication is noted for in-depth features on musicians and luthiers. Issue #29 devotes 21 pages to Pete, his instruments, and his practice cabin/getaway. David Hidalgo and John Fahey are also featured.… Read More
Pete scouted the recipient of the 2010 Brian Friesen Award. From the Deering Banjo website: “Liza grew up in an orphanage in Russia, she was 15 and played a banjo that she borrowed from a friend at the time. She … Read More
Bryan Sutton, the guitarist many regard as the most gifted flatpicker in a generation, believes in practice, not destiny, but he also keeps a snapshot at home taken in 1989 that seemed to foretell his bluegrass future. “When I was fifteen, I went to my first festival in Denton, N.C. and I got to see Jim & Jesse in their cool suits,” Sutton said backstage at June’s Telluride Bluegrass Festival. “Hearing Hot Rize play live had a huge impact on me. All I wanted to do was sound like Hot Rize.”… Read More
This article appeared on JamBase.com and includes in-depth interviews with Tim, Pete, and Nick.… Read More
The following appeared in The Denver Post, November 13, 2005. “Dr. Banjo” Pete Wernick left an ivory-tower job for a rural musical style more in tune with his spirit.… Read More
The following article by Michael Roberts appeared in the September 15, 2005 issue of Westword.com. Here is a print-friendly PDF. Local twanger Pete Wernick is ready for the national spotlight. “When you get to the highest levels of the entertainment … Read More
Yes, Pete and Joan and son Will are pictured in the current Feb. 16, 2004 issue of People magazine (on Page 76). There’s no musical content, but Joan was interviewed and a picture taken for an article concerning Al Haynes, … Read More
Suppose you set out with the objective to have a positive influence on the human condition. Would you strive to be sociologist? Or a bluegrass banjo player? If you were Pete Wernick, a.k.a. Doctor Banjo, you would do both. Pete has credentials as both a Doctor of Sociology and a renowned banjoist who has delighted listeners around the world for the past thirty plus years. Thus, the Doctor Banjo moniker really means something.… Read More
