John Schwab has been playing guitar since he was 13, but in the early 1970s he got bitten by the old-time music bug, and he’s been hooked ever since. Over the years, he’s been a member of the Hoover Uprights (winners in 2001 and 2003 of the traditional band contest at the Appalachian String Band Music Festival, in Clifftop, WV), the Mostly Mountain Boys, the Wabash Cannibals, the Old-Time Wall of Sound, and the City Ducks String Band. He’s played for loads of dances all over the Northeast, from Boston to Charlottesville and points in between. In recent years he’s taught backup guitar at Fiddle Tunes, Augusta, and Mars Hill. John’s latest recordings are with the Hoover Uprights (”Known for Their Reputation”) and Paul Brown (”Red Clay Country”), both on the 5-String Productions label.

John Schwab has been playing guitar since he was 13, but in the early 1970s he got bitten by the old-time music bug, and he’s been hooked ever since. Over the years, he’s been a member of the Hoover Uprights (winners in 2001 and 2003 of the traditional band contest at the Appalachian String Band Music Festival, in Clifftop, WV), the Mostly Mountain Boys, the Wabash Cannibals, the Old-Time Wall of Sound, and the City Ducks String Band. He’s played for loads of dances all over the Northeast, from Boston to Charlottesville and points in between. In recent years he’s taught backup guitar at Fiddle Tunes, Augusta, and Mars Hill. John’s latest recordings are with the Hoover Uprights (”Known for Their Reputation”) and Paul Brown (”Red Clay Country”), both on the 5-String Productions label.