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Flatpicking guitarist Dan Crary was born and raised in Kansas. It was there that he first developed an interest in guitar, particularly the steel-string, flat-top version favored by artists like <a href="spotify:artist:01N1aZStXA4yGvkz4vRXtJ">Doc Watson</a>. In 1968, Crary helped found <a href="spotify:artist:1z9JMcX8NH7p6A0H0jTVaC">the Bluegrass Alliance</a>, and used <a href="spotify:artist:01N1aZStXA4yGvkz4vRXtJ">Watson</a>'s influence as a jumping-off point for innovation in the genre. Throughout the 1970s, Crary appeared with the group Sundance, which included fiddler <a href="spotify:artist:6NZD4FCwmNsEIS1CL1Y3io">Byron Berline</a> and banjoist <a href="spotify:artist:32wFBGZOIY1FRH7ioqKGJD">John Hickman</a>. He also developed his reputation as a master interpreter of traditional music (like that written for the fiddle) for six- and 12-string guitars. His albums include 1983's Guitar, which was a who's who in the new bluegrass scene of the time. <a href="spotify:artist:2ka8z2lwkcp13fG8Wyv3xU">Béla Fleck</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3Fud2i8WgXSZCVmi961lXm">Sam Bush</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:5zfaMrd5q4szVTxVYWuoDV">Mark O'Connor</a> all contributed to the record, which included modern bluegrass interpretations of classical music pieces. 1990 saw the establishment of California with <a href="spotify:artist:6NZD4FCwmNsEIS1CL1Y3io">Berline</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:32wFBGZOIY1FRH7ioqKGJD">Hickman</a>; the combo experimented even further with bluegrass' intersections into other genres, and stayed active even as Crary appeared with his other projects, including Men of Steel with Genovese flatpicking master <a href="spotify:artist:7dOHEXlwHl6Za0gibkscAp">Beppe Gambetta</a>. MOS released a live recording in spring 2003. ~ Johnny Loftus, Rovi
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