Sister Gretchen (banjo, vocal)

One of the two baguettes in the group, Sister Gretchen Bag joined the band in 1994. "Lucky for me, their attitude at the time was if you showed up for rehearsals, you were in the band," says Sister Gretchen. In the spring of that same year, Sister G endured the initial clumsiness of finger picks, and began her pursuit of the bluegrass style. Sister Gretchen began piano lessons at age 5, moving on to classical and then jazz guitar at 14. She first bought a banjo and an accordion in 1989, but the lure of late nights in dark smelly bars and loud volume soon beckoned, and Sister G began playing electric bass in the rock band Inner Beauty, with then-electric-guitarist Otis Ray Bag. It was through her command of the electric bass that Sister G landed her first gig with the Bagboys, filling in for Harvey Bag, and the rest is history.

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