Rushad Eggleston

Rushad Eggleston

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Name = Rushad Eggleston


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Born = September 1979
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Instrument = cello
Genre = Jazz
Americana
bluegrass
Occupation = Musician
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URL = http://www.rushadeggleston.com/

Rushad Eggleston (b. September 1979) is a contemporary improvisational cellist.

Eggleston, a graduate of Carmel High School in Carmel, California, United States, played the cello as a member of the Youth Music Monterey orchestra in Monterey Bay. Later he attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, after having won a full scholarship in a competition. There Eggleston studied cello with Associate Professor Eugene Friesen and graduated in May 2003.

After releasing a small-press album called Nico and Rushad in 1999 (with fellow musician Nico Georis), Eggleston made his large-scale recording debut with his self-titled Compass Records release with Fiddlers 4 which was nominated for a 2002 Grammy, as well as with Darol Anger's [http://www.darolanger.com/republicofstrings Republic of Strings] , bringing him to national prominence. Eggleston has toured extensively with Darol Anger's Republic of Strings, Fiddler's 4, and the alternative folk/bluegrass group he helped found, Crooked Still. Crooked Still released two CD with Eggleston, one in 2004 and the second in 2006. Eggleston also released a more experimental album named "Playhouse of the Universe" July 10, 2006 with The Wild Band of Snee, as well as another of his goofier albums, Rushad Eggleston and The Butt Wizards. Eggleston left Crooked Still in November 2007.

Eggleston has been an instructor at Mark O'Connor's fiddle camps and conferences from 2001 to 2007.He has also taught Cello at Maine Fiddle Camp at camp NEOFA.

References

* [http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/articles/8814 Rushad Eggleston: Grammy Nominee] , An excellent piece from the Monterey County Weekly, (March 6, 2003)
* [http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/issues/Issue.02-10-2005/music/Article.club_feature_2 Rushad’s New Groove] , Monterey County Weekly (February 10, 2005)
* [http://www.berklee.edu/news/2003/02/gramnom03.html Student and VP Go to Grammys] , news@berklee (February 20, 2003)

External links

* [http://www.rushadeggleston.com/ Rushad Eggleston] official site


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