A little bit about John and Gwenn
John Noftsger - A veteran of several Bluegrass,
gospel and old-time music groups, John accompanies himself on the
guitar, banjo, mandolin and/or harmonica as he sings a wide variety
of traditional and original songs. Recently, he was featured as
Burl in the Miami Valley Dinner Theatre production of the gospel
musical comedy "Smoke on the Mountain".
Gwenn Noftsger - Gwenn, who plays the acoustic
bucket bass in the duo, comes from a very musical family. Her
grandfather, Elza Stone, taught all eleven of his children to play
music, so Stone family gatherings were filled with the sounds of
the fiddle, banjo, guitar and piano. For several years, in
addition to her musical performances, Gwenn has portrayed showboat
captain and performer, Callie French, in the role she developed
for "Steamboats Remembered in Story and Song" at the
Hoosier Theater in Vevay, Indiana |