has been a full-time professional musician for more than 20 years. He currently records and performs as a commercial musician in Chicago. Regarded as the protege of master jazz mandolinist Jethro Burns, Don also plays guitar and fiddle, and hits the occasional vocal part. He has appeared on about 30 CD's, including seven as producer. Highlights from this list include two critically acclaimed recordings (Blue Skies and Night Skies) with banjo cohort Greg Cahill, and Fidgety Feet, an award winning children's album with Steve Rashid. In addition, Don teamed up with Jethro Burns on Swing Low, Sweet Mandolin and Bye Bye Blues, Burns' final two recordings on David Grisman's Acoustic Disc label. As a member of the Jethro Burns Quartet, Don has shared the stage with such luminaries as Chet Atkins , Steve Goodman, and The Newgrass Revival. More recently, he has performed with Chicago jazz violinist Johnny Frigo and Texas Playboy legend Johnny Gimble. Fellow mandolinists David Grisman and Sam Bush have invited him onstage for impromptu jamming as well. Don also enjoys teaching and writing about the mandolin, giving workshops at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, The Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas, and the Old Town School in Chicago. A former editor of Mandolin World News, he currently serves as the jazz columnist for Mandolin Magazine.

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