HOT RIZE

HOT RIZE (c. 1977–1989: Pete Wernick [bnj]; Tim O'Brien [mdln, gtr, voc]; Charles Sawtelle [gtr, voc]; Nick Forster [b, voc]) Founded by BLUEGRASS banjoist Pete Wernick , Hot Rize was one of the more traditional of the newgrass bands of the 1980s. Wernick began his career playing second banjo to TONY TRISCHKA in the all-instrumental, progressive COUNTRY COOKING band from Ithaca, New York, in the mid-1970s. He then moved to Colorado and recorded a solo album, featuring a more traditional…