TRISCHKA, TONY
(*1949)
TRISCHKA, TONY (b. Anthony Cattel T., Syracuse, N.Y., January 16, 1949) If one person can be praised (or blamed) for the noodling, spacey BANJO playing that was an integral part of PROGRESSIVE BLUEGRASS bands of the 1970s, it would have to be Tony Trischka , the man who launched a thousand notes. Trischka originally reached prominence as a member of COUNTRY COOKING, an all-instrumental band that was famous for the twin banjos of Trischka and Peter Wernick . After the band dissolved in the early…