DOUG MATTOCKS

        Doug Mattocks was born in Jacksonville, North Carolina. He grew up listening to the Dixieland Jazz played by his father. At the age of 18 Doug took up the banjo. Doug went to New Orleans to learn jazz from the old masters that included Kid Sheik, Papa French, Johny Wiggs and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Mattocks led his own Dixieland band at the New Orleans Marriot for four years.
         In 1977 Mattocks went on the road as the bandleader of "The Jerry Van Dyke Show." His other accomplishments include performing at: Caeser's Palace, the Desert Inn, appearing on The Statler Brother's TV Show,  House of Blues, Grand Ole Opry and he was a member of Banjomania.
         Doug was recently inducted into the Four String Banjo Hall of Fame and he is currently working as a soloist on cruise ships. He is a master of plectrum, tenor and five-string banjo as well as the guitar using "Carl Kress" tuning . He also performs with the Rhythm Brothers when he's back on dryland.

"From Dueling Banjos to Malaguena"

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