BRIAN WICKLUND
Brian Wicklund was seven years old when his mother thought
he should take Suzuki violin lessons. He was surprised to find out that he
liked it. When he heard bluegrass music for the first time as a third grader,
however, he really flipped out. Brian practiced hard and got to be pretty good.
As a pimply teen, some of the prize money from the fiddle contests he won went
towards purchasing his first mandolin. He liked that it was like a violin but
could be played in the backseat of a car or lying in a bed.
After graduating from Gustavus Adolphus College with a degree in
elementary education, he promptly started playing and teaching fiddle and
mandolin full time. Brian currently keeps a busy schedule teaching fiddle and
mandolin lessons, workshops and camps including his Fiddle Pal Camps across the
US, Canada, Sweden and UK.
He is a soughtafter studio musician and regularly performs with
his band The Barley Jacks and with good buddy and co-author Ben Winship
in Brother Mule. He has toured Japan, Canada, UK, and Europe
and nearly every state in the US.
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