Featuring four of the region's most popular and accomplished
musicians, The Toasted Ponies lay down a unique blend of
bluegrass, acoustic music and original songs. Steve Hanson, banjo,
mandolin and guitar, has won banjo championships at the Telluride
Bluegrass Festival and the Walnut Valley Festival. Steve has toured
with C.W. McCall and been the subject of the documentary film
Homegrown Bluegrass. Erin McGovern, guitar and mandolin,
has performed as a solo artist and in bands including The Hags,
with Mary Chapin-Carpenter. Terry Keefe, fiddle and mandolin,
plays all the classic breakdowns, as well as Irish and ragtime
tunes, and is a past winner of the Midwest Fiddle Championship
and the Iowa State Mandolin Championship. Jim Pipher, bass and
emcee, has won awards as a singer and songwriter, toured the United
States and Canada with the swing band Sour Mash, and made a concert
film and several recordings with the legendary jazz violinist
Claude Williams.