Laurel Canyon Ramblers

Virtuosic instrumentation and ultra-smooth vocal harmonies have made the Laurel Canyon Ramblers one of the most successful groups performing tradition-rooted bluegrass. Led by banjo, guitar, and dobro player and vocalist Herb Pederson, the Laurel Canyon Ramblers represent over 100 years of bluegrass experience. The Laurel Canyon Ramblers, named after a street in Los Angeles that crosses Hollywood Boulevard, were brought together when Pederson returned to bluegrass in 1994. The son of a policeman who was born in 1944 and raised in Berkeley, CA, Pederson had filled in for an ai...