Roger Green
Band leader, lead/harmony singer, guitar. Major bluegrass influences: Reno & Smiley, Flatt & Scruggs, Jim & Jesse, Country Gentlemen.
Born in Washington DC, grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland. Roger started playing guitar and bluegrass at age 10. In his early teens and through high school, he played banjo and formed his first bluegrass band, The Mink Hollow Boys with high school buddies. Shortly after, Roger began playing mandolin and for a short time performed with Emerson & Waldron. During a tour of duty in the Air Force, Roger picked with Mac & Hazel McGee who later went on to form the popular New England band, White Mountain Bluegrass. After being transferred Roger worked with a Montgomery, Alabama band called the Wry Grass Medicine Show. Following military service, Roger then picked with local Washington DC bands, Leon Morris & Associates, Destination Bluegrass, None of The Above and Ritchie Reunion. In the early 1990's Roger switched back to guitar and formed a new group with Tom Gray & Fred Travers called the Gray, Green & Travers Trio. After Fred left to join the Seldom Scene, Roger started working with pickup musicians under the name of Roger & The Real Good Pickers until finally starting the Annapolis Bluegrass Coalition. With Annapolis Bluegrass, Roger sings lead and harmony vocals and writes most of the bands original material.
Dan Kimball
Tenor/lead singer and mandolin. Major bluegrass influences: Bill Monroe, Bobby Osborne, Buck White, Hank Williams, The Everly Brothers, Elvis Presley, Fats Domino, Bill Haley and his next door neighbor, John Tolley
Born & raised in Ashton, MD, Dan's first introduction to bluegrass music was at a Carlton Haney Festival in Watermelon Park, Berryville, Virginia. Shortly after, he purchased an old ‘A’ model Gibson and joined his first band called, Mrs. Kimball's Fruits, Nuts and Berries named after his mother’s fruit stand in Ashton, Maryland. During the late 1960's, Dan started playing with some college buddies in a band called Rat Grass. In the early 70’s Dan purchased a John Paganoni mandolin #20, played in a traditional group called Appalachian Reign and later joined a group called Southgate. In the late 70's, Dan would spent the winter months playing in a group called The Last Resort in the Florida Keys. This loosely formed Florida group would always include other musicians from various parts of the country wintering in the Keys. Sometimes they would play seven nights a week including happy hour at Sloppy Joe's and late night jams at The No Name Bar located on No Name Key. Dan took a break from music for about 25 years and took over the family produce business. After a lot of coaxing from Roger, Dan came out of musical retirement and joined the newly forming Annapolis Bluegrass Coalition and hasn’t looked back. Dan's high tenor is a perfect match for the duets that he sings with Roger and he has a talent for introducing the band to a diverse portfolio of material that lends itself easily to a traditional bluegrass sound.
Sue 'Raines' Tice
Harmony vocals and fiddle. Major bluegrass influences: Stuart Duncan, Bobby Hicks
Sue (Raines) Tice is fiddler and occasional harmony singer with Annapolis Bluegrass. Originally from Connecticut, she began her musical career in upstate New York where she began developing her fiddle skills with pickers like Tony Trishka, Peter Wernick and Greg Root. Although originally trained as a classical violinist, Sue was invited to perform as an original member of the Buffalo Gal’s, credited as the first all female bluegrass band of the bluegrass revival of the 70’s. She eventually made her way to Annapolis, Maryland where she has made her home. Sue has played fiddle with such notables as Eddie & Martha Addcock, Liz Myer and Don Stover. After taking off a few years to raise four musical children, she is currently enjoying playing music more than ever. Sue's innovative style is much sought after as a studio musician and she adds greatly to the overall sound of Annapolis Bluegrass with creative ideas for arrangements and a knack for helping Dan and Roger find the correct harmony for the bands vocal arrangements. In addition to fiddle, Sue is accomplished at piano and occasionally likes to frail old timey banjo.
Bob Tice
Harmony vocals and banjo. Major bluegrass influences: Flatt & Scruggs, Jimmy Martin.
Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, grew up at various military bases, started playing banjo in Ohio. Bob Tice is the banjo player with Annapolis Bluegrass and occasionally adds a baritone vocal to the mix. He contributes significantly to the hard driving sound that Annapolis Bluegrass is noted for and has a keen sense of originality in his approach to the instrument. Never at a loss for something to play, the band likes to joke that Bob knows every banjo “kick off” known to man. Over his 25 years in bluegrass, he had become well known as a banjo teacher in the Washington DC/ Baltimore areas. Besides Annapolis Bluegrass, he has also played with Bottom Country Grass and Patent Pending.
Jim Duvall
Bass fiddle. Major bluegrass influences: Jim & Jesse, Seldom Scene, Country Gazette
Born in Washington DC, grew up in Burtonsville, Maryland. Jim Duvall plays acoustic bass fiddle with the Annapolis Bluegrass Coalition. He is the band’s metronome and does a very good job of keeping everyone honest when it comes to timing. Although no stranger to music, Annapolis Bluegrass is Jim’s first stint as a bluegrasser and acoustic bass player. His musical background goes back more than thirty years and includes clarinet, electric guitar in a Motown band called Louie & the Uptights, and much more recently electric bass for a top 40s country band called Southern Pride. Jim’s addition to Annapolis Bluegrass provides a dynamic to the overall sound of the band, by providing a fresh perspective on the traditional songs and innovation for the bands original compositions. Occasionally during non-vocal songs, Jim will take a solo break on his bass to the delight and amazement of the audience. He plays an S-Model Kay bass, the perfect instrument for the lower registers of bluegrass music.