almost a decade ago. Shortly after their nascent aggregation at the school, the group moved to the state capital of Madison, a couple hours to the south, where the band gelled and began to blossom as jamgrassers.
While bluegrass might not be the first to spring to mind when talking Wisconsin, the Badger State has a long history of Americana and acoustic music appreciation as well as plenty of bluegrass-related festivals. In holding with the state's grassroots-music affinity, Dougherty made the somewhat unusual choice to pursue the banjo while he was in high school.
Dougherty, who grew up in the town of Dodgeville, about 45 minutes to the west of Madison, says he was able to find a good banjo instructor who taught him the fundamentals of picking, but it wasn't until he became a part of Armchair that he began to fully enjoy his preferred instrument. Despite his side trip into guitar-driven rock, it wasn't long after he started attending school in Stevens Point that Dougherty ran into a group named, whose members were living and playing in the town. When the aspiring young banjo picker heard the eclectic band's fetching blend of traditional music and rock, he glimpsed his musical destiny.
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