Don was born in east Virginia and came from Alabama with a banjo on his knee. Don was the banjolinist and co-founder of the Dallas, TX band Spare the Horses. He and Kevin Joseph started STH the week Don moved to Dallas from Atlanta, GA. In Hotlanta, he played the five string with Hicks with Picks and the Georgia Mountain Stringband. 

Don, along with Kim Herriage, Floramay Holliday, Erik Swanson, Larry Reed and John Stolly, are performing as Over the River.

If your band needs a little more twang, or you have need of a  banjo player for some reason, please send an email at the Contact page.