Tony Furtado

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Tony Furtado is an award-winning banjo picker and slide guitar player of Portuguese and Italian heritage who was born in Pleasanton, California. A winner of the Grand National Banjo Championship in Winfield, Kansas, he has released 13 albums and played with such notable musicians as Earl Scruggs, Béla Fleck, Alison Krauss, The String Cheese Incident and Ladysmith Black Mambazo. He has released several solo albums, including American Gypsy, Live Gypsy, Roll My Blues Away, These Chains, and Tony Furtado Band. He currently resides in Portland, Oregon.

Furtado released a new album, "13," in January 2007 on the Funzalo label of Arizona.

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