As I understand it, he runs a music store in I think Nebraska, though I may be wrong on the location. One of those states in what I call "the near West". I don't know what instrument(s) he may play, but an anecdote told in a class at Banjo Camp North a few years ago by an excellent old-time banjo player (whose name stubbornly escapes me at the moment) leads me to believe Bay is certainly no banjo player.

And, although he displays his name on the books he publishes, they are at least generally written by others. I won't say he hasn't written any of the books bearing his name, however.

Dave Oesterreich