The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #11769   Message #789958
Posted By: musicmick
23-Sep-02 - 08:55 PM
Thread Name: Info: Greenbriar Boys
Subject: RE: greenbriar boys
Speaking of Alan Arkin, does anyone know what became of his brother, Steve? Steve Arkin was a wonderful bluegrass banjo player who won a number of contests in the mid 60's and worked with Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys for a while. Monroe used to introduce him as "our Jewish banjo player from New York." (When Bill Kieth played for the Bluegrass Boys, he was called Brad Kieth because Monroe didn't want another Bill in the band. Well, nobody's perfect.)