Where Billy lives: Monteagle, Tennessee
Billy's Birthday:  December 6
What instruments Billy plays:  He has a 1983 Black Custom Legend Ovation Acoustic/Electric; a 1979 D-35 Martin; a 1986 Custom Sunburst D-45 Martin; and a 1974 Alvarez Yairi DY-76 12 String
Favorite musicians:  Mac Wiseman, Jesse McReynolds, Bill Monroe, Ricky Scaggs, Earl Scruggs and Lester Flatt, Ralph Stanley
Favorite songs:  St. Anne's Reel, Dixie Hoedown, Red Apple Rag, Sally Anne, Fox on the Run, Uncle Pen, I Still Miss Someone, Stone Walls and Steel Bars, Nobody's Darling But Mine, Foggy Mountain Breakdown, Salt Creek
Hobbies:  Fishing, golf and goofing off

Where Esther lives: On a farm outside Tracy City, Tennessee
Esther's Birthday:  November 24
Esther's Email:  mom (at) meankitty.com
What instrument Esther plays:  Only bass.  Only rhythm.  Anything else she'd have to work at and she plays for the fun of it.
Favorite musicians:  She prefers traditional bluegrass like the Stanley Brothers, Bill Monroe, and the Bluegrass Cardinals.  She also listens to a lot of Arcady and Odetta, and there's always Ray Charles.
Favorite songs:  The old songs -- Uncle Pen, Bonaparte's Retreat, Sally Ann, Little Maggie, Molly and Tenbrook, Salty Dog
Hobbies:  Reading, visiting my granddaughter, cleaning the shed

Where Ken lives: Monteagle, Tennessee (but born in Chattanooga)
What instrument Ken plays:  banjo and the pearly whites (Ken is a dentist)

Where Bobby lives: Monteagle, Tennessee (but born in Chattanooga)
Bobby's Email: macdocbob (at) yahoo.com
What instrument Bobby plays:  "Babydoll", a Martin HD 28
First band Bobby loved:  At age 3, he loved C&W artists on WSM radio and by age 15, he was obsessed by instrumentals of the Ventures. 
What else Bobby has done:  He has been on both an Army and an Air Force tour of duty and used to play with the Country Roads Bluegrass Band

Where John lives: Sewanee, Tennessee
John's Birthday:  January 26
What instruments John plays:  Martin and Galiger guitars
Favorite musicians:  Doc Watson, Norman Blake, Tony Rice, Ralph Stanley, The Whites
Favorite songs:  Rocky Top, Double Eagle, Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die, Rank Stranger
Hobbies:  Wood working, fishing

Where John lives: Kimball, Tennessee
John's Birthday:  April 9
John's Email:  oldjoeclark (at) excite.com
Website:  http://www.johnboulware.com/ (find out about John's album here!)
What instruments John plays:  Guitar and fiddle.  His favorite guitars are Bozung guitars.  He currently plays a Horner fiddle and is quite satisfied with it, though every fiddler's dream is an original Stradivarius.
Favorite musicians:  IIIrd Tyme Out, Allison Krauss, Stefan Grappelli, Bob Wills, Stuff Smith, Eva Cassidy
Favorite songs:  Eighth of January, Smith's Reel, Whiskey Before Breakfast, Soldier's Joy, All of Me, Shenandoah Breakdown, Down in the Sally Gardens
Hobbies:  Computer graphics, computer games, chess